IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eldean
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959OH021013
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH021-013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CH-013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70351
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Union Twp. 4 mi. SW of Mechansicburg, 200 ft. E of Casey Rd., 1500 ft. S of St.Rt. 4. Carl Potter farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH021—Champaign

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ritchie, pawell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Eldean
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fox
  • Classificaton Date - 3/30/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan loess; Wisconsinan outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/30/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine platy, and moderate granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008434
    B1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); 7.5YR 4/ (7.5YR 4/), Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, silt coats; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008435
    B21—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008436
    B22—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008437
    B23—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent clay films; 10 percent manganese coatings; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008438
    76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) Error; friable; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008439. Horizon designated as B3-D1.
    91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008440. Partially leached, stratified sand and gravel; slightly calcareous.
    122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008441. Calcareous stratified sand and gravel.