IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958OH141047
  • User Pedon ID: 1958-OH141-047
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - RO-047
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69910
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: of Sec. 12, Jefferson Twp. 0.9 mi. SSW of intersection of Limerick Rd. and U.S. Rt. 35 on the Kite farm; 2 1/4 mi. SE of Richmond Dale.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH141—Ross

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: finney
  • 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: Conglomerate
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/11/1958 (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

    20

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    271.3

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    225

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments. Thin, partly decomposed leaf and moss litter, mor type, uneven ground cover. Not sampled.
    A—1 to 3 centimeters (0.4 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007087
    E—3 to 14 centimeters (1.2 to 5.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium granular structure; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007088
    B1—14 to 32 centimeters (5.5 to 12.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # OSU0007089
    B2—32 to 47 centimeters (12.6 to 18.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007090
    BC—47 to 62 centimeters (18.5 to 24.4 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) Error; massive; friable; 70 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # OSU0007091
    C—62 to 76 centimeters (24.4 to 29.9 inches); fragments. Slightly weathered sandstone. Not sampled.