IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960OH003121
  • User Pedon ID: S1960OH003121
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AL-121
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72348
  • Print Date: 5/13/2025

    • 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: 40.7127075
  • Std. Longitude: -83.9715195
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Section: 8
  • Location Description: SW 4 NW 4. 1.25 mi NNE of Westminster, 3.5 mi. SW of Lafayette, 1452 ft. W of N-S half section line, 1188 ft. N of E-W half section line. Located on airphoto BUZ-3F-125.
  • Map Unit: GrB2—Glynwood silty clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH003—Allen
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: srodes, waters, christman, brock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/11/2014 (entry creation 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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010389
    AB—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak very fine and fine granular, and weak subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010390
    BA—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 7.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010391
    Bt1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 7.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010392
    Bt2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; medium and coarse subangular blocky, and prismatic structure; very firm; 3.0 roots; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010393
    Btg—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010394
    C1—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; medium and coarse platy structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010395. calcareous till.
    C2—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; moderate medium and coarse platy structure; very firm; 0.9 roots; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains; 1 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010396. calcareous till.
    C3—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; strong medium and coarse platy structure; very firm; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0010397. mottle colors occur along old root channels and cracks; calcareous till.
    C4—97 to 112 centimeters (38.2 to 44.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; strong medium and coarse platy structure; very firm; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0010398. mottle colors occur along old root channels and cracks; calcareous till.