LOCATION STRINGLEY               OH

Established Series
Rev. SJH-TEL-DBD
11/2021

STRINGLEY SERIES

The Stringley series consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in calcareous stratified alluvium on flood plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 2 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 965 mm (38 inches), and mean annual air temperature is about 11 degrees C (51 degrees F).

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Udifluvents

TYPICAL PEDON: Stringley loam, on a 1 percent linear slope in a meadow. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)

Ap--0 to 15 cm (0 to 6 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) dry; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many fine and common medium roots; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline; clear wavy boundary. [10 to 36 cm (4 to 14 inches) thick]

C1--15 to 38 cm (6 to 15 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; massive; friable; many fine and common medium roots; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline; clear wavy boundary.

C2--38 to 48 cm (15 to 19 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam, with thin irregular strata of brown (10YR 5/3) sand; massive; friable; common fine and medium roots; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline; clear smooth boundary.

C3--48 to 96 cm (19 to 38 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam with thin strata of yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; massive; friable; common medium and few fine roots; 2 percent gravel; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline; clear smooth boundary.

C4--96 to 112 cm (38 to 44 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; massive; very friable; few medium roots; few medium dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic coatings in root channels; 2 percent gravel; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline; clear wavy boundary.

C5--112 to 122 cm (44 to 48 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam with thin strata of brown (10YR 5/3) sand; massive; very friable; common medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions throughout; many medium distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) masses of iron accumulation throughout; few medium black (10YR 2/1) masses of iron and manganese accumulation throughout; 10 percent gravel; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline; clear irregular boundary.

2C6--122 to 203 cm (48 to 80 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) extremely gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose; common medium distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) masses of iron accumulation on rock fragments; few medium black (10YR 2/1) masses of iron and manganese accumulation on rock fragments; 70 percent gravel; violently effervescent; strongly alkaline; gradual irregular boundary.

TYPE LOCATION: Clinton County, Ohio; about 3 miles northeast of Clarksville, in Adams Township; about 3,155 feet southwest of the intersection of Beechgrove Road and Clarksville Road along Clarksville Road, then about 1,210 feet south; USGS Clarksville, Ohio topographic quadrangle; lat. 39 degrees 55 minutes 39 seconds N. and long. 83 degrees 56 minutes 10 seconds W., NAD 27

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to a lithologic discontinuity (2C horizon): 102 to 152 cm (40 to 60 inches)

Ap horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 3 or 4
Chroma: 3 or 4
Texture: loam
Rock fragment content: 0 to 5 percent
Reaction: slightly alkaline to moderately alkaline

C horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: 3 or 4
Texture: loam, sandy loam or loamy sand
Rock fragment content: 0 to 14 percent
Reaction: moderately alkaline to strongly alkaline

2C horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: 2 to 4
Texture: very gravelly or extremely gravelly loamy sand
Rock fragment content: 35 to 80 percent
Reaction: moderately alkaline to strongly alkaline

COMPETING SERIES: These are the Carr, Rocher, and Stonelick series. Carr, Rocher, and Stonelick soils have less than 35 percent rock fragments in the lower part of the series control section and are deeper than 183 cm (6 feet) to a seasonal high water table.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: The Stringley soils are on flood plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 2 percent. The soils formed in calcareous stratified alluvium that is dominantly from materials of Wisconsinan age. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 889 to 1016 mm (35 to 40 inches). Mean annual air temperature ranges from 10 to 13 degrees C (50 to 55 degrees F).

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the moderately well drained Sligo soils on similar landscape positions.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Well drained. The depth to the top of an intermittent apparent high water table ranges from 107 to 183 cm (3.5 to 6 feet) between March and May in normal years. The potential for surface runoff is negligible or low. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is high in the upper substratum and very high in the lower substratum. Permeability is moderately rapid in the upper substratum and very rapid in the lower substratum. The soils are subject to frequent flooding.

USE AND VEGETATION: Stringley soils are cultivated. Principal crops are corn, soybeans and hay. Some areas have been planted to trees.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Southwestern Ohio; MLRA 111D. The series is of small extent.

SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Clinton County, Ohio, 1999.

REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon: from the surface to a depth of 15 cm (Ap horizon).
Lithologic discontinuity: at 122 cm (top of the 2C6 horizon).
Aquic conditions: redox features present in horizons below a depth of 112 cm

These soils were previously mapped as Genesee, mixed substratum.

ADDITIONAL DATA: Characterization data available for the typical pedon, CT-93, from The Ohio State University Soil Characterization Laboratory.

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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.