IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Upshur
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985OH059001
  • User Pedon ID: 1985-OH059-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - GR-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70013
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 310 meters E and 268 meters S of NW corner Sec. 35; t.9N r.10W
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH059—Guernsey

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: rubel, bigham, maples, ritchie, buller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Upshur
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan loess; Shale + siltstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/8/1985 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025586
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) Error; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; 65 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025587
    Bt2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 65 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0025588
    Bt3—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 65 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025589
    Bt4—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); dusky red (10R 3/3) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 65 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025590
    BC1—99 to 107 centimeters (39.0 to 42.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent coarse prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0025591
    BC2—107 to 114 centimeters (42.1 to 44.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent coarse prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025592
    C1—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) Error; massive; firm; 11 percent coarse distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent coarse distinct olive (5Y 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025593
    C2—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) Error; massive; firm; 11 percent medium prominent light gray (5Y 7/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0025594
    C3—160 to 183 centimeters (63.0 to 72.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) Error; massive; firm; 11 percent medium prominent light gray (5Y 7/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025595
    Cr—183 to 200 centimeters (72.0 to 78.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4); fragments. Soft siltstone.