IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westmoreland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH115002
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH115-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MO-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70297
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1.5 miles northeast of McConnelsville; 0.7 of a mile south of St. Rt. 78 on McGovern Road and 200 ft. east in woods on east facing slope, approximately in the center of Section 1 in Morgan Twp. Holy Family Hermitage tract.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH115—Morgan
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dunlavy and Bradley
  • 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: Sandstone+limestone+sandy shale
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/27/1961 (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

    22

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    304.8

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    90

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    Oa—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments. A00 Deciduous leaves and forest litter. Not sampled. A0 Decayed forest litter. Not sampled.
    A1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012037. very dark gray silt loam sample #12037
    A1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012038. Brown silt loam 4-8? sample #12038 8-11? sample#12039
    A1—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012039. Brown silt loam 4-8? sample #12038 8-11? sample#12039
    B1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012040. Brown silt loam. 11-15? sample #12040 15-19? sample #12041
    B1—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012041. Brown silt loam. 11-15? sample #12040 15-19? sample #12041
    B1—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012042. Brown silty clay loam; occasional small fragments of weathered sandstone up to 1/2? on long axis. sample #12042
    B1—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; black (N 2/), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012043. Brown silty clay loam; approximately 15% of ped faces have black coatings; about 5% of volume consists of soft shale and sandstone fragments up to 1? on long axis. 24-29? sample #12043; 29-33? sample #12044
    B1—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; black (N 2/), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012044. Brown silty clay loam; approximately 15% of ped faces have black coatings; about 5% of volume consists of soft shale and sandstone fragments up to 1? on long axis. 24-29? sample #12043; 29-33? sample #12044
    B1—91 to 99 centimeters (35.8 to 39.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; black (N 2/), moist, manganese coatings and 11 percent faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012045. Brown silty clay loam; about 10% of volume is soft shale and sandstone fragments up to 2: on long axis. 33-36? sample #12045; 36-39? sample #12046
    B1—99 to 107 centimeters (39.0 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; black (N 2/), moist, manganese coatings and 11 percent faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012046. Brown silty clay loam; about 10% of volume is soft shale and sandstone fragments up to 2: on long axis. 33-36? sample #12045; 36-39? sample #12046
    C—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; massive; 11 percent faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # OSU0012047. Dark brown clay loam with faint, common, light olive brown mottles; about 50% of volume is soft shale, sandstone and limestone fragments up to 1? on long axis; limestone ledge at 48?. sample #12047