IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Xenia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959OH135027
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH135-027
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - PB-027
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72411
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4SW 1/4NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Vanausdall farm, 9.4 mi. W and 5.6 mi. S of Eaton. , , of Sec. 31 in Dixon Twp.; 0.5 mi. N of Paint Creek-Four Mile and State Line Rd. intersection, 192 yds E of St. Line Rd.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH135—Preble

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: lerch, tornes, mcloda, hayhurst
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Xenia
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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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    327.7

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; platy, and weak granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009951
    E—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine platy, and weak granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009952
    BE—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; friable; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009953
    B1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009954
    B2—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009955
    B3—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; firm; 11 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009956
    B4—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; firm; 11 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009957
    2B5—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; firm; 11 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009958. Lower limits of the silt cap occur in this region.
    2BC1—104 to 117 centimeters (40.9 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009959. Upper limit of weathered till with occasional till pebble present in this horizon.
    2BC2—117 to 137 centimeters (46.1 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009960. Coarse skeleton of till pebbles less than 0.5 inches in diameter.
    2C1—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; friable; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0009961. Coarse skeleton of till pebbles less than 2 inches in diameter.
    2C2—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; 6 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0009962. Till. Coarse skeleton of till pebbles less than 2 inches in diameter. Sampled with bucket auger.
    2C3—183 to 213 centimeters (72.0 to 83.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; 6 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0009963. Till. Coarse skeleton of till pebbles less than 2 inches in diameter. Sampled with bucket auger.