IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crosby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1963OH113009
  • User Pedon ID: 1963-OH113-009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MT-009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69462
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 1350 ft. W of Farmersville Rd. and 20 ft. S of Walden Rd. in , of Sec. 33, Jackson Twp. T4N, R4E; 1 mi. S of Farmersville.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH113—Montgomery

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: lerch, davis, smeck, steiger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Crosby
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/11/1963 (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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015862. Plow layer varies from 7 to 9 inches with faint remnants of E appearing under 7 inch plow layer.
    E/B—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and granular structure; friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015863
    B1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) Error; moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; 10YR 3/ (10YR 3/), moist, clay films; 1 percent medium faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015864. continuous - phpvsfiid 978111; continuous - phpvsfiid 978111
    B2—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; iron-manganese concretions and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine and medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine and medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015865. Few glacial pebbles. Tongues of B1 horizon extend into this horizon.
    B3—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 pores; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent coarse faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015866. Occasional glacial pebbles.
    BC—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015867. Frequent glacial pebbles. Large filling of dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay extends from this horizon into the C1.
    C1—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; massive; friable; 11 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015868. Dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay-filled crayfish channel not included in sample for mechanical analysis.
    C2—137 to 163 centimeters (53.9 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015869. Mixture of matrix colors. Dutch auger sample includes clay pockets from crayfish channels.
    C3—163 to 183 centimeters (64.2 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015870. Mixture of matrix colors. Dutch auger sample.