IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blanchester
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007OH027001
  • User Pedon ID: S2007OH027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0524
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19104
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.3364449
  • Std. Longitude: -83.9693909
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Clinton County, Ohio; about 3.25 miles north-northeast of Blanchester, in Marion Township; about 1920 feet northwest of the junction of OH 133 and OH 730, along OH 133, then about 600 feet west.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH027—Clinton
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH027—Clinton County, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Allen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Mollic Endoaquepts
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blanchester
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blanchester
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/12/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—10

    30—203

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    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

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    302

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03330; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots; 30 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume igneous, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03331; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) pressure faces on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses throughout and 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03332; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 30 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1) pressure faces on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) pressure faces on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese concretions throughout and 5 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese concretions throughout and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03333; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bg3—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.4 fine roots; 25 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) pressure faces on all faces of peds and 25 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1) pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 6/1) clay depletions on faces of peds and 1 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses throughout and 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese concretions throughout and 5 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese concretions throughout and 20 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 3 percent by volume igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03334; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bg4—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1) pressure faces on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 6/1) clay depletions on faces of peds and 1 percent fine faint manganese masses throughout and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 3 percent by volume igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N03335; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bg5—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1) pressure faces on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses throughout and 1 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 6/1) clay depletions on faces of peds and 3 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 20 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese concretions throughout and 20 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent by volume igneous, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 07N03336; moist when described; observed in pit, small