IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2015OH109001

User Pedon ID: S2015OH109001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 18N0263

Print Date: 12/8/2025

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: 40.1746610

Std. Longitude: -84.3512330

Datum: WGS84

Township: 9 N

Range: 5 E

Section: 5

PLSS Details: about 2,260 feet north and 1,350 feet east of the southwest corner

Location Description: Dan Batdorf farm; about 2 miles northeast of Clayton in Newberry Twp.; about 2,260 feet north and 1,350 feet east of the southwest corner sec. 5, T. 9 N.; R 5 E.

Map Unit: Blg1B1—Blount silt loam, ground moraine, 2 to 4 percent slopes

State: Ohio

County: OH109—Miami

MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part

Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH109—Miami County, Ohio

PEDON

Describers Name: George Derringer, Neil Martin, Don McClure

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: research site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Blount

PSC - 19 to 69 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/18/2014

Classifier - Neil Martin

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture Subclass - aeric

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Blount

Taxonomic Class - Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 19 to 69 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/18/2014

Classifier - Neil Martin

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture SUBClass - aeric

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: silty loess over Wisconsin till derived from limestone and shale

Landscape: till plain

Landform: ground moraine

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Pattern: dendritic

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/18/2015 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop

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
densic material	—	112 - 200	- 88 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon densic contact	0—25 25—80 112—	—25— —55— —-

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
3	—	—	290	—	270	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 22 percent sand; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; 60 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N01979; moist when described; observed in trench

Btg—25 to 35 centimeters (9.8 to 13.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; 20 percent sand; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent distinct organic stains on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses and 15 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01980; moist when described; observed in trench

Bt1—35 to 52 centimeters (13.8 to 20.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; 23 percent sand; 39 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds and 50 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 8 percent medium distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01981; moist when described; observed in trench

Bt2—52 to 68 centimeters (20.5 to 26.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; 25 percent sand; 37 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on vertical faces of peds and 40 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent coarse prominent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 2 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 4 percent by volume subangular 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01982; moist when described; observed in trench

BCt—68 to 80 centimeters (26.8 to 31.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 23 percent sand; 37 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions in matrix; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 18N01983; moist when described; observed in trench

CB—80 to 112 centimeters (31.5 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; 26 percent sand; 34 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 40 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions in cracks and 15 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses infused into matrix along faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate masses; 8 percent by volume subangular 2-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01984; moist when described; observed in trench

Cd1—112 to 200 centimeters (44.1 to 78.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; 27 percent sand; 33 percent clay; structureless massive; very firm; 10 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, carbonate coats; 15 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; 5 percent medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate masses; 8 percent by volume subangular 2-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 18N01988, 18N01985, 18N01987, 18N01986; moist when described; observed in trench