IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cardington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH045S01
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH045-S01
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - FA-s01
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71850
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Center of Black Lick Forest. 1 1/4 mi. SSW of Reynoldsburg of Sec. 19, Violet Twp.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH045—Fairfield

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: holowaychuk, fritts
  • 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; Sandstone + shale
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/26/1954 (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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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Leaf litter. Not sampled.
    A—5 to 11 centimeters (2.0 to 4.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; Error; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0000921
    E—11 to 23 centimeters (4.3 to 9.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; Error; subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0000922
    BEt—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000923. Occasional sandstone pebble.
    Bt1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), light gray (10YR 7/1) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; Error; moderate fine prismatic, and strong subangular blocky structure; 35 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of reduced iron and coarse prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000924. Mottling mainly on ped surfaces. Moderately sticky and plastic when wet.; continuous - phpvsfiid 975471; continuous - phpvsfiid 975471
    Bt2—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; Error; 35 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and prominent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000925. The 10YR 4/2 mottles occur as thin clay skins. Sticky and plastic when wet. Coarse skeleton is mainly black shale and leached limestone fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 975472; continuous - phpvsfiid 975472
    BC—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; Error; weak coarse prismatic, and weak subangular blocky structure; firm; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and faint gray (N 6/), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000926. Prominent, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) mottles occur as splotches or coatings of calcareous material. Dry color also 10YR 5/1.
    C—102 to 142 centimeters (40.2 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3) and white (10YR 8/1), dry; Error; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak structure; firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000927. Till. Firm when removed. Some coarse skeleton present throughout the solum and in the C horizon. The A horizons and upper B have some sandstone fragments while the lower B has black shale and leached limestone fragments in addition. Black shale and limest