IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH071S20
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH071-S20
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HY-s20
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69293
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Liberty Twp. 4.4 mi. SSE of New Vienna 1/2 mi. E of St.Rt. 73 on Hague-Richards Rd.; 100 yds. S of tenant house on Earl West farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH071—Highland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: dotson, stout
  • 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: Illinoian till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Illinoian formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/1954 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0002200
    E—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak thin platy structure; friable; 33 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0002201
    BE—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent fine faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0002202
    B1—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and strong angular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0002203
    B2—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; moderate subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; 33 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0002204
    BC1—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0002205
    2BC2—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; firm; 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0002206
    2C1—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0002207
    2C2—157 to 229 centimeters (61.8 to 90.2 inches); Error; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0002208. Sampled at 84-90 inches.