IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958OH029076
  • User Pedon ID: 1958-OH029-076
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CO-076
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69163
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • Location Description: NW corner Sec. 13, Madison Twp. 1200 ft. E of junction of Rt. 30 and 267, 20 ft. N of Rt. 30 on steep hillside in area of woods.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH029—Columbiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: hale & LESSIG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskingum
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/13/1958 (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

    30

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008169
    A21—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008170
    A22—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008171
    B21—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008172. Shale fragments are soft and oxidized, and crush to soil when rubbed.
    36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008173. Horizon designated as B22-C1.
    46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 25 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008174. Horizon designated as B23-C1. Oxidized black shale fragments crush to soil when rubbed.
    BC—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) Error; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008175. Horizon designated as B24-C1. Nonsticky when wet.
    C1—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); 5/3 5/3) Error; massive; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # OSU0008176. Rotted oxidized black shale which forms silty clay loam when rubbed.
    102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3); coarse manganese coatings; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # OSU0008177. Oxidized dark gray clay shale which has conchoidal fracture; graded into dark gray shale below 52?.