IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH017S07
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH017-S07
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - BR-s07
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71771
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Liberty Twp. Sec. 8.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH017—Butler

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: lerch, schafer, dotson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fincastle
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/28/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # OSU0002221
    A2—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak fine and medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # OSU0002222
    B1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0002223
    B21—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0002224. Some 10YR 2/1 stains and concretions.
    B22—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # OSU0002225. Some 10YR 2/1 stains and concretions.
    2B3—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0002226. Few 10YR 2/1 concretions.
    2C—79 to 127 centimeters (31.1 to 50.0 inches); Error; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0002227. Till.