IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959-OH003-111
  • User Pedon ID: S1959OH003111
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AL-111
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70513
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 40.6923943
  • Std. Longitude: -84.2846603
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: . 1100 ft. W of Conant Rd. 150 ft. S of Kroft Rd. 3.5 mi. E-SE of Spencerville.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH003—Allen
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: brock, christman, evans, donaldson
  • 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 - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 5/29/1959
  • 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: 5/29/1959 (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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008624
    AB—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008625. Field texture was silt loam.
    BA—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine and medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008626. Field texture was loam.
    Btg1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008627. Field texture was silty clay loam.
    Btg2—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008628. plastic.; Field texture was silty clay.
    Btg3—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine and medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008629. Field texture was silty clay.
    BC—76 to 81 centimeters (29.9 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay; weak fine and medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008630. Field texture was silty clay loam.
    C1—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008631. calcareous till.; Field texture was clay loam.
    C2—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; massive; friable; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008632. calcareous till.
    C3—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; massive; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008633. calcareous till.; Field texture was silty clay loam.
    C3—147 to 173 centimeters (57.9 to 68.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; massive; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008634. calcareous till.; Field texture was silty clay loam.
    C3—173 to 198 centimeters (68.1 to 78.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; massive; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008635. calcareous till.; Field texture was silty clay loam.
    C3—198 to 224 centimeters (78.0 to 88.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; massive; firm; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008636. calcareous till.; Field texture was silty clay loam.