IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959OH003110
  • User Pedon ID: S1959OH003110
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AL-110
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69723
  • 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: 40.8300000
  • Std. Longitude: -84.3160861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: . 2 mi. S and 0.5 mi. E of Delphos. 0.25 mi. E of Baxter Rd. 200 ft. N of Ludwig Rd.
  • Map Unit: Blg1A1—Blount silt loam, ground moraine, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH003—Allen
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: evans, brock, christman, donaldson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, 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 - 5/27/1959
  • 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: 5/27/1959 (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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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008612. polygon shaped intrustions into the horizon below.
    EBg—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008613. polygon shaped very dark gray (10YR 3/1) intrustions of A1 into this zone.
    Btg1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008614
    Btg2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak subangular blocky structure; very firm; 7.5YR 2/ (7.5YR 2/), moist, manganese coatings and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium and coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008615
    Btg3—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 7.5YR 2/ (7.5YR 2/), moist, manganese coatings and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008616
    Btg4—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 7.5YR 2/ (7.5YR 2/), moist, manganese coatings and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine and medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008617. peds are clay loam with clay coatings and thin clay flows.
    BCt—91 to 104 centimeters (35.8 to 40.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008618. easily crumbled; calcareous.
    C1—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; massive, and weak subangular blocky; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium and coarse gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008619. easily crumbled; calcareous till.
    C2—132 to 163 centimeters (52.0 to 64.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; massive, and weak subangular blocky; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium and coarse distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008620. easily crumbled; calcareous till.
    C3—163 to 190 centimeters (64.2 to 74.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; massive, and weak subangular blocky; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008621. somewhat crumbly; calcareous till.
    C4—190 to 213 centimeters (74.8 to 83.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay loam; massive; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium and coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0008622. calcareous till.
    C4—213 to 239 centimeters (83.9 to 94.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay loam; massive; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium and coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0008623. calcareous till.