IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972OH147026
  • User Pedon ID: S1972OH147026
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - SA-026
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70059
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 41.1241760
  • Std. Longitude: -82.8970184
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 22
  • Location Description: Reed twp. 875 E of TR 81 & 35 S of SR 162.
  • Map Unit: BoA—Blount silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH147—Seneca
  • MLRA: 111—Indiana and Ohio Till Plain
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FIN—Findlay, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ERNST/ MUSGRAVE/ ELDRED
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blount
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2013
  • Classifier - Neil Martin
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 24 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/5/1972 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    277.4

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    ; fragments.
    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 7.0 roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021219
    BA—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 roots; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021220. Tongues of Ap extend into this horizon.; Field texture was silt loam.
    Bt1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021221. Field texture was silty clay loam.
    Bt2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021222. Field texture was silty clay loam.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1140090; patchy - phpvsfiid 1140090
    BCt—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine distinct olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine distinct light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021223. Field texture was silty clay loam.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1140089; patchy - phpvsfiid 1140089
    C1—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate concretions; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021224
    C2—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; very firm; 1 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate concretions; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0021225. roots in cracks of glacial till.