IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pekin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH001S09
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH001-S09
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AD-s09
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71584
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Franklin Twp. 3.4 mi. NNE of Pebbles on SR 41 to Franklin Twp. Rd. T-215, then 1.4 mi. E to Twp. Rd. T-216(abandoned), Then N 0.15 mi. to an old orchard on the Henry Shoemaker farm. Then .1 mi. NE from the gate of the old orchard to sample site.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH001—Adams

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: shumate, tabb
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pekin
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cruze
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess; Fluvio-lacustrine
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1961 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    15

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; medium and coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013595. Slightly hard when dry. Many fine pores.
    E—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; medium and coarse granular structure; friable; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, silt coats; 11 percent medium faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013596. Suggestion of very weak, thin, platy orientation of materials within the coarse granular peds. Slightly hard when dry. Many, fine pores.
    BE—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse granular, and subangular blocky structure; friable; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats and faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013597. Slightly hard when dry. Many fine pores; patchy - phpvsfiid 977876; patchy - phpvsfiid 977876
    Bt1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, clay films and faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013598. Hard when dry. one- to two-inch diameter old root channels filled with 10YR 6/3 vesicular silt loam.; patchy - phpvsfiid 977877; patchy - phpvsfiid 977878; patchy - phpvsfiid 977877; patchy - phpvsfiid 977878
    2Bt21—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013599. Matrix colors mixed in a fine and medium, variegated pattern. Very hard when dry.; patchy - phpvsfiid 977879; patchy - phpvsfiid 977879
    2Bt22—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and light gray (10YR 7/2) Error; weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 1 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4. Lab sample # OSU0013600. Matrix colors in a fine and medium, variegated pattern. Hard to very hard when dry. Few fine pores in ped interiors.
    2Btx1—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; 11 percent fine and medium prominent red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0013601. Matrix colors in a fine and medium, variegated pattern. Hard to very hard when dry.
    2Btx2—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light gray (10YR 7/2) Error; very firm; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0013602. Matrix colors in a fine and medium, variegated pattern. Hard when dry.; patchy - phpvsfiid 977880; patchy - phpvsfiid 977880
    2Btx31—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; very firm; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0013603. Matrix colors in a fine and medium, variegated pattern. Hard when dry.; patchy - phpvsfiid 977881; patchy - phpvsfiid 977881
    2Btx32—160 to 190 centimeters (63.0 to 74.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; very firm; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0013604. Matrix colors in a fine and medium, variegated pattern. Hard when dry.; patchy - phpvsfiid 977882; patchy - phpvsfiid 977882
    2Btx41—190 to 211 centimeters (74.8 to 83.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) Error; very firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0013605. Hard when dry.
    2Btx42—211 to 229 centimeters (83.1 to 90.2 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; very firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0013606. Hard when dry. Slightly greater proportion of 10YR 6-7/2 colors than overlying horizon.