IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Guernsey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984OH081018
  • User Pedon ID: 1984-OH081-018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - JF-018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73210
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 30
  • Location Description: 1110 ft. W and 1350 ft. S of NE corner of Sec. 30; T9N R3W
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH081—Jefferson

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Limestone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/1984 (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
    • 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

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    335.3

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    45

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    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025296
    BA—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025297
    Bt1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; 65 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025298
    Bt2—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 65 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025299
    Bt2—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; 65 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025300
    BC—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; 35 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds and 11 percent fine light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025301
    BC—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; 35 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds and 11 percent fine light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025302
    C—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; massive; firm; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine gray (N 6/0), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025303
    C—122 to 150 centimeters (48.0 to 59.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; massive; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine gray (N 6/0), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025304