IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Upshur
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007OH121001
  • User Pedon ID: S2007OH121001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0134
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19538
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 39.7918701
  • Std. Longitude: -81.5189514
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: UpC—Upshur silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH121—Noble
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH121—Noble County, Ohio
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39081-G5—Caldwell North, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Neil Martin, Rick Griffin, Dan Benyei
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Vertic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Upshur
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/2013
  • Classifier - Dan Benyei
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Upshur
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 10/16/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey colluvium over clayey residuum weathered from clayey shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: noncoherent shale, clayey at 119cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/16/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    very weakly coherent

    119 - 154

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    lithologic discontinuity

    paralithic materials

    0—24

    24—101

    40—72

    72—154

    119—154

    —24—

    —77—

    —32—

    —82—

    —35—
    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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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) silt loam; 10 percent sand; 25 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; firm; 6.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    BA—8 to 24 centimeters (3.1 to 9.4 inches); variegated 75 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 25 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—24 to 40 centimeters (9.4 to 15.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 33 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.8 fine roots; 60 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent black (5YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—40 to 56 centimeters (15.7 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay; 5 percent sand; 42 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 60 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent black (5YR 2/1) manganese masses and 5 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—56 to 72 centimeters (22.0 to 28.3 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) silty clay; 2 percent sand; 55 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.2 very fine roots; 75 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent black (5YR 2/1) manganese masses and 2 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent reddish gray (5YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, bromthymol blue; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Btss—72 to 101 centimeters (28.3 to 39.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; 2 percent sand; 65 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.2 very fine roots; slickensides (pedogenic) and 50 percent distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent black (5YR 2/1) manganese masses; light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume extremely weakly coherent cemented 2-?-76 millimeter shale, clayey fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2BCss—101 to 119 centimeters (39.8 to 46.9 inches); 50 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and 50 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay; 2 percent sand; 70 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.1 very fine roots; slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses and 2 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) manganese masses; light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate masses; 10 percent by volume extremely weakly coherent cemented 2-?-76 millimeter shale, clayey fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    2Cr—119 to 154 centimeters (46.9 to 60.6 inches); variegated 75 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and 15 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 10 percent gray (5YR 5/1) parachannery clay; 2 percent sand; 70 percent clay; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate masses; 50 percent by volume extremely weakly coherent cemented 2-?-76 millimeter shale, clayey fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red.; observed in pit, small