IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956OH161S04
  • User Pedon ID: S1956OH161S04
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - VW-s04
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69706
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 40.7916107
  • Std. Longitude: -84.5515823
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 8
  • Location Description: . 50 ft N of 3rd light pole S of road intersection 25 ft E of road. NW4 SW 4 Lat & Long approx.
  • Map Unit: Blg1A1—Blount silt loam, ground moraine, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH161—Van Wert
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH161—Van Wert County, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: baker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 5/2/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Imperfectly drained brunizem
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/1956 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; 7.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004370. high organic content.
    A1—18 to 22 centimeters (7.1 to 8.7 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and granular structure; 7.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004371. high organic content; many worm holes.
    B1—22 to 38 centimeters (8.7 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; very fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; 7.0 roots; fine distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004372. Peds are so fine and covered so completely that color appears to be 10YR 3/1 with many, fine, distinct 10YR 4/2 and 5/4 mottles. Moderate organic content. Crushed material is friable.
    B1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; fine and medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; 33 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine and medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004373. Interior when crushed is light olive brown 2/5Y5/4 5/6; structure friable once material is crushed; Many worm holes and roots.
    B1—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004374
    C1—76 to 86 centimeters (29.9 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; coarse angular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004375. loam also with many white streaks of CaCO3. Materials are somewhat stratified. Sample is calcareous.
    1—86 to 137 centimeters (33.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) loamy coarse sand; single grain; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004376. Consistence is with occasional gravel 1/4 to 1 inch in diameter. Stratified with thin lenses of loam and silt loam materials. Calcareous.
    1—137 to 183 centimeters (53.9 to 72.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004377. not sticky or plastic. Appears to be stratified materials mixed with loam till. Calcareous.
    1—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; massive; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004378. Calcareous.