IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Coolville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1957OH105S06
  • User Pedon ID: 1957-OH105-S06
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MG-s06
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70956
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 3/4 mile E of Carpenter. SE Ohio OAES. NE corner of forest on SE part of farm, 80 yds. E and 80yds. N of gate in west fence in southwest part.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH105—Meigs

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: holowaychuk
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Aquultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Coolville
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Sandstone; Shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/26/1957 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    10

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; Error; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005859. Moderately hard when dry. Mat of roots horizontally oriented. Thickness of horizon ranges from 0.5 to 1 inches.
    E—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; Error; massive, and subangular blocky; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005860. Upper part of horizon appears to break into very weak irregular thick plates. Hard when dry. The few roots are predominantly horizontally oriented.
    EB—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; Error; weak subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005861. Very hard when dry. Roots with mainly horizontal orientation and show the maximum concentration of any of the horizons below the A.
    BE—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, silt coats and faint clay films; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005862. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Hard when dry. Dry color also 10YR 6/4.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976668; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976668
    B1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; Error; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats and faint clay films; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005863. Sticky and moderately plastic when wet. Very hard when dry. Dry color also 10YR 6/4.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976670; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976670
    B2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; Error; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats and faint clay films; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005864. Sticky and moderately plastic when wet. Very hard when dry. Dry color also 10YR 6/4.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976672; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976672
    B3—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; Error; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak angular blocky structure; very firm; coarse faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and coarse faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005865. Sticky and plastic when wet. Very hard when dry.
    BC1—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005866. Distinctly mottled with an intermingling of colors. No definite pattern of mottling. Very hard when dry.
    BC2—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005867. Very hard when dry. Some small weathered shale fragments present.
    C1—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) Error; distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005868. Weathered olive brown shale fragments (5YR 5/4) surrounding the clayey matrix. Shows very thick shaley lamination.
    C2—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); , moist, manganese coatings; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005869. Slightly weathered very firm olive brown (5Y 5/4) shale. Roots noted between laminae. Down slope and north of the Coolville site the thickness of the silty upper solum becomes greater.