IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frenchtown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH007030
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH007-030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AB-030
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69490
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Andover Twp. 1 3/4 miles SW of Andover. Site occurs in forest just south of Marvin Rd. at a distance of 1 mile west of the intersection of Marvin Rd. and St.Rt. 7
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH007—Ashtabula

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: w. j. meyer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Frenchtown
  • 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: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/1954 (actual site observation 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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    A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); black (5Y 2/1) Error; fine granular structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001182
    A2—6 to 20 centimeters (2.4 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) Error; weak granular structure; friable; 11 percent fine and medium distinct pale yellow (5Y 8/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001183
    Btg—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; pale yellow (5Y 8/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent distinct olive gray (5Y 4/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001184
    Btgx—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) Error; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001185. Tongues penetrate lower horizon.
    Bgx—43 to 84 centimeters (16.9 to 33.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) Error; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic structure; firm; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium prominent light gray (5Y 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001186
    2BCx—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) Error; massive, and prismatic, and platy; firm; light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001187. Texture varies with stratified layers; cemented stratified sand, silt, and fine gravel.
    2C—122 to 127 centimeters (48.0 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; 17 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001188. Weakly cemented; small rounded aggregates of cemented material in sand.