IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miami
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959OH021026
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH021-026
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CH-026
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70692
  • Print Date: 5/3/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Union Twp. 4 1/2 mi. SW of Mechanicsburg; 6900 ft. NW of St.Rt. 54; 4250 ft. SE of St.Rt. 56; 2120 ft. SE of Brigner Rd. Thomas Tullis farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH021—Champaign

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ritchie, powell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Miami
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/15/1959 (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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; strong medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009827
    A2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak coarse granular, and weak subangular blocky structure; friable; organic stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009828
    AB—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) Error; fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009829. Horizon designated as A3B1.
    B21—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009830. Dry color: 10YR 7/4; 10YR 5/4. The 10YR 7/4 color appears to represent degradation surfaces, the clay appears to have moved out.
    B22—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; prismatic, and strong subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009831. Dry color: 10YR 4/3. ?Clay coatings appear to be on some ped interiors as well as ped surfaces?.
    B22—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; prismatic, and strong subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009832. Dry color: 10YR 4/3. ?Clay coatings appear to be on some ped interiors as well as ped surfaces?.
    B23—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 65 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009833
    BC—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009834. Horizon designated as B3C1. Numerous dolomitic ghosts, more coarse fragments than overlying horizon.
    C1—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0009835. Glacial till.
    C2—94 to 102 centimeters (37.0 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0009836. Calcareous till. Dolomitic stones present.