IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968OH171011
  • User Pedon ID: S1968OH171011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - STATEOH
  • Lab Pedon # - WL-011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70835
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 41.6203117
  • Std. Longitude: -84.7704010
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 9
  • Location Description: Northwest twp. 60 E of tree line, 52 S of CR N-30, 0.3mi N of SR 49. BVD 2DD-103. SE40, SW10, NW2.5, Lat & Long approx.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH171—Williams
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: flesher/ stone
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morley
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 25 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • 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 - hayland
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    7

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    298.7

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate granular structure; 7.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. slight mixing of E or B/E into Ap.
    E—20 to 23 centimeters (7.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak medium platy, and moderate subangular blocky structure; 7.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt broken boundary.
    BE—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); 85 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate angular blocky structure; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8.
    Bt1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; 3.0 fine roots; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats and faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats and faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 1303488; patchy - phpvsfiid 1303489; patchy - phpvsfiid 1303490; patchy - phpvsfiid 1303488; patchy - phpvsfiid 1303489; patchy - phpvsfiid 1303490
    Bt2—46 to 53 centimeters (18.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; 3.0 fine roots; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films and 15 percent silt coats; 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019085. patchy - phpvsfiid 1303491; patchy - phpvsfiid 1303491
    Bt3—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate angular blocky structure; 0.9 fine roots; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine faint 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; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 1303493; patchy - phpvsfiid 1303493
    BC—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate angular blocky structure; very coarse roots; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; 11 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 1303494; patchy - phpvsfiid 1303494
    C—91 to 145 centimeters (35.8 to 57.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; massive, and platy; faint brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 11 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # OSU0019086. 3? sandy loam layer at 63-66?.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1303495; patchy - phpvsfiid 1303495
    C—145 to 183 centimeters (57.1 to 72.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; massive, and platy; faint brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 11 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # OSU0019087. 3? sandy loam layer at 63-66?.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1303496; patchy - phpvsfiid 1303496