IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morrisville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2017OH027001
  • User Pedon ID: 2017OH027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CT-092
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73251
  • 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: 39.2591667
  • Std. Longitude: -83.9105530
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 2.5 miles S of Westboro in Jefferson Twp, about 120 ft. S of the intersection of Sycamore Rd. and Chamberlin Rd., along Sycamore Rd. then about 3600 ft. E.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH027—Clinton
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-IND—Indianapolis, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hamilton, Lucht
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morrisville (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 2/3/2017
  • Classifier - Hamilton, Lucht
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Illinoian till; Shale + limestone
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/1999 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—8

    8—56

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    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

    23

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    294.1

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    45

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026969
    Bt1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 35 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026970
    Bt2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 65 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026971
    2Bt3—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) channery silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 25 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026972. Channery and very channery modifiers consist of limestone flags.
    2Bt3—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) channery silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 25 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026973. Channery and very channery modifiers consist of limestone flags.
    2BC1—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) channery silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 35 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, pressure faces; 35 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026974. Channery and very channery modifiers consist of limestone flags.
    2BC1—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) channery silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 35 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, pressure faces; 35 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026975. Channery and very channery modifiers consist of limestone flags.
    2BC1—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) channery silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 35 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, pressure faces; 35 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026976. Channery and very channery modifiers consist of limestone flags.
    2BC2—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) very channery silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 50 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026977. Channery and very channery modifiers consist of limestone flags.
    2C—119 to 137 centimeters (46.9 to 53.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) very channery silty clay loam; massive; firm; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 60 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026978. Channery and very channery modifiers consist of limestone flags.
    2R—137 to 140 centimeters (53.9 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2); fragments. 137cm - 10YR5/2 limestone bedrock with interbedded 2.5Y 5/4 shale.