IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morristown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982OH121019
  • User Pedon ID: 1982OH121019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - NB-019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71555
  • 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: 39.8497583
  • Std. Longitude: -81.3885556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 27
  • Location Description: 26 yds. W and 35 yds. N of SE corner of Sec. 27; T8N R8W
  • Map Unit: Mwr1D1—Morristown silt loam, 8 to 25 percent slopes, reclaimed
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH121—Noble
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MAT—Marietta, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH121—Noble County, Ohio
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39081-G4—Sarahsville, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Linn Roth; Dwain Waters
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, spolic, mixed, active, calcareous, mesic Anthroportic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morristown
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/20/2015
  • Classifier - Dan Benyei
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morristown
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, calcareous, mesic Typic Udorthents
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 11/16/1982
  • Classifier - Linn Roth
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coal extraction mine spoil derived from limestone and shale
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Anthropogenic Feature: reclaimed land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Monongahela group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/16/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    human-transported material

    0—15

    0—183

    —15—

    —183—
    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

    8

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    335.3

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common (3.3) fine roots; 10 percent by volume flat 2-35-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025013
    C1—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) channery silty clay; massive; firm; common (2.9) fine roots; 25 percent by volume flat 2-35-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025014
    C2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) very channery silty clay; massive; firm; common (2.5) fine roots; 35 percent by volume flat 2-35-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025015
    C3—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) very channery silty clay; massive; firm; few (0.5) fine roots; 40 percent by volume flat 2-35-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025016
    C4—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) very channery silty clay; massive; firm; 40 percent by volume flat 2-35-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025017
    C5—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) channery silty clay; massive; firm; 20 percent by volume flat 2-75-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025018
    C6—122 to 168 centimeters (48.0 to 66.1 inches); weak red (10R 4/4) channery silty clay; massive; firm; 25 percent by volume flat 2-75-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025019
    C7—168 to 183 centimeters (66.1 to 72.0 inches); gray (N 5/0) extremely channery silty clay; massive; firm; 60 percent by volume flat 2-50-150 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # OSU0025020