IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956OH041015
  • User Pedon ID: 1956OH041015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - DL-015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70712
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 40.2276000
  • Std. Longitude: -83.0109000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 3
  • Location Description: Berlin Twp. 1 mi. S of Gregory; Tim McNamara farm. 120 yds. N of Co. Rd. 98 and 100 yds E of rail road.
  • Map Unit: Blg1B1—Blount silt loam, ground moraine, 2 to 4 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH041—Delaware
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: shumate, schafer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 3/11/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • 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: 5/25/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # OSU0003963
    E—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0003964. May have been plowed in past.
    BE—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # OSU0003965. Field texture was silty clay loam.
    Bt1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # OSU0003966
    Bt2—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # OSU0003967
    Bt3—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # OSU0003968
    Bt4—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent medium distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003969
    BCt—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0003970
    C1—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; massive; firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate coats; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0003971. Intermingling of matrix colors.
    C2—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; massive; firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate coats; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0003972. Sampled at 40-45 inches.; Field texture was clay loam.; layer depth adjusted to match sampling depth.
    C3—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0003973. lAYER DEPTH WAS CHANGED TO MATCH DESCRIPTION.