IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crosby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956OH141029
  • User Pedon ID: 1956-OH141-029
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - RO-029
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71478
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024
  • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: , Ne 1/4 of Sec. 16, Green Twp.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH141—Ross
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: r. h. jones
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crosby
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

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

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/15/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

    222.5

    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004860
    E—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 10 percent , moist, iron-manganese nodules and 11 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004861
    BE—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004862. 2.5Y 5/2 color confined to unit faces. Some small limestone and igneous pebbles. Roots confined to cleavage faces.
    B—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004863. 2.5Y 5/2 color confined to unit faces. Some small limestone and igneous pebbles.
    BC1—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004864. Contains considerable coarse sand and numerous small pebbles.
    BC2—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004865. Contains considerable coarse sand and numerous small pebbles.
    C—97 to 132 centimeters (38.2 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004866. Glacial till? This horizon has appearance of being modified by water action.