IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wooster
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH169S02
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH169-S02
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - WN-S02
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71058
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 15 N
  • Range: 13 W
  • Section: 23
  • Location Description: about 3 miles southeast of Wooster in Franklin Township; 2150 feet east and 2110 feet south of the northwest corner of sec. 23, T. 15 N., R. 13 W.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH169—Wayne

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Holowaychuk, Heddleson, meyer, & Meeker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wooster
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan loess; Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/25/1954 (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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000630. Representative pedon for series.
    E—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; weak thin platy, and weak granular structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000631. Representative pedon for series.
    BE—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, worm casts; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000632. Representative pedon for series.
    Bt1—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000633. Representative pedon for series.
    Bt2—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent coarse faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0000634. Representative pedon for series.; patchy - phpvsfiid 975318; patchy - phpvsfiid 975318
    Btx1—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings infused into matrix along faces of peds and 11 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0000635. Representative pedon for series.; patchy - phpvsfiid 975319; patchy - phpvsfiid 975319
    Btx2—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent coarse distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0000636. Representative pedon for series.; patchy - phpvsfiid 975320; patchy - phpvsfiid 975320
    Btx3—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent coarse faint reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0000637. Representative pedon for series.; patchy - phpvsfiid 975321; patchy - phpvsfiid 975321
    C1—147 to 168 centimeters (57.9 to 66.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0000638. Representative pedon for series.
    C1—168 to 183 centimeters (66.1 to 72.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0000639. Representative pedon for series.
    C1—183 to 216 centimeters (72.0 to 85.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0000640. Representative pedon for series.
    C2—216 to 234 centimeters (85.0 to 92.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; massive; fragments. Lab sample # OSUB000640. Representative pedon for series.
    C2—234 to 254 centimeters (92.1 to 100.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; massive; fragments. Lab sample # OSUC000640. Representative pedon for series.
    C2—254 to 267 centimeters (100.0 to 105.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; massive; fragments. Lab sample # OSUD000640. Representative pedon for series.
    C2—267 to 279 centimeters (105.1 to 109.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; massive; fragments. Lab sample # OSUE000640. Representative pedon for series.