IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958OH141045
  • User Pedon ID: 1958-OH141-045
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - RO-045
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70694
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Tar Hollow State Forest, colerain Twp. of Sec. 36.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH141—Ross

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: evans, baldridge
  • 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: Sandstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1958 (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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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007078
    Oi—3 to 3 centimeters (1.2 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Shallow layer of leaves, forest litter and leaf mold. Not sampled.
    E—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007079
    BE—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007080
    B—38 to 62 centimeters (15.0 to 24.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007081
    C—62 to 81 centimeters (24.4 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) Error; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # OSU0007082. Highly weathered fine grained sandstone of Logan formation. Upper portion of horizon is largely silt loam or loam mixed with sandstone rock. The soil and rock materials grade into fresh bedrock at about 36 inches at the site and from 30 to 72 inches withi