IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954-OH003-029
  • User Pedon ID: S1954OH003029
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AL-029
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71934
  • 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: 40.7435455
  • Std. Longitude: -84.3390427
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • Location Description: SW /14 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 - Nappanee
  • Classificaton Date - 9/8/1954
  • 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: 9/8/1954 (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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # OSU0001950
    BA—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001951. plastic.
    Bt—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001952. plastic.
    Btg—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001953. plastic.; Field texture was silty clay.
    C1—58 to 122 centimeters (22.8 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001954. plastic; calcareous till.
    C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001955. plastic; calcareous till.