IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959OH029106
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH029-106
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CO-106
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71701
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: On terrace about 110 ft. above Little Beaver Creek in the NE corner of Sw 1/4 Sec. 3, St. Clair Twp. About 400 ft. south of Creek at end of island. T. C. Toland farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH029—Columbiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: wm. hale & h. d. lessig
  • 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: Colluvium
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/11/1959 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    15

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); 2/1 2/1) Error; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009123
    A2—3 to 23 centimeters (1.2 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) Error; weak very fine granular, and single grain; very friable; 99 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009124
    AB—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; single grain; very friable; 90 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009125
    AB—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak medium and coarse granular structure; friable; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009126
    B1—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); 5/2 5/2) Error; friable; 1 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009127. Zones of 5YR 4/4 4/6 which are rotted sandstone fragments.
    Bm21—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); 4/4 4/4) and 5/2 5/2) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009128
    Bm22—79 to 89 centimeters (31.1 to 35.0 inches); gray (N 6/), and 4/4 4/4) Error; massive; firm; 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009129
    BC—89 to 99 centimeters (35.0 to 39.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and reddish brown (5YR 5/3) Error; massive; friable; 15 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films; 70 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0009130