IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1956OH161S06

User Pedon ID: S1956OH161S06

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - OHSTATE

Lab Pedon # - VW-s06

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70048

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: 40.8533058

Std. Longitude: -84.6324463

Datum: WGS84

Township: 2S

Range: 2E

Section: 21

Location Description: Pit site located 150 ft south of gate into woods from U.S. 224 at northeast corner of woods and 40 ft northeast of large (3 in dia. at base) swamp white oak tree. Lat. & Long. approx.

Map Unit: Blg1B1—Blount silt loam, ground moraine, 2 to 4 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 - Nappanee

Classificaton Date - 9/12/1956

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: 9/12/1956 (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
%	m				degrees	mm	mm		C						mm
2	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; 7.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004533. slightly hard when dry; not plasctic or sticky when wet.

A1—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; 3.0 roots; 1 percent fine faint very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004534. material is white 2.5Y8/2 when dry; slightly hard when dry, Thin tongues of A1 follow down old root channels and worm holes;

A1—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; platy structure; 3.0 roots; 33 percent fine and medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine and medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004535. when dry color of matrix is light gray to white 10YR7/2 8/2; slightly hard when dry, slightly plastic but not sticky when wet;

B1—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004536. where degradation is well along, the surfaces of most peds is a fine silt loam. Peds range in texture from fine silt loam to silty clay, colors become darker as texture of peds become finer; structure has an occasional blocky unit; clay has moved out of n

B1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 50 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate, and subangular blocky structure; 3.0 roots; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004537. Occasional light gray stsreaks extend down ped surfaces from B1 above;

B1—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic, and weak, and subangular blocky structure; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004538. clay skins that increase in thickness with depth; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1140104; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1140104

C1—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay; moderate coarse and very coarse angular blocky structure; 0.9 roots; 33 percent coarse distinct brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004539. calcareous glacial till; contains white CaCO3 streaks; structure decreases in grade rapidly with depth; roots are calcareous only on interiors of peds; clay coatings are not calcareous; clay coatings decrease rapidly with depth and occur only along major

C1—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; massive; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004540. calcareous glacial till; Sampled at 52-57? with orchard auger