IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pierpont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH007050
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH007-050
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AB-050
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72546
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Lenox Twp.; 2 1/2 miles ESE of Rock Creek, dug in road bank along north side of Hayford Rd. at a distance of 1/2 mile west of the Hayford Rd. Stempville Rd. intersection.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH007—Ashtabula

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: w. j. meyer & d. h. touvell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aqueptic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pierpont
  • 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: 11/9/1954 (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
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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001719
    AB—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) Error; fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001720
    BA—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; medium and coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001721
    Bt—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001722
    Bt—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001723. This horizon has some purplish layers.
    Bx—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; massive, and subangular blocky; firm; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # OSU0001724
    BC—97 to 135 centimeters (38.2 to 53.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and gray (5Y 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; platy, and platy structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001725. Horizon designated B3C1. Calcareous. Underlain by calcareous silt loam till.
    C—135 to 147 centimeters (53.1 to 57.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001726