IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971OH107017
  • User Pedon ID: 1971OH107017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MC-017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70581
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 40.5657000
  • Std. Longitude: -84.6852000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Jefferson Twp.; of of Sec. 31. 1050 ft. E of Twp. line Rd.; 660 ft S of Carmel Church Rd.; 260 ft E of W field boundary. John Suhr farm. About 5.5 mi W of Celina and about 8.5 mi S of Rockford.
  • Map Unit: BoA—Blount silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH107—Mercer
  • MLRA: 111B—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain, Northeastern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BROCK/ DONALDSON/ PRIEST
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 3/11/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/1971
  • Classifier - donaldson, graham, petro, waters
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 19 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/21/1971 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020760
    B—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020761. patchy - phpvsfiid 1115314; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115314
    B—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020762. Field texture was clay.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115315; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115315
    B—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; 33 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020763. Calcareous.; Field texture was silty clay.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115316; patchy - phpvsfiid 1115316
    C—71 to 152 centimeters (28.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; massive, and weak subangular blocky; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine and medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0020764. Calcareous.; Field texture was clay loam.