IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Latham
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959OH141050
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH141-050
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - RO-050
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71326
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1 mi. ENE of fire tower in Scioto Trail State forest; 0.4 mi. N of Stewart Lake dam; Franklin Twp. 3 mi. NNE of Alma.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH141—Ross

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: finney, petro, baldridge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Latham
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/15/1959 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    35

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    277.4

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    45

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. An even covering of partially decomposed leaf litter.
    A—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), 10YR 4/ (10YR 4/),, dry; Error; strong fine granular structure; friable; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007107. Coarse skeleton of primarily channery size sandstone fragments.
    E—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; Error; strong fine granular structure; friable; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007108. Coarse skeleton of primarily channery size sandstone fragments.
    EB—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; Error; granular structure; friable; 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007109. Coarse skeleton of channery to flaggy size sandstone fragments.
    BE—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), yellow (10YR 7/6), dry; Error; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 45 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007110. Coarse skeleton of flaggy size fragments.
    B1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent fine faint 5YR 5/ (5YR 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron; 45 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007111. Coarse skeleton of flaggy and stoney fragments.
    2B2—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent fine distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of reduced iron; 35 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007112. Slippery and plastic. Coarse skeleton of flaggy fragments.
    2BC—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 80 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007113. Slippery and plastic but not sticky. Coarse skeleton appears to be a natural ledge of sandstone about 10 inches thick.
    2C—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) Error; weak coarse platy structure; firm; 11 percent fine distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 9 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007114. Crumbly and plastic. Occasional pieces of seemingly unweathered shale.