IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rarden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980OH079019
  • User Pedon ID: 1980-OH079-019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - JK-019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69661
  • Print Date: 4/21/2026

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 35
  • Location Description: Liberty Township; 1,535 feet west and 1,500 feet south of northeast corner of sec. 35, T. 7 N., R. 19 W.; Jackson, Ohio quadrangle; lat. 39 degrees 02 minutes 23.4 seconds N. and long. 82 degrees 41 minutes 32.0 seconds W., NAD 27.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH079—Jackson
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kerr/ Robbins/and others
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rarden
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/1980 (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

    13

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    249.9

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    315

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate fine granular structure; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024188
    B—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024189. patchy - phpvsfiid 982637; patchy - phpvsfiid 982637
    B—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of reduced iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024190. patchy - phpvsfiid 982638; patchy - phpvsfiid 982638
    B—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films; 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024191. patchy - phpvsfiid 982639; patchy - phpvsfiid 982639
    B—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films and distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024192. patchy - phpvsfiid 982640; continuous - phpvsfiid 982641; patchy - phpvsfiid 982640; continuous - phpvsfiid 982641
    B1—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024193. continuous - phpvsfiid 982642; continuous - phpvsfiid 982642
    Cr—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) ; weak medium platy structure; distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats; 11 percent coarse faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024194. continuous - phpvsfiid 982643; continuous - phpvsfiid 982643
    Cr—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) ; weak medium platy structure; distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats; 11 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0024195. continuous - phpvsfiid 982644; continuous - phpvsfiid 982644