IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Darien
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1953OH007028
  • User Pedon ID: 1953-OH007-028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AB-028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70728
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Cherry Valley Twp.; 3 1/2 miles southeast of Cherry Valley in a road cut along the east side of Creek Rd., at a distance of 2 1/2 miles south from the junction of Creek Rd. and U.S. Highway 6.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH007—Ashtabula

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: w. j. meyer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Darien
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Simons
  • Classificaton Date - 10/30/1953
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/30/1953 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    301.8

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) Error; fine granular structure; fragments.
    E—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; fine granular structure; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1. Lab sample # OSU0000567
    BE—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; fine subangular blocky structure; faint pale yellow (5Y 8/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0.
    Bt1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; fine subangular blocky structure; distinct pale yellow (5Y 8/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # OSU0000568
    Bt2—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; fine subangular blocky structure; distinct pale yellow (5Y 8/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9.
    Bt3—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; fine and medium subangular blocky structure; manganese coatings and faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # OSU0000569
    BC—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0000570