IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rush
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970OH057016
  • User Pedon ID: 1970-OH057-016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - GN-016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69885
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 2 1/4 mi. W of center of Xenia, 250 yds. S of Upper Bellbrook Rd. and 200 yds. W of US Rt. 35 bypass.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH057—Greene

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1970 (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
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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020266
    E—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak platy structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020267. Tends slightly toward 7.5YR hue.
    BEt—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 35 percent faint light brown (7.5YR 6/3), moist, skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020268. patchy - phpvsfiid 979857; patchy - phpvsfiid 979858; patchy - phpvsfiid 979857; patchy - phpvsfiid 979858
    Bt1—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; strong medium subangular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, skeletans; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020269. continuous - phpvsfiid 979860; continuous - phpvsfiid 979860
    Bt2—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films and distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020270. Also common black (10YR 2/1) Fe-Mn stains on larger ped faces. Many pores and old root channels. Boundary is smooth within this pedon, but is wavy over a larger area; it varies as much as 1 to 2 ft. over a distance of 100 ft.; continuous - phpvsfiid 979862; continuous - phpvsfiid 979863; continuous - phpvsfiid 979862; continuous - phpvsfiid 979863
    2Bt3—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020271. Medium and fine subangular blocky structure parts to moderate, medium and fine granular structure. Friable when broken out. Many pores and old root channels. Increase in fine and medium sands.; continuous - phpvsfiid 979864; continuous - phpvsfiid 979864
    2Bt4—119 to 137 centimeters (46.9 to 53.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) Error; weak subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films; 12 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020272. Sticky. A few pendants of this material observed that extended to 8 to 10 ft. into the gravel.; continuous - phpvsfiid 979865; continuous - phpvsfiid 979865
    2BC—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; loose; faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films and faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films; 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020273. Will form weak cast when moist. Limestone ghosts and weathering rind on limestone gravels. This horizon is 6 to 8 inches thick and lies parallel to the bottom of the Beta (2Bt4) horizon and extends into the loose gravel similar to the beta horizon and gen; patchy - phpvsfiid 979866; patchy - phpvsfiid 979867; patchy - phpvsfiid 979866; patchy - phpvsfiid 979867
    2C—152 to 305 centimeters (59.8 to 120.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; single grain; loose; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # OSU0020274. Sand and gravel. Stratified outwash. Will not cast. Strata are mostly horizontally bedded. A few sandy lenses have little or no coarse skeleton. The strata are variable both vertically and horizontally. Well drillers indicate the gravelly outwash extends