IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cardington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: YYYYOH117009
  • User Pedon ID: YYYY-OH117-009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MW-009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70222
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 3000 ft. S of center of Fulton and 500 ft. E of the range line on the Lutheran camp property; 800 cm from beech tree stem.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH117—Morrow

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: gersper
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cardington
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/25/2000 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018200. Occasional pebble-sized rock fragments.
    E—4 to 19 centimeters (1.6 to 7.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018201. Very porous.
    BE—19 to 30 centimeters (7.5 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, skeletans; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018202. Few fine and medium inped and exped pores.
    Bt1—30 to 52 centimeters (11.8 to 20.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018203. Non-sticky and slightly plastic. Coarse skeleton is pebble-sized. Less than 5% thin patchy clay films in some voids and root channels and along some partings. Common fine and medium inped and exped pores.
    Bt2—52 to 72 centimeters (20.5 to 28.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, skeletans; iron-manganese concretions and 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018204. Non-sticky and moderately plastic. Coarse skeleton is pebble-sized. Less than 5% thin patchy clay films in some voids and root channels and along some partings. Common to many inped and exped pores.
    Bt3—72 to 88 centimeters (28.3 to 34.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; , moist, iron-manganese concretions and 11 percent fine and medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018205. Slightly sticky and moderately plastic. Coarse skeleton is pebble-sized. 5 to 10% thin patchy clay films in some voids and root channels and along some partings. Common fine and medium inped and exped pores. The Fe-Mn concretions and stains are more abund
    BCt—88 to 121 centimeters (34.6 to 47.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; , moist, manganese coatings and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 12 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018206. The subangular blocky units have a tendency to break into coarse platy units. Very slightly sticky and moderately plastic. Coarse skeleton is grit- and pebble-sized black shale fragments. Very few thin clay films in some voids and root channels. Few to co
    C—121 to 146 centimeters (47.6 to 57.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak subangular blocky structure; very firm; , moist, manganese coatings and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0018207. The subangular blocky units have a tendency to break into weak coarse platy units. Very slightly sticky and moderately plastic. Coarse skeleton is grit- and pebble-sized black shale. Soft, vesicular, white and very pale brown secondary carbonates that occ