IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Homer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH057005
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH057-005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - GN-005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69412
  • Print Date: 5/18/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Ross Twp. about 4 1/2 mi. ENe of Cedarville. Site is 250 yds. SW of Oglesby Rd. and 100 yds. SE of Gravel Pit Rd.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH057—Greene

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: roseler, evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Aeric Endoaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Homer
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan loess; Wisconsinan outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/29/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak medium subangular blocky, and granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # OSU0001298
    E—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0001299
    BE—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # OSU0001300
    B1—48 to 56 centimeters (18.9 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0001301
    B2—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent medium distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0001302
    2BC—84 to 127 centimeters (33.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; massive; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0001303. Appreciable sand and some pebbles present.
    2C—127 to 140 centimeters (50.0 to 55.1 inches); Error; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0001304. Sand and gravel and some fines.