IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lowell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1957OH001S06
  • User Pedon ID: 1957-OH001-S06
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AD-s06
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71257
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: .5 mi. S and .2 mi. E of Pebbles on Steam Furnace Rd. 40 ft. N of barn and 450 ft. W of road.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH001—Adams
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: meeker, bone, shumate, baker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowell
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bratton
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Limestone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/1957 (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); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak thin platy structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006439. hard clods when dry, friable when moist. Neutral.
    E—18 to 22 centimeters (7.1 to 8.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; cloddy, and weak subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006440. Friable when moist, hard when dry. Vesicular. Neutral.
    Bt1—22 to 30 centimeters (8.7 to 11.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) Error; cloddy, and weak subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006441. Sticky when wet, hard when dry. Vesicular. Neutral.
    Bt2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) Error; very coarse subangular blocky, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006442. Plastic and slightly sticky when wet, firm when moist. Medium acid.
    Bt3—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006443. Medium acid.
    Bt4—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) Error; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats; manganese coatings; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006444. Medium acid.
    Bt5—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) Error; medium prismatic, and weak structure; very friable; manganese coatings; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006445
    Bt6—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) Error; weak, and medium prismatic structure; very friable; manganese coatings; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006446
    2BC—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and single grain; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006447. Sand around peds is probably disintegrated limestone.
    2C1—119 to 132 centimeters (46.9 to 52.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006448
    2R—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); fragments. Limestone bedrock.