IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Montgomery
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956-OH161-S12
  • User Pedon ID: 1956-OH161-S12
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - VW-s12
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71229
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 40.7621002
  • Std. Longitude: -84.5718307
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 24
  • Location Description: 0.1 mile north of railroad or 60 ft north of fourth telephone pole north of railroad and 70 ft west of fence line in woods on west side of the road. NE 4 SE 4 Lat & Long approx.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH161—Van Wert

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: baker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Montgomery
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Humic gley on silty outwash
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan outwash; till, unspecified
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/1956 (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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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; weak very fine and fine angular blocky, and weak granular structure; 7.0 roots; 1 percent fine faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004587. when crushed material is very dark grayish brown 10YR3.5/2; dry color is grayish brown 2.5Y5/2; structure is nearly massive from tramping by livestock when wet. Hard when dry, slightly sticky but not plastic when wet; high organic content.
    A1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; very fine and fine angular blocky, and granular structure; 11 percent fine distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004588. Color when crushed is very dark grayish brown 10YR3.5/1.5;
    B—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; very fine and fine angular blocky structure; 7.0 roots; 33 percent fine and medium distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004589. material is dark grayish brown 2/5Y4/2 when crushed; consistence sticky and plastic when wet;
    B—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and dark gray (N 4/0) Error; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; 3.0 roots; dark gray (N 4/0), moist, clay films and dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films; 33 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004590. color of mottles grade into gray colors; consistence sticky and plastic when wet;
    B1—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; strong angular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; 3.0 roots; gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004591. Pattern of mottling is mixed irregularly; surfaces of all major peds and many secondary peds covered with clay skins; consistence plastic and slightly sticky when wet.
    B1—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; 3.0 roots; gray (5Y 6/1), moist, clay films; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and gray (5Y 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004592. Ped interiors are mottled with dark grayish brown 2.5Y4/2 and gray 5Y6/1; Pattern of mottling is irregularly mixed; consistence sticky and plastic when wet;
    B1—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; gray (5Y 6/1), moist, clay films; gray (5Y 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004593. mottling following along cleavage planes and root channels; yellowish brown colors grade into dark grayish brown 10YR4/2 in many places at edge of mottles. Some primary units break down to weak medium subangular blocky units; sticky and plastic when wet.
    B1—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and weak subangular blocky structure; gray (5Y 6/1), moist, clay films; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004594. mottled with pinkish gray 7.5YR6/2 and gray 5Y6/1 with the pinkish gray occuring as a transition between the yellowish brown and gray; the gray colors occur along all root channels and cleavage and fracture planes; consistence slightly plastic and sticky
    C1—137 to 163 centimeters (53.9 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004595. silt loam mottled with gray 10YR5/1 and grayish brown 10YR5/2; smooth silts with an occasional thin lens of fine sand; weakly calcareous.
    163 to 213 centimeters (64.2 to 83.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; massive; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004596. calcareous glacial till;
    213 to 274 centimeters (83.9 to 107.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2); fragments. calcareous glacial till similar to D1a horizon.