IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cardington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1955OH005S01
  • User Pedon ID: 1955-OH005-S01
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AS-S01
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69963
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Clear Creek Twp. 1.6 mi. E. of Rt. 60 and 2 mi. N of Savannah
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH005—Ashland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Holowaychuk
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cardington
  • 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: 8/17/1955 (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 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003009
    E—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) Error; massive, and weak subangular blocky; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003010
    BE—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) Error; 10YR 2 (10YR2) mottles; fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003011
    Bt—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003012. Mottles faint in interiors, distinct on surfaces.
    Btg—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5Y 7/ (2.5Y 7/), moist, skeletans; faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003013
    Btx1—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; weak subangular blocky, and weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; very firm; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; manganese coatings; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003014. Some platiness in ped interiors.
    Btx2—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak medium and coarse prismatic, and weak subangular blocky structure; very firm; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; manganese coatings; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003015. Some platiness in ped interiors.
    C1—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak very thick platy structure; very firm; organic stains and faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0003016. White flecks.
    C2—127 to 168 centimeters (50.0 to 66.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0003017. Calcareous. White flecks.
    C3—168 to 183 centimeters (66.1 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0003018. Weakly calcareous. More sandy than C2. Color given only as ?yellowish brown? but 10YR 5/6 is the color given for ?yellowish brown mottling? in C1.