IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Upshur
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962OH121W02
  • User Pedon ID: 1962-OH121-W02
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - NB-w02
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71628
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 4.2 mi. E and 11.7 mi. N of Caldwell, , , Sec. 5 of Wayne Twp. 3 mi. N of junction of SR 574 and SR 566. .75 mi. N of Seneca Lake beach entrance. Seneca Reservoir; former Palmer Rich farm. SITE SKETCH of locations.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH121—Noble

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: garritt, hayhurst, rubel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Upshur
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Upshur
  • Classificaton Date - 4/10/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess; Shale + siltstone
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/10/1962 (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

    19

    —

    —

    304.8

    —

    0

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Leaf litter from deciduous trees. Not sampled.
    Oe—3 to 3 centimeters (1.2 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Partly decomposed plant remains. Not sampled.
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015712. Permeability rapid. Coarse material is 2 mm to 1 inch in size.
    E—8 to 21 centimeters (3.1 to 8.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium granular structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015713. Permeability moderately rapid. Coarse material is 2 mm to 1 inch in size.
    BE—21 to 31 centimeters (8.3 to 12.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015714. Permeability moderate. Coarse material is 2 mm to 1 inch in size.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977883; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977883
    2B1—31 to 41 centimeters (12.2 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) Error; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015715. Permeability moderate. Coarse material is 2 mm to 1 inch in size.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977884; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977884
    2B2—41 to 62 centimeters (16.1 to 24.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) Error; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # OSU0015716. Permeability moderate. Coarse material is 2 mm to 1 inch in size.
    2B3—62 to 79 centimeters (24.4 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) Error; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015717. Permeability moderate. Coarse material is 2 mm to 1 inch in size.
    2B4—79 to 90 centimeters (31.1 to 35.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015718. Permeability moderately slow. Coarse material is 2 mm to 1 inch in size. A transitional zone between the horizons weathered from red shale above and siltstone below.
    3B5—90 to 115 centimeters (35.4 to 45.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015719. Permeability moderately slow. Coarse material is olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) siltstone with few dark, iron streaks (2 mm to 1 inch in size).
    3BC—115 to 140 centimeters (45.3 to 55.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 60 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015720. Permeability moderately slow. Coarse material is 2 mm to 1 inch in size.
    3C—140 to 166 centimeters (55.1 to 65.4 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) Error; 11 percent fine distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 80 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015721. Permeability moderately slow. Coarse material is 2 mm to 3 inches in size.
    3R—166 to 170 centimeters (65.4 to 66.9 inches); fragments. Stopped by compacted siltstone or very fine grained sandstone. This appears to be the same material that the lower part of the solum has weathered from.