IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brookston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962OH097010
  • User Pedon ID: 1962-OH097-010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MA-010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72061
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 4.6 miles N of Plumwood on St. Rt.38; E 1.7 miles on Co. Rd. (Rosedale-Plain City) to 60 ft. past the junction with Co.Rd. (Woods West Ave.). 0.3 mile N on Richard Williams farm in Darby Twp.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH097—Madison

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: flesher, w. h. brug
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brookston
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/16/1962 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015290
    Bg1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015291. Color of mottles is unreadable.
    Bg2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 33 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015292. Till cemented by lime or the weathering of limestone fragments produces what appears to be a calcium cemented conglomerate that occurs in a few areas in this sample.
    BCg—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 33 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015293. 10YR 3/1inas.; Till cemented by lime or the weathering of limestone fragments produces what appears to be a calcium cemented conglomerate and makes up 4% of the horizon. There are few roots, some coarse material, worm casts, and shells in the material filling the krotov
    Cg1—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; massive; friable; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # OSU0015294. 10YR 3/1 shells in the material filling the krotovinas. Roots follow the krotovina sides and the filling material.; Till cemented by lime or the weathering of limestone fragments produces what appears to be a calcium cemented conglomerate in some parts of this horizon. Filling in krotovina has firm consistence. There are few roots, some coarse material, worm casts, and
    Cg2—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; massive; firm; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0015295. Some lime cementation in this horizon.
    C3—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; friable; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0015296. There is little calcium cementation in this horizon. Coarse fragments are 10 to 20 mm in diameter. Bucket auger sample.
    C4—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) Error; massive; friable; 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent coarse distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0015297. There is little lime cementation, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) with common, fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) mottles. Bucket auger sample.