IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Farmerstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985OH013029
  • User Pedon ID: 1985-OH013-029
  • User Site Association ID: OH013HistoricSpoil
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - BT-029
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69905
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1060 ft. S and 85 ft. E of NW corner of Sec. 30; T6N R4W.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH013—Belmont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: rubel, sutton, forshey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, acid, mesic Typic Udorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Farmerstown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Sandstone + siltstone + shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/1985 (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
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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) Error; massive, and weak subangular blocky; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025646
    C1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 20 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; massive, and weak platy; extremely firm; 35 percent clay films; 1 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025647
    C2—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 20 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; massive, and weak subangular blocky; very firm; 35 percent clay films; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025648
    2C3—81 to 203 centimeters (31.9 to 79.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; massive; very firm; 50 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0025649. Coarse fragments consist of 70% sandstone, 25% siltstone, and 5% coal and dark shale.