IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cardington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: YYYYOH117013
  • User Pedon ID: YYYY-OH117-013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MW-013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70836
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 3000 ft. S of center of Fulton and 500 ft. E of the range line on Lutheran camp property; 0 cm from beech tree stem. Low-flow side of beech tree.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH117—Morrow

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/25/2000 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018250. Occcasional pebble-sized shale and sandstone fragments.
    E1—6 to 14 centimeters (2.4 to 5.5 inches); 5 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018251. Occcasional pebble-sized fragments.
    E2—14 to 25 centimeters (5.5 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; weak subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018252. Roots comprise about 30% of volume.
    BE—25 to 35 centimeters (9.8 to 13.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; subangular blocky structure; firm; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, skeletans; , moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018253. Few fine and medium pores.
    Bt1—35 to 49 centimeters (13.8 to 19.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, skeletans; , moist, iron-manganese concretions and 11 percent fine faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018254. Very slightly sticky and slightly plastic. Occasional thin clay film in voids. Few to common, fine and medium pores.
    Bt2—49 to 61 centimeters (19.3 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018255. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic. Coarse skeleton is pebble-sized. Less than 5% thin clay films in voids, channels, and along partings. Few exped pores; common inped pores.
    Bt3—61 to 83 centimeters (24.0 to 32.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018256. Very slightly sticky and moderately plastic. Coarse skeleton is mainly pebble-sized. About 25% thin, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on primary and secondary surfaces (films tend to be thicker in voids and channels). Few exped pores; common inped por
    BCt—83 to 105 centimeters (32.7 to 41.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak subangular blocky structure; firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018257. Very slightly sticky and moderately plastic. Coarse skeleton mainly of pebble-sized shale and limestone fragments (very little grit size black shale fragments compared to other BC horizons described nearby). About 20% thin, dark brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay fil
    C1—105 to 123 centimeters (41.3 to 48.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 12 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018258. The subangular blocky units break into very thick platy units. Coarse skeleton mainly of grit- and pebble-sized black shale and pebble-sized limestone fragments. Occasional thin clay films in voids. Few fine and medium exped pores; common fine and medium
    C2—123 to 130 centimeters (48.4 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 12 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018259. The subangular blocky units break into very thick platy units. The tendency to break into platy units is not as great as in C1. Coarse skeleton mainly of grit- and pebble-sized black shale and pebble-sized limestone fragments. Occasional thin clay films i