IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959OH141077
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH141-077
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - RO-077
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70104
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1/2 mi. S of Richmond Dale; 7/16 mi. ENE of Junction of Watson and Whiskey Run Rds. Jefferson Twp.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH141—Ross

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: petro, finney
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan loess; Sandstone + shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/13/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008915. Representative pedon for Ross Co.
    BE—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008916. Representative pedon for Ross Co.
    Bt1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008917. Representative pedon for Ross Co.; patchy - phpvsfiid 977320; patchy - phpvsfiid 977320
    Bt2—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008918. Representative pedon for Ross Co.; patchy - phpvsfiid 977321; patchy - phpvsfiid 977321
    Bt3—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008919. Representative pedon for Ross Co.; patchy - phpvsfiid 977322; patchy - phpvsfiid 977322
    BC—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008920. Representative pedon for Ross Co.; patchy - phpvsfiid 977323; patchy - phpvsfiid 977323
    C1—122 to 160 centimeters (48.0 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008921. Representative pedon for Ross Co.
    C2—160 to 196 centimeters (63.0 to 77.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008922. Representative pedon for Ross Co.
    C2—196 to 221 centimeters (77.2 to 87.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008923. Representative pedon for Ross Co.
    2Ab—221 to 239 centimeters (87.0 to 94.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008924. Representative pedon for Ross Co.
    2Btb—239 to 249 centimeters (94.1 to 98.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0008925. Representative pedon for Ross Co.