IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960OH111008
  • User Pedon ID: 1960-OH111-008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MN-008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69577
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 8 mi. W and 7.5 mi. S of Woodsfield; of of of Sec.10, Bethel Twp. 1.1 mi. SW of junction T-293 and T-327.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH111—Monroe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: hayhurst, rubel, kelley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskingum
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskingum
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Sandstone + shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1960 (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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    341.4

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Leaf litter from deciduous trees. Not sampled.
    Oe—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Humus and partially decomposed leaf litter. Not sampled.
    A—4 to 14 centimeters (1.6 to 5.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) Error; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011655
    E—14 to 19 centimeters (5.5 to 7.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011656
    BE—19 to 34 centimeters (7.5 to 13.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011657
    B1—34 to 44 centimeters (13.4 to 17.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011658. Several large roots throughout the solum.
    B2—44 to 55 centimeters (17.3 to 21.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011659
    B3—55 to 67 centimeters (21.7 to 26.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; firm; faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011660
    R—67 to 74 centimeters (26.4 to 29.1 inches); fragments. Stopped by sandstone boulder greater than 24 inches in diameter. Good soil development down to this point. Not sampled.