IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962OH005006
  • User Pedon ID: 1962OH005006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AS-006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70455
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Hanover Twp., Sec. 22; SW4 of SE4; Photo No CLS-2G-132
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH005—Ashland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. J. Baker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • PSC - 25 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/2013
  • Classifier - Dan Benyei
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/1962
  • Classifier - F. J. Baker
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Sandstone + siltstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/25/1962 (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
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw2

    C

    0

    15

    28

    41

    15

    28

    41

    61

    OSU0014646

    OSU0014647

    OSU0014648

    OSU0014649

    F. J. Baker

    F. J. Baker

    F. J. Baker

    F. J. Baker

    11.9

    11.2

    13.4

    15.6

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    46.7

    39.7

    44

    40.7

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    41.4

    49.1

    42.6

    43.7

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    5.1

    2.1

    0.9

    1.3

    3

    1.8

    1.2

    1.4

    1.6

    1.8

    1.6

    1.4

    5.6

    10.5

    8.7

    7.7

    26.1

    32.9

    30.2

    31.9

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    5.3

    5.2

    5.2

    5.3
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw2

    C

    0

    15

    28

    41

    15

    28

    41

    61

    OSU0014646

    OSU0014647

    OSU0014648

    OSU0014649

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw2

    C

    0

    15

    28

    41

    15

    28

    41

    61

    OSU0014646

    OSU0014647

    OSU0014648

    OSU0014649

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    61 - 86

    - 25 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—15

    15—41

    61—86

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    —26—

    —25—
    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

    18

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) channery silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; many (6.9) roots; 32 percent by volume flat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-20-38 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014646
    Bw1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very parachannery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common (2.9) roots; 15 percent organic stains on surfaces along pores; 1 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings around rock fragments; 55 percent by volume flat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-30-64 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014647
    Bw2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely parachannery loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common (1.8) roots; 1 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings around rock fragments; 75 percent by volume flat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-60-114 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014648
    C—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely parachannery loam; massive; very friable; few (0.7) roots; 70 percent by volume flat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-75-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014649
    R—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.