IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH059W01
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH059-W01
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - GR-w01
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71169
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Four miles west of Cambridge on Girl Scout Camp in Sec. 19, Adams Twp. 1,000 ft. north and 150 ft. east of main lodge building, about middle of west facing slope.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH059—Guernsey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: dunlavy & bradley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskingum
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Sandstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/29/1961 (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

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Forest litter and leaves. Not sampled.
    Oe—3 to 3 centimeters (1.2 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Trace. Not sampled.
    A1—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) Error; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012065
    A2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012066. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments up to 2 inches on long axis.
    B1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 60 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6. Lab sample # OSU0012067. Coarse skeleton is sandstone channers and fragments up to 14 inches on long axis.
    B2—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 60 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6. Lab sample # OSU0012068. Coarse skeleton is sandstone channers and fragments up to 14 inches on long axis.
    B3—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 60 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6. Lab sample # OSU0012069. Coarse skeleton is sandstone channers and fragments up to 14 inches on long axis.
    B4—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 60 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012070. Coarse skeleton is sandstone channers and fragments up to 14 inches on long axis.
    Cr1—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; very friable; 90 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # OSU0012071. Coarse skeleton is sandstone channers and fragments up to 14 inches on long axis.
    Cr2—79 to 124 centimeters (31.1 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; very friable; 90 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # OSU0012072. Coarse skeleton is sandstone channers and fragments up to 14 inches on long axis.