IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958OH141052
  • User Pedon ID: 1958-OH141-052
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - RO-052
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70773
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: of Sec. 26, Colerain Twp.; Tar Hollow State Firest; 0.5 mi. NE of intersection of Swamp and Swamp Ridge Rds. 0.1 mi. NW of intersection of North Ridge and Swamp Ridge Rds; 4 1/2 mi. SSW of Adelphi.
  • 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: Sandstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/24/1958 (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

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. An even covering of leaf litter that is partially decomposed.
    A—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; Error; fine granular structure; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007123. Coarse skeleton of fragments mostly less than 1 inch across. Thickness varies from 5 inches to 12 inches.
    BA—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007124. Coatings on peds are visible when horizon is dry.
    B1—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007125
    B2—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007126. Black coatings on lower side of rock fragments.
    B3—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; Error; fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 80 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007127
    BC—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films; 85 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007128. Colluvial material; coarse fragments are not all parallel to surface.
    C—135 to 155 centimeters (53.1 to 61.0 inches); fragments. This horizon is apparently solid bedrock with a few cracks that have friable loamy material between them. Not sampled.