IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Medway
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960OH135044
  • User Pedon ID: 1960-OH135-044
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - PB-044
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69934
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Robert Ricker farm; 0.55 mi. SE on Eaton-Gettysburg Rd. from its intersection with Fudge Rd. and 394 ft. W of Eaton-Gettysburg Rd. 2 1/2 mi. N and 1 mi. W of Eaton. , of Sec. 21, Washington Twp.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH135—Preble

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: davis, tornes, mcloda
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Medway
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/21/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011022
    A2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011023
    A3—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011024
    C1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011025
    C2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011026
    C3—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011027
    C4—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; friable; 1 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, worm casts; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011028
    C5—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; friable; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011029. Few igneous and limestone pebbles present.
    C6—97 to 102 centimeters (38.2 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and gray (10YR 5/1) Error; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0011030. Mixture of matrix colors. This sand lense varied from 1 to 3 inches thick in pit.
    C7—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0011031. Additional matrix color was 10YR 6/8. Mixture of matrix colors. Common igneous and many weathered limestone pebbles.
    C8—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0011032. Dirty sand and gravel. Sampled by bucket auger. Stopped by coarse gravel at 54 inches.