IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972OH057028
  • User Pedon ID: 1972-OH057-028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - GN-028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69961
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Ross Twp. 25 ft. W of Cummings Rd., 100 yds. N of bridge across south fork of Massie Creek.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH057—Greene

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: garner, reese, rose
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Westland
  • 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: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/20/1972 (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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; weak fine granular structure; firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021298
    BA—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021299
    Bg1—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021300
    Bg2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 33 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021301. Few coarse fragments.
    B3—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and gray (10YR 5/1) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and weak subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021302. Krotovinas filled with sticky very dark gray (10YR 3/1) heavy silty clay loam.
    BC—97 to 132 centimeters (38.2 to 52.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021303. Coarse fragments consist of rounded partially weathered crystalline glacial erratics and limestones. Common krotovinas filled with sticky very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) heavy silty clay loam.
    C—132 to 274 centimeters (52.0 to 107.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and gray (10YR 5/1); single grain; loose; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0021304. Thinly stratified outwash. Composition of the strata varies from one layer to the next. Size ranges from gravel and cobbles to sand, silt, and clay. The strata are thin (usually less than 6 inches) and variable both vertically and horizontally. The upper