IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westmoreland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH111W12
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH111-W12
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MN-w12
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69061
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4SW 1/4SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 2 mi. W and 10 mi. S of Woodsfield. , , , of Sec. 2, Washington Twp. 2.2 mi. S of St.Rt. 26 and 573 junction. 260 ft. E of St.Rt. 26. See DIAGRAM.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH111—Monroe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: hayhurst, rubel, bradley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Westmoreland
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/12/1961 (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

    45

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments. Leaf litter from deciduous trees.
    A—1 to 4 centimeters (0.4 to 1.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013476. Estimated permeability is moderately rapid. Coarse material is up to 5 inches long along the long axis.
    E—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013477. Estimated permeability is moderately rapid. Coarse material is up to 3 inches long along the long axis.
    BE—8 to 10 centimeters (3.1 to 3.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013478. Estimated permeability is moderate. Coarse material is up to 3 inches long along the long axis.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977705; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977705
    B1—10 to 16 centimeters (3.9 to 6.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 65 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013479. Estimated permeability is moderate. Coarse material is up to 2 inches long along the long axis.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977706; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977706
    B2—16 to 23 centimeters (6.3 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013480. Coarse material is up to 3 inches long along the long axis.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977707; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977707
    2BC—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; faint clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent coarse prominent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013481. Estimated permeability is moderately slow. Coarse material is up to 2 inches long along the long axis.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977708; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977708
    2C1—30 to 36 centimeters (11.8 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; massive; 75 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013482. Estimated permeability is moderately slow. Coarse material is dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) shale fragments up to 4 inches long along the long axis.
    2C2—36 to 41 centimeters (14.2 to 16.1 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) Error; massive; 11 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013483. Estimated permeability is moderately slow. Coarse material is up to 1 inch in diameter.
    2C3—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); dark reddish gray (10R 4/1) and dusky red (10R 3/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013484. Mixed matrix colors. Estimated permeability is moderately slow. Coarse material is up to 1 inch in diameter.
    2C4—48 to 55 centimeters (18.9 to 21.7 inches); dark reddish gray (10R 4/1) and dusky red (10R 3/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; massive; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0013485. Mixed matrix colors. Estimated permeability is moderately slow. Coarse material is up to 1 inch in diameter.
    55 to 57 centimeters (21.7 to 22.4 inches); fragments. Stopped by light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) compact shale.