IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sheffield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH007053
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH007-053
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AB-053
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69207
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Rome Twp.; 3 1/2 miles NNE of Orwell, dug in road bank along north side of Fillingham Rd., at a distance of about 1/4 mile west of the Fillingham Rd.-Bogue Rd. intersection.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH007—Ashtabula

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: w. j. meyer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sheffield
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - 742
  • Classificaton Date - 11/10/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till; Shale
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/10/1954 (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); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001741
    E—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) Error; fine and medium granular structure; friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001742
    Bt—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001743
    Btx—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; coarse prismatic, and massive; firm; reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent manganese coatings and 11 percent medium distinct light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001744
    BCtx—46 to 122 centimeters (18.1 to 48.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; coarse prismatic, and massive; firm; gray (5Y 6/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent manganese coatings; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0001745. Underlain by calcareous, silty clay loam, shaly till or weathered shale to 54?, weathered shale below that.
    C—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001746