IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH119W02
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH119-W02
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MS-w02
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70051
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: six mi. W of Zanesville, 1.3 mi. SE of intersection of U.S. Rt. 40 and Muskingum Co. Rd. 34; 1.3 mi. on Muskingum Co.Rd. 34 and 0.3 mi. N and 200 ft. E in pine planting on col. Niles Erickson tract, on E facing slope.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH119—Muskingum

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: dunlavy, meeker, bradkey
  • 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 + shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/21/1961 (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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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Pine needles. Not sampled.
    Oe—5 to 5 centimeters (2.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Trace. Not sampled.
    A—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011998
    Ap—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011999. Coarse skeleton of sandstone fragments up to 3 inches on long axis.
    B1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # OSU0012000. Coarse skeleton of sandstone fragments, 2 to 4 inches on long axis.
    B2—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012001. Coarse skeleton of sandstone fragments, 2 to 4 inches on long axis.
    BC—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 45 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012002. Coarse skeleton of fine-grained sandstone and shale fragments, 2 to 6 inches on long axis.
    C—58 to 97 centimeters (22.8 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; firm; 90 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0012003. Coarse skeleton of fine-grained sandstone and shale fragments, 2 to 6 inches on long axis.