IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Monongahela
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960OH009006
  • User Pedon ID: 1960-OH009-006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AT-006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69548
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: One tenth mile west of county road 19 and 0.15 mile south of Old State Route 50, Ohio University Farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH009—Athens
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bone, Jones, Wenner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Monongahela
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess; Alluvium
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/25/1960 (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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010606
    E—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak medium platy structure; friable; iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010607
    BE—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak very thick platy, and subangular blocky structure; friable; iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010608
    Bt1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010609
    Bt2—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent manganese coatings and 11 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010610
    Btx1—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; very firm; 10 percent manganese coatings; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010611. Polygons are massive and very firm in place and exhibit moderate to strong brittleness when removed.
    Btx2—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; firm; 1 percent manganese coatings; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010612. Polygons are massive and firm in place and exhibit moderate to strong brittleness when removed.
    Btx3—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) Error; massive; firm; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010613. Firm in place and exhibits brittleness when removed.
    C1—135 to 163 centimeters (53.1 to 64.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and light gray (N 7/), Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0010614. Light gray color appears to be clayey material. Auger sample.
    C2—163 to 178 centimeters (64.2 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and light gray (N 7/), Error; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0010615. Auger samples. Sampled at 64 - 70? and 70 - 80.?
    C3—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and light gray (N 7/), Error; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0010616. Auger samples. Sampled at 64 - 70? and 70 - 80.?