IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1965OH127001
  • User Pedon ID: 1965-OH127-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - PR-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70945
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 12
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH127—Perry

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SHUMATE/LESSIG
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess; Sandstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/8/1965 (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
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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate fine granular structure; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023358
    A2—3 to 23 centimeters (1.2 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023359
    B1T—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak angular blocky structure; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023360. patchy - phpvsfiid 979088; patchy - phpvsfiid 979088
    B21T—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023361. continuous - phpvsfiid 979089; continuous - phpvsfiid 979089
    B21T—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023362. continuous - phpvsfiid 979093; continuous - phpvsfiid 979093
    B22T—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium angular blocky structure; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings lining pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023363. continuous - phpvsfiid 979090; continuous - phpvsfiid 979090
    B23T—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak medium angular blocky structure; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023364. patchy - phpvsfiid 979091; patchy - phpvsfiid 979091
    B24T—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse angular blocky structure; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent coarse distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023365. patchy - phpvsfiid 979092; patchy - phpvsfiid 979092
    C1—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings lining pores and 11 percent medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023366
    C1—152 to 216 centimeters (59.8 to 85.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings lining pores and 11 percent medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023367
    C2—216 to 236 centimeters (85.0 to 92.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; massive; 33 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings lining pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    IIC2—236 to 254 centimeters (92.9 to 100.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; massive; fragments.