IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fincastle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956OH027053
  • User Pedon ID: 1956-OH027-053
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CT-053
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72369
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Adams Twp. NE corner, about 3 miles NE of Wilmington. 300 ft. SW of Rt. 73 and 1/2 mile SE of Hale Rd.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH027—Clinton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: evans, roseler
  • 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: Wisconsinan loess; Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/25/1956 (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 (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # OSU0003871
    A3—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1. Lab sample # OSU0003872
    B21—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # OSU0003873
    B22—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # OSU0003874
    2B23—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent coarse distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0003875
    2C1—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent fine distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0003876. Slightly sticky.
    2C2—102 to 112 centimeters (40.2 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; friable; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent fine distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0003877