IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Roselms
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH039S03
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH039-S03
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - DF-s03
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71817
  • Print Date: 4/18/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • Location Description: near north east edge of roadside park on State Rt. 15.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH039—Defiance
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brock, Scott, Jones, Ivancic, Van Dine, Holowaychuk
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Roselms
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan lacustrine
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/27/1954 (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 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; strong coarse and very coarse granular structure; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001003
    E—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak medium platy structure; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001003
    ABt—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Btg—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001004
    Bt—30 to 66 centimeters (11.8 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and angular blocky structure; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001005. Extremely hard when dry.
    BC—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001006. Dense.
    C1—86 to 127 centimeters (33.9 to 50.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001007. Calcareous. Some localized concentrations of gypsum.