IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990OH159031
  • User Pedon ID: S1990OH159031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - UN-031
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72326
  • 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: 40.2696667
  • Std. Longitude: -83.3418333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2 mi. N of Marysville and 1 mi. E of St. Rt. 4 on Union Co. Home farm. South of N property line midway between 2 walnut trees.
  • Map Unit: Blg1A1—Blount silt loam, ground moraine, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH159—Union
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: coltman, smeck, jones
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • 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
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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 21 centimeters (0.0 to 8.3 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; weak fine platy, and weak granular structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026222
    BE—21 to 30 centimeters (8.3 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026223
    Bt1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 65 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026224. Field texture was clay.
    Bt2—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 65 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026225
    BC1—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 35 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026226
    BC2—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026227
    C—86 to 101 centimeters (33.9 to 39.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak platy structure; firm; 35 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, carbonate coats; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026228. Field texture was clay loam.
    Cd1—101 to 113 centimeters (39.8 to 44.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive, and moderate platy; very firm; 35 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, carbonate coats; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0026229
    Cd2—113 to 129 centimeters (44.5 to 50.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive, and moderate platy; very firm; 35 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, carbonate coats; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0026230