IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1966OH141091
  • User Pedon ID: 1966-OH141-091
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - RO-091
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72091
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Approximately 0.6 mi. S of Richmond Dale and about 0.2 mi. NE of intersection of Whiskey Run and Watson Roads. Near NE corner, , , of Sec. 9; T7N R20W.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH141—Ross

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: donaldson, petro, hall, wilding, rutledge
  • 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; Shale + siltstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/13/1966 (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

    3

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    231.6

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak granular structure; friable; 0.9 medium pores; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017763
    Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine pores; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017764. continuous - phpvsfiid 979974; continuous - phpvsfiid 979974
    Bt2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine pores; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 33 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings lining pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017765. continuous - phpvsfiid 979975; continuous - phpvsfiid 979975
    BCt1—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; firm; 3.0 fine pores; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings lining pores; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0017766. patchy - phpvsfiid 979976; patchy - phpvsfiid 979976
    BCt2—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; firm; 3.0 fine pores; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings lining pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017767. patchy - phpvsfiid 979977; patchy - phpvsfiid 979977
    BCt3—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; weak medium prismatic, and weak subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine pores; faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings lining pores; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0017768. Grade of structure decreased with depth.; patchy - phpvsfiid 979978; patchy - phpvsfiid 979978
    BCt4—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; weak medium prismatic, and weak subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine pores; faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings lining pores; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0017769. Grade of structure decreased with depth.; patchy - phpvsfiid 979979; patchy - phpvsfiid 979979
    BCt5—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; weak medium prismatic, and weak subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine pores; faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings lining pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017770. Grade of structure decreased with depth.; patchy - phpvsfiid 979980; patchy - phpvsfiid 979980
    C1—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 fine pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0017771
    C2—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 fine pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0017772
    C3—178 to 198 centimeters (70.1 to 78.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0017773
    C4—198 to 229 centimeters (78.0 to 90.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0017774
    C5—229 to 254 centimeters (90.2 to 100.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0017775
    C6—254 to 284 centimeters (100.0 to 111.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0017776. Contains carbonate concretions up to 1 inch in diameter.
    2Ab—284 to 305 centimeters (111.8 to 120.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; massive; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0017777. Coarse skeleton of sandstone and siltstone fragments.
    2Bb—305 to 328 centimeters (120.1 to 129.1 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0017778. This horizon appears to be residuum derived primarily from shale.
    2BCb—328 to 348 centimeters (129.1 to 137.0 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0017779. Occasional sandstone fragments up to 1 inch in diameter. This horizon appears to be residuum derived primarily from shale.