IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ross
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1957OH165S20
  • User Pedon ID: 1957-OH165-S20
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - WA-s20
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72137
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1.3 mi. E of South Lebanon (junction Morrow Rd. & Rt. 48). Union Twp., Sec. 31, SE4.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH165—Warren

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: baker, lerch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ross
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/13/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; Error; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10 percent worm casts; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005836. High organic matter content; many nodules on young alfalfa roots.
    Ap—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; Error; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10 percent worm casts; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005837. High organic matter content; many nodules on young alfalfa roots.
    20 to 29 centimeters (7.9 to 11.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak coarse platy, and weak granular structure; very friable; 33 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005838. 1-3mm thich of thin discontinuous coarse fine sandy loam lenses that are 10YR 4/2; in some places thick platy units separate into thin platy units along lines of stratification;
    29 to 37 centimeters (11.4 to 14.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak granular structure; friable; faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005839. Many worm holes present; some local stratification but less than above.; patchy - phpvsfiid 976309; patchy - phpvsfiid 976309
    37 to 46 centimeters (14.6 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005840. Very little stratification; many primary units are flattened: 1-2.5? long, .5-1.5?wide and .25-.5 ?thick; these units have surface appearance of subangular blocky structure and are oriented with the long axis in a vertical position; continuous - phpvsfiid 976310; continuous - phpvsfiid 976310
    46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005841. Very little stratification; many primary units are flattened: 1-2.5? long, .5-1.5?wide and .25-.5 ?thick; these units have surface appearance of subangular blocky structure and are oriented with the long axis in a vertical position; continuous - phpvsfiid 976311; continuous - phpvsfiid 976311
    56 to 64 centimeters (22.0 to 25.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005842. Very little stratification; many primary units are flattened: 1-2.5? long, .5-1.5?wide and .25-.5 ?thick; these units have surface appearance of subangular blocky structure and are oriented with the long axis in a vertical position; continuous - phpvsfiid 976312; continuous - phpvsfiid 976312
    64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) Error; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005843. Structure is similar th H3 horizon except it is slightly less well developed; coatings on ped surfaces decrease with depth.
    74 to 81 centimeters (29.1 to 31.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) Error; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005844. Structure is similar th H3 horizon except it is slightly less well developed; coatings on ped surfaces decrease with depth.
    81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) Error; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005845
    94 to 107 centimeters (37.0 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005846
    107 to 119 centimeters (42.1 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005847
    119 to 142 centimeters (46.9 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005848. Loam with occassional dark gray splotches
    142 to 168 centimeters (55.9 to 66.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005849
    168 to 193 centimeters (66.1 to 76.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005850
    193 to 218 centimeters (76.0 to 85.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005851