IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958OH029084
  • User Pedon ID: 1958-OH029-084
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CO-084
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70112
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 20 ft. W of road, E of of Sec. 35, Center Twp.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH029—Columbiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: lessig & hale
  • 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: Siltstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/20/1958 (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
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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008361. 1/2? of 10YR 2/1 soil at the top of the horizon.
    E2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak fine granular, and weak granular structure; friable; 15 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4 wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008362
    BE1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008363
    23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008364. Horizon designated as B2C
    BC3—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 60 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0008365. Horizon designated as B3C.
    Cr—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0008366. No horizon designation given. Soil occurs in zones 1 mm thick between horizontal cracks in weathered micaceous bedrock, which breaks into layers about 5 mm thick.