IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007OH015001
  • User Pedon ID: S2007OH015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0689
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19377
  • 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: 39.1737518
  • Std. Longitude: -83.9162521
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Brown County, Ohio; about 1.25 miles southeast of Fayetteville, in Perry Township; in the Indian Creek Wildlife area; about 1,600 meters (5,250 feet) east northeast of the junction of US 50 and US 68 along US 50, then about 1,650 meters (5,415 feet) south.
  • Map Unit: WsS1A1—Westboro-Schaffer silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH015—Brown
  • MLRA: 114A—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain, Eastern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-IND—Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH015—Brown County, Ohio
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39083-B8—Fayetteville, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Hamilton, John Allen, Mitch Valerio
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Fragiaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Westboro (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 12/9/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westboro
  • Classificaton Date - 8/2/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over till
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/2/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 fine roots; 5 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses throughout and 10 percent fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04217; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 fine roots; 20 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay depletions on faces of peds and 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 15 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04218; observed in pit, large or quarry
    B/Et—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); silty clay loam, silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots; 25 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses throughout and 15 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 15 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04219; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btx1—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); silty clay loam, loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 40 percent prominent gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay depletions at top of horizon and 5 percent medium prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses throughout and 20 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 20 percent medium prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04220; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Btx2—91 to 124 centimeters (35.8 to 48.8 inches); clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent prominent gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses throughout and 20 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 20 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04221; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Bt1—124 to 150 centimeters (48.8 to 59.1 inches); clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses throughout and 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 20 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; 4 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04222; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Bt2—150 to 173 centimeters (59.1 to 68.1 inches); clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses on faces of peds and 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 20 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04223; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Bt3—173 to 191 centimeters (68.1 to 75.2 inches); clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses on faces of peds and 5 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 20 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04224; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Bt4—191 to 203 centimeters (75.2 to 79.9 inches); clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine and medium distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses on faces of peds and 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 25 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 07N04225; observed in pit, large or quarry