Soil Survey of Delaware County, Ohio

United States Department of Agriculture

Natural Resources Conservation Service

In cooperation with Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Soil and Water Conservation; Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center; Ohio State University Extension; Delaware Soil and Water Conservation District; Delaware County Commissioners; and Delaware County Auditor

Soil Survey of Delaware County, Ohio

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How To Use This Soil Survey

General Soil Map

The general soil map, which is a color map, shows the survey area divided into groups of associated soils called general soil map units. This map is useful in planning the use and management of large areas.

To find information about your area of interest, locate that area on the map, identify the name of the map unit in the area on the color-coded map legend, then refer to the section General Soil Map Units for a general description of the soils in your area.

Detailed Soil Maps

The detailed soil maps can be useful in planning the use and management of small areas.

To find information about your area of interest, locate that area on the Index to Map Sheets. Note the number of the map sheet and turn to that sheet.

Locate your area of interest on the map sheet. Note the map unit symbols that are in that area. Turn to the Contents, which lists the map units by symbol and name and shows the page where each map unit is described.

The Contents shows which table has data on a specific land use for each detailed soil map unit. Also see the Contents for sections of this publication that may address your specific needs.

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This soil survey is a publication of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, a joint effort of the United States Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies, State agencies including the Agricultural Experiment Stations, and local agencies. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly the Soil Conservation Service) has leadership for the Federal part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey.

Major fieldwork for this soil survey was completed in 1994. Soil names and descriptions were approved in 1996. Unless otherwise indicated, statements in this publication refer to conditions in the county in 1994. This survey was made cooperatively by the Natural Resources Conservation Service; the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Soil and Water Conservation; the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center; the Ohio State University Extension; the Delaware Soil and Water Conservation District; the Delaware County Commissioners; and the Delaware County Auditor. The survey is part of the technical assistance furnished to the Delaware Soil and Water Conservation District. Financial assistance was provided by the Delaware County Commissioners and the Delaware County Auditor.

Soil maps in this survey may be copied without permission. Enlargement of these maps, however, could cause misunderstanding of the detail of mapping. If enlarged, maps do not show the small areas of contrasting soils that could have been shown at a larger scale.

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Cover (clockwise from upper left): A nursery in an area of the Bennington-Cardington-Pewamo association adjacent to Alum Creek; a farm pond in an area of the Cardington-Bennington-Pewamo association; prime farmland in an area of the Cardington-Bennington-Pewamo association being converted to multiple-family housing; planting soybeans with a no-till planter in the previous year's cornstalks; one of Delaware County's many golf courses in an area of the Bennington-CardingtonPewamo association; Alum Creek Lake, which is used for flood control, as a municipal water source, and for recreation.

Additional information about the Nation's natural resources is available on the Natural Resources Conservation Service home page on the World Wide Web. The address is .

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Contents

How To Use This Soil Survey ................................. 3 Foreword ................................................................. 9 General Nature of the County ................................. 11

Climate ............................................................... 11 Physiography, Relief, and Drainage .................... 12 Glacial Geology .................................................. 12 Bedrock Geology ................................................ 13 Natural Vegetation .............................................. 13 Agriculture .......................................................... 14 Natural Resources ............................................. 14 History and Development ................................... 15 Transportation Facilities ...................................... 15 Recreation .......................................................... 15 How This Survey Was Made ................................... 16 Survey Procedures ............................................. 17 General Soil Map Units ........................................ 19 1. Glynwood-Blount-Pewamo Association ........ 19 2. Blount-Pewamo-Glynwood Association ........ 20 3. Scioto-Martinsville-Stone Association .......... 21 4. Glynwood-Milton-Blount Association ............ 22 5. Bennington-Cardington-Pewamo

Association ............................................... 22 6. Cardington-Bennington-Pewamo

Association ............................................... 24 7. Bennington-Centerburg-Pewamo

Association ............................................... 24 8. Bennington-Pewamo-Centerburg

Association ............................................... 25 Detailed Soil Map Units ........................................ 27

AmD2--Amanda silt loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes, eroded ............................................. 28

AmE--Amanda silt loam, 18 to 25 percent slopes .......................................................... 28

AmF--Amanda silt loam, 25 to 50 percent slopes .......................................................... 29

BeA--Bennington silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes .......................................................... 30

BeB--Bennington silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes .......................................................... 31

BoA--Blount silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes ...... 32 BoB--Blount silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes ...... 32 CaB--Cardington silt loam, 2 to 6 percent

slopes .......................................................... 33 CaC2--Cardington silt loam, 6 to 12 percent

slopes, eroded ............................................. 33

CeB--Centerburg silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes .......................................................... 34

CeC2--Centerburg silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded ............................................. 35

CnA--Condit silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes ..... 35 EdA--Edwards muck, 0 to 1 percent slopes ....... 36 GaC2--Gallman loam, loamy substratum, 6

to 12 percent slopes, eroded ........................ 36 GbA--Gallman silt loam, loamy substratum,

0 to 2 percent slopes .................................... 37 GbB--Gallman silt loam, loamy substratum,

2 to 6 percent slopes .................................... 37 GcB--Gallman silt loam, till substratum, 2 to

6 percent slopes .......................................... 38 GwB--Glynwood silt loam, 2 to 6 percent

slopes .......................................................... 38 GwC2--Glynwood silt loam, 6 to 12 percent

slopes, eroded ............................................. 40 GzC3--Glynwood silty clay loam, 6 to 12

percent slopes, severely eroded .................. 40 HeF--Heverlo silt loam, 25 to 70 percent

slopes .......................................................... 41 HyA--Hyatts silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes ...... 41 HyB--Hyatts silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes ...... 42 JmA--Jimtown silt loam, 0 to 2 percent

slopes .......................................................... 42 LbF--Latham-Brecksville complex, 25 to 70

percent slopes ............................................. 43 LeE--Leoni gravelly loam, 12 to 25 percent

slopes .......................................................... 44 LoA--Lobdell silt loam, channery substratum,

0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded ......................................................... 45 LsA--Lobdell, channery substratum-Sloan, till substratum complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded ........................ 45 LvB--Loudonville silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes .......................................................... 46 LyD2--Lybrand silt loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes, eroded ............................................. 47 LyE2--Lybrand silt loam, 18 to 25 percent slopes, eroded ............................................. 48 LzD3--Lybrand silty clay loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes, severely eroded .................. 48 MaB--Martinsville loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes ... 49

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