IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1989OH031034
  • User Pedon ID: 1989-OH031-034
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CS-034
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69322
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 7W
  • Location Description: 1200ft. E of the junction of County Rd. 75 and Township Rd. 289 along County Rd. 75, then 125ft. north.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH031—Coshocton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Graham / Hempell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan loess
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/1989 (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 grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026106
    BE—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026107
    Bt1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 65 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026108
    Bt1—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 65 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026109
    Bt2—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 65 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026110
    Bt2—84 to 96 centimeters (33.1 to 37.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 65 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026111
    BC—96 to 112 centimeters (37.8 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026112
    BC—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026113
    BC—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026114
    BC—142 to 157 centimeters (55.9 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026115
    C—157 to 173 centimeters (61.8 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; friable; 1 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0026116
    C—173 to 188 centimeters (68.1 to 74.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; friable; 1 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0026117
    C—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; friable; 1 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0026118