IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954-OH003-013
  • User Pedon ID: S1954OH003013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AL-013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72578
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 40.7936401
  • Std. Longitude: -84.1855850
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Lat. & Long. approx.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH003—Allen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Baker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 3/11/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001139
    E—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 5YR 3/ (5YR 3/), silt loam; weak thick platy structure; firm; 33 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001140. few penetrations of A1 material.
    EB—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent coarse prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001141. Field texture was silt loam.
    Bt1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), clay loam; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0001142. a thin layer of material containing coarse sand occurs in this horizon of the soil covering serveral acres.
    2Bt2—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; strong coarse subangular blocky, and platy structure; very firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0001143. sticky.
    2C1—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; moderate thick platy structure; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001144. compact; fragments of limestone, granite and black shale present; calcareous.; Field texture was silty clay loam.
    2C1—81 to 142 centimeters (31.9 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate thick platy structure; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001145. compact; fragments of limestone, granite and black shale present; calcareous.
    2C2—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; weak medium platy structure; very firm; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001146. slightly sticky; fragments of limestone, granite and black shale present; calcareous.; Field texture was silty clay loam.