IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999OH167015
  • User Pedon ID: S1999OH167015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P1161
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12657
  • 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: 39.3694992
  • Std. Longitude: -81.3921967
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Reno, Ohio; State Tree Nursery
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH167—Washington
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH167—Washington County, Ohio
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38082-E2—Glenwood, West Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Griffin, King
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, siliceous Typic Hapludolls
  • Classificaton Date - 3/2/1999
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/2/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: WS-71
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—0

    0—0

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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

    2

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    200

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    80

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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P06656. rock fragments: GRA, 1%, Ro, 2-75.
    Ap2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06657. rock fragments: GRA, 1%, Ro, 2-75.
    Bw1—30 to 79 centimeters (11.8 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06658. rock fragments: Gra, 2%, ro, 2-75.; patchy - phpvsfiid 201852; patchy - phpvsfiid 201852
    BC—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06659. rock fragments: GRA, 20%, Ro, 2-75.
    C1—109 to 135 centimeters (42.9 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06660. rock fragments: GRA, 10%, ro, 2-75.
    C2—135 to 203 centimeters (53.1 to 79.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 00P06661. rock fragments: GRA, 25%, ro, 2-75.