IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Xenia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970OH057017
  • User Pedon ID: 1970-OH057-017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - GN-017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71653
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 4 mi. SSW of Bellbrook, 75 ft. E of Haines Rd. 0.1 mi. S of Middle Run Rd.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH057—Greene

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan loess; Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/1970 (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) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020275
    BE—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint clay films; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020276. patchy - phpvsfiid 979883; patchy - phpvsfiid 979883
    Bt1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020277. Also few fine distinct 2.5Y 5/2 mottles.; patchy - phpvsfiid 979884; patchy - phpvsfiid 979884
    Bt2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020278. Abrupt, wavy boundary at sample site but irregular across the face of the pit.; continuous - phpvsfiid 979885; continuous - phpvsfiid 979885
    2Bt3—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020279. continuous - phpvsfiid 979886; continuous - phpvsfiid 979886
    2BCt—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020280. Grades to loam in the lower part. Friable when broken out. Clay films become thin and very patchy below 40 inches. Peds and coatings become obscure about 42 inches. Roots located on ped faces only. Calcareous in ped interiors.; continuous - phpvsfiid 979887; continuous - phpvsfiid 979887
    2C1—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; very firm; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, manganese coatings and 1 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent coarse distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # OSU0020281. Coarse skeleton is rounded igneous erratics and limestone fragments.
    2C2—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; very firm; 11 percent coarse distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 12 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Coarse skeleton is fragments up to 3 inches across. This horizon described from auger sample and not sampled for laboratory analysis.