IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Schaffer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007OH015002
  • User Pedon ID: S2007OH015002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0690
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19378
  • 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: 39.1737518
  • 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 1,680 meters (5,514 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 Aquic Fraglossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Schaffer (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 12/9/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Schaffer
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/2007
  • 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: 8/1/2007 (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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.8 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; 5 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses throughout and 10 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N04226; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 fine roots; 20 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses throughout and 10 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron 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 20 percent prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay depletions on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04227; observed in pit, large or quarry
    E/Bt—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); silt loam, silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine roots; 25 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions on faces of peds and 15 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 20 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay depletions on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04228; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btgx—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.6 fine roots; 25 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses throughout and 20 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 20 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay depletions on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04229; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Btx—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay depletions on faces of peds and 10 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses throughout and 15 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions on faces of peds and 25 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04230; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Bt1—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent prominent gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses throughout and 15 percent fine prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions on faces of peds and 25 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04231; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Bt2—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.3 fine roots; 25 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 20 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses throughout and 20 percent fine prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04232; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Bt3—145 to 165 centimeters (57.1 to 65.0 inches); clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 25 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses throughout and 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 15 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04233; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Bt4—165 to 211 centimeters (65.0 to 83.1 inches); clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds and 20 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 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 20 percent fine and medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N04234; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Bt5—211 to 229 centimeters (83.1 to 90.2 inches); clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 20 percent fine and medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions on faces of peds and 25 percent medium and coarse distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 07N04235; observed in pit, large or quarry