IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crosby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960OH135048
  • User Pedon ID: 1960-OH135-048
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - PB-048
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72715
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024
  • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 9.7 mi. N and 3 mi. W of Eaton; .18 mi. N of Hamburg and 0.1 mi. E of Pence Shewman Rd. , of Sec. 18, Monrow Twp.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH135—Preble
  • PEDON

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


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/1960 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    2

    365.8

    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011062
    Ap2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011063
    B—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent medium faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011064
    C1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011065. Very dense in place. Limestone ghosts and pebbles present.
    C2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011066. Very dense in place. Many limestone and igneous ghosts and pebbles present.
    C3—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011067. Till. Occasional limestone and igneous pebbles present.
    C4—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011068. Till. Occasional limestone and igneous pebbles present. Sampled with bucket auger.
    C5—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011069. Till. Occasional limestone and igneous pebbles present. Sampled with bucket auger.