IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clermont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1949OH015S04
  • User Pedon ID: 1949-OH015-S04
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - BN-s04
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71111
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Green Twp. 1 mi. N of Greenbush.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH015—Brown

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: farnham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Glossaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clermont
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Illinoian till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Illinoian formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1949 (actual site observation 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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; granular structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001377. No hue, value, or chroma given; estimated from ?grayish brown?.
    Eg1—10 to 38 centimeters (3.9 to 15.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) Error; thin platy structure; faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001378. No hue, value, or chroma given; estimated from ?light gray?. Mottle color estimated from ?light yellowish brown?.
    Eg2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) Error; thin platy structure; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001379. No hue, value, or chroma given; estimated from ?light gray?. Mottle color estimated from ?strong brown?. This material represents the silt cappings on the columns.
    BEg—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) Error; strong medium columnar structure; light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001380. No hue, value, or chroma given; estimated from ?gray?. Mottle color estimated from ?yellowish brown?.
    Btg1—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) Error; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001381. No hue, value, or chroma given; estimated from ?gray?. Mottle color estimated from ?yellowish brown?. Tongues of gray silty material extend from the horizon above between the prisms.
    Btg2—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001382. No hue, value, or chroma given; estimated from ?dark gray?. Mottle color estimated from ?yellowish brown and strong brown?. Light gray streaks of silt along root channels and ped surfaces. Some dark gray to black soft concretions present.
    Btg3—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; coarse angular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001383. No hue, value, or chroma given; estimated from ?gray and yellowish brown?. Many light gray silty streaks adjacent to root channels. Blocky structure parts to uniform medium units. Some pebbles, grit, and rock fragments that increase in quantity with depth
    BCg—165 to 284 centimeters (65.0 to 111.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and light gray (10YR 7/1) Error; weak, and granular structure; reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001384. No hue, value, or chroma given; estimated from ?light gray to gray?. Mottle color estimated from ?reddish yellow?. Numerous grit and rock fragments. Lower part consists of mottled yellow, gray, and light bluish gray clay.
    C—284 to 305 centimeters (111.8 to 120.1 inches); Error; friable; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001385. No hue, value, or chroma given for ?light bluish gray? calcareous till. Mottle color estimated from ?brownish yellow?. Fragments of various sizes of igneous as well as limestone and dolomitic rocks present. Calcareous material imparts a rather chalky whit