IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954-OH003-020
  • User Pedon ID: S1954OH003020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AL-020
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71953
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 40.7167931
  • Std. Longitude: -84.3557434
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: . 0.25 mile NW of Spencerville. Lat & Long approx.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH003—Allen
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain

    • 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 - Nappanee
  • Classificaton Date - 8/25/1954
  • 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: 8/25/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0001166. Field texture was silty clay loam.
    BA—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001167
    Btg1—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001168. Field texture was silty clay.
    Btg2—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001169
    C1—74 to 137 centimeters (29.1 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001170. calcareous till.; Field texture was silty clay.
    C2—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); silty clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001171. calcareous till.; Field texture was not populated.