IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cardington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1942OH077E04
  • User Pedon ID: 1942-OH077-E04
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HU-E04
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73174
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Fitchville Twp. near intersection of Prospect Rd. and Fitchville River Rd.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH077—Huron

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mickelson
  • 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: 8/10/1942 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); Error; fine granular structure; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004702. Brownish gray mellow silt loam
    E—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); Error; weak fine platy structure; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004703. Light yellowish brown silt loam
    BE—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004704. Light yellowish brown fine silt loam or coarse silty clay loam. Faintly mottled with gray.
    B1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004705. Yellowish brown clay mottled with gray and light gray.
    B2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004706. Weak brown surfaces with interiors mottled with yellowish brown and gray. Compact.
    BC—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004707. Weak brown on surfaces and yellowish brown interiors.
    C—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); Error; massive; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004708. Pale yellowish brown coarse clay. Compact.