IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miami
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1953OH049S21
  • User Pedon ID: 1953-OH049-S21
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - FR-s21
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71519
  • Print Date: 5/3/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: University farm, northwest woods about 200 yds. northwest of radio telescope station. Three tenths miles WSW of Kenny Rd.-Ackerman Rd. intersection.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH049—Franklin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: n. holowaychuk
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Miami
  • 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: 8/15/1953 (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 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # OSU0000379
    E—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; Error; weak thick platy structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # OSU0000380
    EB—15 to 24 centimeters (5.9 to 9.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0000381
    BEt—24 to 36 centimeters (9.4 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; Error; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0000382. Intermingling of matrix colors.
    Bt—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; Error; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0000383. This horizon is noticeably more sticky and plastic than the other horizons.
    C1—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; Error; subangular blocky structure; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0000384. Some black shale fragments and several limestone boulders present.
    C2—91 to 137 centimeters (35.8 to 53.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; Error; subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0000385. Loam till. Numerous limestone pebbles and some small weathered sandstone fragments present. Sampled at 48-54 inches.