IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Guernsey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1966OH121S12
  • User Pedon ID: 1966-OH121-S12
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - NB-s12
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70176
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 SW 1/4SW 1/4
  • Location Description: EORDC, 2000 ft. NNE of headquarters , , Sec. 13, Noble Twp.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH121—Noble

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: lessig, hayhurst, hall, dunlevy, googins, holowaychuk
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Guernsey
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1966 (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
    • 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

    17

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    339.9

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; Error; weak thick platy, and weak granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017458
    E/B—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak thin platy, and weak subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017459. Occasional sandstone channers.
    Bt1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 pores; faint brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017460
    2Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions and 11 percent fine pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0017461. Slightly sticky and plastic. Coarse skeleton of micaceous sandstone channers.
    2Bt3—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions and 11 percent fine pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017462. Slightly sticky and plastic. Coarse skeleton of micaceous sandstone channers.
    2Bt4—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films; iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017463. Slightly sticky and plastic.
    2Bt5—112 to 130 centimeters (44.1 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017464. Slightly sticky and plastic. Occasional oblique pressure faces.
    2Bt6—130 to 150 centimeters (51.2 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint olive (5Y 5/3), moist, clay films; 1 percent manganese coatings and 1 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent fine light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017465. Coarse skeleton of siltstone and shale fragments. Thick bands of Fe-Mn stains and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) calcareous material in horizon.
    2BC1—150 to 168 centimeters (59.1 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent manganese coatings and 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017466. Coarse skeleton of siltstone and shale fragments. Occasional flecks of white calcareous material.
    2BC2—168 to 183 centimeters (66.1 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films and faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, clay films; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # OSU0017467. Clay films also in root channels. Coarse skeleton of siltstone channers. Pressure faces present with coarse very dark brown (10YR 2/2) stains. NOTE: The 6 chroma matrix colors given in description are less than 6 but closer to 6 than color chips with lo