IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beasley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962OH001S24
  • User Pedon ID: 1962-OH001-S24
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AD-s24
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70444
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Tiffin Twp. 4.4 mi. E from West Union Courthouse on SR 125 to intersection with CR C-26; 0.6 mi. to C-5 and then 1.4 mi. to twp. road. 0.8 mi. E on twp. road to last house. Then 0.4 mi. E of the house; site is 250 ft. W of woods and 100 ft. N of south l
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH001—Adams

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: meeker, tabb, shumate, hendrix
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Beasley
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bedford
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess; Limestone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/24/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; very fine and fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014870. Nonsticky and nonplastic when wet. Few fine pores.
    Bt1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014871. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Common fine pores.; patchy - phpvsfiid 977923; patchy - phpvsfiid 977923
    Bt2—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014872. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Few fine pores in matrix, common in 10YR 6/2 material.; patchy - phpvsfiid 977924; patchy - phpvsfiid 977924
    Bt3—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; weak very fine and fine angular blocky structure; friable; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 33 percent medium iron-manganese nodules; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014873. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Few fine pores. Zone of maximum concretions (nodules) occupying about 50% by volume.; patchy - phpvsfiid 977925; patchy - phpvsfiid 977925
    2BC1—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; very coarse angular blocky, and weak angular blocky structure; very firm; slickensides (pedogenic) and pressure faces; 10 percent fine iron-manganese nodules; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # OSU0014874. Sticky and plastic when wet. Few fine pores.
    2BC2—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; very coarse angular blocky, and weak angular blocky structure; very firm; slickensides (pedogenic) and pressure faces; 10 percent fine iron-manganese nodules; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # OSU0014875. Sticky and plastic when wet. Few fine pores.
    2BC3—94 to 107 centimeters (37.0 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) Error; coarse angular blocky, and weak angular blocky structure; very firm; slickensides (pedogenic) and pressure faces; 10 percent fine iron-manganese nodules; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0014876. Very sticky and very plastic when wet. Neutral to calcareous. The lower half of this horizon is comprised of sandy and silty C material from the limestone bedrock, with irregular penetrations of clay, making up to half the volume.
    2BC4—107 to 114 centimeters (42.1 to 44.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) Error; coarse angular blocky, and weak angular blocky structure; very firm; slickensides (pedogenic) and pressure faces; 10 percent fine iron-manganese nodules; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0014877. Very sticky and very plastic when wet. Neutral to calcareous. The lower half of this horizon is comprised of sandy and silty C material from the limestone bedrock, with irregular penetrations of clay, making up to half the volume.
    2R—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches); fragments.