IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1957-OH003-S08
  • User Pedon ID: S1957OH003S08
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AL-s08
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69493
  • 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: 40.6865921
  • Std. Longitude: -84.2573547
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: . On Richard Sanderland farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH003—Allen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: jones
  • 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
  • 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: 7/21/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 7.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005900
    E—25 to 28 centimeters (9.8 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005901
    Bt—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; fine roots; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005902. roots confined to cleavage faces.
    Btg—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films; distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005903. Field texture was silty clay.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1140118; patchy - phpvsfiid 1140118
    C1—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) and 5Y 6/ (5Y 6/), silty clay; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005904. calcareous glacial till.; Field texture was silty clay loam.
    C1—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) and 5Y 6/ (5Y 6/), silty clay loam; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005905. calcareous glacial till.
    C2—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) clay loam; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005906. calcareous glacial till.
    C3—122 to 150 centimeters (48.0 to 59.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005907. calcareous glacial till.