IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alexandria
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: YYYYOH117005
  • User Pedon ID: YYYY-OH117-005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MW-005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69444
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024
  • LOCATION

  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH117—Morrow
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gersper
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alexandria
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/26/2000 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; Error; weak granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    E1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; Error; weak subangular blocky, and granular structure; friable; fragments; clear boundary.
    E2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); 10YR 3/ (10YR 3/),, very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; Error; weak subangular blocky, and granular structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary.
    BE—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), 10YR 7/ (10YR 7/),, dry; Error; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; very pale brown (10YR 7/4), moist, skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 982887; patchy - phpvsfiid 982887
    Bt1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; Error; subangular blocky structure; very firm; skeletans on faces of peds and faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 982888; patchy - phpvsfiid 982889; patchy - phpvsfiid 982888; patchy - phpvsfiid 982889
    Bt2—58 to 73 centimeters (22.8 to 28.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; Error; subangular blocky structure; very firm; skeletans on faces of peds and faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 982890; patchy - phpvsfiid 982891; patchy - phpvsfiid 982890; patchy - phpvsfiid 982891
    Bt3—73 to 88 centimeters (28.7 to 34.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; Error; strong prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; very firm; skeletans and faint clay films; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 982892; patchy - phpvsfiid 982892
    Bt4—88 to 101 centimeters (34.6 to 39.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; Error; subangular blocky, and strong prismatic structure; very firm; skeletans and faint clay films; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 982894; patchy - phpvsfiid 982894
    Bt5—101 to 121 centimeters (39.8 to 47.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; Error; moderate subangular blocky structure; very firm; skeletans and faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Clay films are thinner than in above horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 982896; patchy - phpvsfiid 982897; patchy - phpvsfiid 982896; patchy - phpvsfiid 982897
    BCt1—121 to 141 centimeters (47.6 to 55.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; skeletans and faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 982899; patchy - phpvsfiid 982898; patchy - phpvsfiid 982899; patchy - phpvsfiid 982898
    BCt2—141 to 154 centimeters (55.5 to 60.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; Error; weak subangular blocky structure; firm; skeletans and 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018173. patchy - phpvsfiid 982900; patchy - phpvsfiid 982901; patchy - phpvsfiid 982900; patchy - phpvsfiid 982901
    C1—154 to 169 centimeters (60.6 to 66.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; Error; massive; firm; skeletans and faint clay films; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018174. patchy - phpvsfiid 982902; patchy - phpvsfiid 982903; patchy - phpvsfiid 982902; patchy - phpvsfiid 982903
    C2—169 to 184 centimeters (66.5 to 72.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; Error; massive; firm; skeletans; 27 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018175. patchy - phpvsfiid 982904; patchy - phpvsfiid 982904
    C3—184 to 199 centimeters (72.4 to 78.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; Error; massive; firm; skeletans; 32 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018176. patchy - phpvsfiid 982905; patchy - phpvsfiid 982905
    C4—199 to 214 centimeters (78.3 to 84.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; Error; massive; firm; skeletans; 37 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018177. The depth to carbonates in the profile ranges from 154 to 184 cm. The deeper leaching occurs as a tongue on one side of the pit. There appears to be a thin mantle of loess on the till but its presence on the basis of field evidence is questionable. Fe-Mn; patchy - phpvsfiid 982906; patchy - phpvsfiid 982906