IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954-OH003-024
  • User Pedon ID: S1954OH003024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AL-024
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71627
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.6939850
  • Std. Longitude: -84.2851028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 NE 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 - 9/6/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/6/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; weak fine granular, and subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # OSU0001928
    E—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak platy structure; firm; 7.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001929
    BE—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 7.0 roots; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001930
    Btg—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 roots; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001931. very sticky, very plastic.
    BC—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; weak prismatic, and strong angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.9 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0001932. sticky, very plastic.
    C1—94 to 142 centimeters (37.0 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; thick platy structure; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001933. sticky, slightly plastic; calcareous till.
    C2—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); silty clay; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001934. calcareous till.