IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westmoreland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH115008
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH115-008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MO-008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68982
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: UNION
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Union Twp., Sec. 35, 2400 ft. east and 100 ft. south of junction of SR 555 and Union Twp. Rd. 102, on Ohio Division of Wildlife land in old abandoned meadow field.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH115—Morgan
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Dunlavy and G. Schafer
  • 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
  • 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
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    Ap—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak very fine granular structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013448. Dark brown silt loam (low clay-high fine sand); very friable when moist, slightly hard when dry; high in organic matter. sample # 13448
    Ap—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; very thick platy structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013449. Brown silt loam; friable when moist, hard when dry. sample # 13449
    B1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013450. Brown silty clay loam; occasional very thin, patchy clay skins; pinkish gray coatings on most ped faces when dry, disappear on moistening. sample # 13450
    B1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013451. Dark brown silty clay loam; firm when moist, hard when dry. sample # 13451
    B1—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013452. Brown fine silty clay loam; thin clay skins on all ped surfaces. 15-20? sample # 13452 20-26? sample # 13453
    B1—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013453. Brown fine silty clay loam; thin clay skins on all ped surfaces. 15-20? sample # 13452 20-26? sample # 13453
    2B1—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; iron-manganese concretions and manganese coatings; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013454. Brown clay; many large black concretions and coatings. sample # 13454
    B1—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) Error; brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, pressure faces; iron-manganese concretions and manganese coatings; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013455. Brown clay; brown pressure faces 2-4? across-no thickness apparent under hand lens; many large black concretions and coatings. sample # 13455
    B1—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, pressure faces; manganese coatings; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0013456. Dark brown clay; brown pressure faces-fewer than in layer above; few black concretions and coatings. sample # 13456
    C—117 to 157 centimeters (46.1 to 61.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) Error; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments. Lab sample # OSU0013457. Variegated brown and olive yellow to pink clay; approximately 3% of mass is weathered limestone 4-10? in diameter; strongly calcareous; depth to carbonates in the pit ranged from 39-46?. sample # 13457