IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960-OH003-120
  • User Pedon ID: S1960OH003120
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AL-120
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69715
  • 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: 40.7118378
  • Std. Longitude: -83.9726944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Section: 8
  • Location Description: SW 4 NW 4. 1.25 mi. NNE of Westminster, 3.5 mi. SW of Lafayette, 712 ft. N of E-W half section line. 1650 ft. W of N-S half section line. Located on field sheet BUZ-3F-125.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH003—Allen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: srodes, waters, christman, brock
  • 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 - 7/8/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 34 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/8/1960 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak granular structure; very friable; 7.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010381. Field texture was silt loam.
    E—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak granular structure; friable; 7.0 roots; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010382
    Btg1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010383
    Btg2—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; 33 percent medium and coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010384. Field texture was silty clay
    Btg3—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010385. Field texture was silty clay.
    BCg—76 to 86 centimeters (29.9 to 33.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; 0.9 roots; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; 33 percent medium and coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010386
    C1—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; weak medium and coarse platy structure; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0010387. mottled colors most numerous near cracks and old root channels; highly compact calcareous till.
    C1—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0010388. same as Cca1.; The blank field texture was populated with clay loam.