IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954-OH003-023
  • User Pedon ID: S1954OH003023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AL-023
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69393
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 40.7764778
  • Std. Longitude: -84.3506699
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Lat & Long approx.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH003—Allen
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: baker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 3/11/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nappanee
  • Classificaton Date - 8/30/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/30/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # OSU0001921. some incorporated fragments of B1 horizon material.
    BA—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001922. slightly sticky and slightly plastic.
    Btg—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 7.5YR 5/ (7.5YR 5/), silty clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001923
    Bt1—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001924
    Bt2—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001925. sticky plastic.
    C1—102 to 142 centimeters (40.2 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001926. compact; calcareous.; Field texture was silty clay.
    C2—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001927. calcareous till.; Field texture was silty clay.