IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hanover
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH029002
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH029-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CO-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69816
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Section: 23
  • Location Description: Center of Sec. 23- Center Twp. Road cut 100 ft. S of break.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH029—Columbiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: lessig & holowaychuk
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hanover
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Illinoian till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geology: Illinoian formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/25/1954 (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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    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; strong medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001322
    E—4 to 13 centimeters (1.6 to 5.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak thin platy structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001323
    BE—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001324
    Bt—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001325
    Bt—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001326
    Btgx—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) Error; moderate coarse prismatic, and platy structure; firm; 2.5Y 2 (2.5Y2), moist, silt coats; 33 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001327. Roots along prism faces.
    Bx—91 to 140 centimeters (35.8 to 55.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; very coarse prismatic, and weak platy structure; very firm; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001328. Prisms or columns are about 10? across and reach up into the B31gm horizon; weakly cemented and pan-like.
    Bx—140 to 213 centimeters (55.1 to 83.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak platy structure; firm; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001329. Prisms about 14? across; gray prism coats are clayey, while fine clay skins of prism interiors are yellowish brown; some roots along prism faces.
    BC—213 to 305 centimeters (83.9 to 120.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001330. Appears to have been a stratum in the till.
    C—305 to 335 centimeters (120.1 to 131.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001331. Till; coarse fragments are small pebbles of brown sandstone and hard shale; calcareous.