IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wharton

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 1962-OH009-W07

User Pedon ID: S1962OH009W07

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - OHSTATE

Lab Pedon # - AT-W07

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70642

Print Date: 11/23/2024

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: 39.3593803

Std. Longitude: -82.2662753

Datum: WGS84

Section: 29

PLSS Details: NE 1/4SW 1/4

Location Description: Waterloo Twp. Waterloo Wildlife area at junction of state routes 56 and 356 approximately 7 miles west of Athens. Plot located 2.3 miles west of Davidson Headquarters along main ridge access road to fork in road. 0.9 mile east along trail.

Map Unit: WhD—Westmoreland-Guernsey silt loams, 15 to 25 percent slopes

State: Ohio

County: OH009—Athens

MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MAT—Marietta, Ohio

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH009—Athens County, Ohio

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39082-C3—Mineral, Ohio

PEDON

Describers Name: Ralph Meeker

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludults

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 - Wharton

PSC - 28 to 78 cm.

Classificaton Date - 5/29/2013

Classifier - Debby Cunningham

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - aquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Keene

Classificaton Date - 3/27/1962

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: residuum weathered from shale

Landscape: upland

Landform: hill

Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope

Drainage Class: moderately well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: indurated shale, unspecified at 94cm

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: yes

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 3/27/1962 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, lithic	indurated	99 - 124	- 25 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon redox depletions with chroma 2 or less lithic contact	0—28 28—99 46—99 99—124	—28— —71— —53— —25—

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
%	m				degrees	mm	mm		C						mm
29	—	—	286.5	—	135	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Loose oak leaf litter with trace of mull layer.

A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014461. estimated permeability moderate; no coarse skeleton;

E—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); 50 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014462. estimated permeability moderate; no coarse skeleton;

BE—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated ? to 20-? millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014463. estimated permeability moderate; less than 5% coarse skeleton of shale fragments; The fragment roundness of subangular, and hardness of indurated was interpreted from the fragment kind of shale, unspecified.

Bt1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated ? to 20-? millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014464. estimated permeability moderate; 5% coarse skeleton of sandstone fragments 1/4 X 1? in size; The fragment roundness of subangular, and hardness of indurated was interpreted from the fragment kind of shale, unspecified.

2Bt2—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium prominent gray (N 6/0), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014465. estimated permeability very slow; no coarse skeleton; Sampled at 16-27? 27-37?

2Bt3—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium prominent gray (N 6/0), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014466. estimated permeability very slow; no coarse skeleton; Sampled at 16-27? 27-37?

2R—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 50 percent light gray (N 7/0) bedrock; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified. Not sampled