IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Platea
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1954OH007040
User Pedon ID:
1954-OH007-040
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
OHSTATE
Lab Pedon # -
AB-040
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
71481
Print Date:
11/12/2024
LOCATION
Location Description:
Sheffield Twp.; 5 miles ESE of Ashtabula. Dug in a road cut at crest of low hill along State Rt. 83 about 1/4 mile east of the intersection of State Rt.83 and Benetha Rd.
State:
Ohio
County:
OH007—Ashtabula
PEDON
Describers Name:
w. j. meyer & D. H. TOUVELL
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Fragiaqualfs
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Platea
Classificaton Date -
5/4/2012
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Griggs
Classificaton Date -
11/3/1954
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:
11/3/1954 (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
7
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271.3
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A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; very fine granular structure; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001655
A2—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) Error; weak medium and coarse platy structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001656
B21—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001657
B22—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky, and platy structure; firm; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001658
B23—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky, and platy structure; firm; 11 percent coarse distinct light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001659. ?Overall structure is prismatic?
Bm3—69 to 104 centimeters (27.2 to 40.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; massive, and prismatic; very firm; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; 7 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # OSU0001660. Underlain by calcareous silt loam till with sandstone fragments.
C—104 to 155 centimeters (40.9 to 61.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001661