IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964OH043031
  • User Pedon ID: 1964OH043031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - ER-031
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71974
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 41.3252194
  • Std. Longitude: -82.8224778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 300 ft. south of Strecker Rd., 2000 ft. east of State Rt. 269; Dale Close farm, Croton Twp.
  • Map Unit: BgA—Bennington silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH043—Erie
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. E. Redmond
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • 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 - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 3/11/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/1964 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016629. Modal—representative pedon for Erie County
    BE—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; moderate thin platy structure; firm; 33 percent coarse prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016630. Modal—representative pedon for Erie County
    Bt1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; strong angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent coarse distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016631. Modal—representative pedon for Erie County; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115278; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115278
    Bt2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak subangular blocky structure; firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016632. Modal—representative pedon for Erie County
    C1—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; massive; firm; faint light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate coats; 33 percent coarse faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016633. Modal—representative pedon for Erie County; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115277; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115277
    C2—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay loam; massive; firm; 33 percent coarse faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent coarse faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016634. Modal—representative pedon for Erie County
    C3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; massive; firm; 11 percent coarse distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0016635. Modal—representative pedon for Erie County