IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1965-OH003-124
  • User Pedon ID: S1965OH003124
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AL-124
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71720
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 40.7860603
  • Std. Longitude: -84.1083755
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 475 ft. S., 20 ft. E of NW corner of . Lima State Hospital. This location puts the site in a forested area rather than a cultivated location. If this were section 18 then everything would fit.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH003—Allen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: wilding, schmidt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • 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 - 7/30/1965
  • 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: 7/30/1965 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; cloddy, and moderate granular structure; firm; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017017. 1Y 4/2 crushed, 10YR 6/3 crushed and dry. Note: An intermittent A2 horizon from 8-9? in depth is sometimes present in this profile but because of its thinness was not sampled.; Field texture was silty clay loam.
    BAt—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; weak medium prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017018. primary ped surfaces are irregular, 1/2-3/4? in diameter, and 95% of the surface is coated with thin (0.05-0.1mm thick) dark brown (10YR 4/3, 10YR 6/3 dry) grainy porous skeletans - skeletans appear to be surficial to underlying thin (less than 0.05mm thi; Field texture was clay.
    Bt—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; medium and coarse prismatic, and strong angular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, skeletans and slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017019. primary and secondary ped surfaces are planer to slightly irregular, 0.5-1.5? in diameter; matrix interiors contain many micropores, sand grains & ped surfaces 0.25-0.5? in diameter coated with medium to thick (0.05-0.5 mm ) argillans; - lower portion of; continuous - phpvsfiid 1140120; continuous - phpvsfiid 1140120
    Btg—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; black (10YR 2/1) fine distinct mottles; strong angular blocky, and coarse prismatic structure; firm; medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017020. mottles are Fe-Mn concretions; primary ped faces are planar to slightly irregular, 1.5-2? in diameter, and coated with thin (less than 0.05 mm thick) brown to olive brown (1Y 4/3, 1Y 6/3 dry) grainy porous skeletans and 25% with thin (less than 0.05 mm th
    BCt—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; firm; prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organoargillans and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, carbonate coats; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct gray (5Y 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017021. Fe rich mottles; calcareous organo-argillans.; Field texture was silty clay loam.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1140122; continuous - phpvsfiid 1140122
    C1—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; coarse prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017022. about 50% of the primary structural units coated with calcareous organo-argillans similar to those noted in the Bt3 horizon and 50% of the ped coated with pale brown (10YR 6/3, 2.5Y 7/1 dry) calcans; a number of 0.25-0.5? nodules of disseminated lime in t; Field texture was clay loam.
    C1—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; coarse prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017023. about 50% of the primary structural units coated with calcareous organo-argillans similar to those noted in the Bt3 horizon and 50% of the ped coated with pale brown (10YR 6/3, 2.5Y 7/1 dry) calcans; a number of 0.25-0.5? nodules of disseminated lime in t; Field texture was clay loam.
    C2—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; very coarse prismatic structure; firm; faint dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, organoargillans and faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017024. Field texture was clay loam.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1140124; patchy - phpvsfiid 1140125; continuous - phpvsfiid 1140124; patchy - phpvsfiid 1140125
    C3—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; massive, and prismatic; firm; dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, organoargillans; medium distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0017025. Field texture was clay loam.