IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sheffield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1955OH007061
  • User Pedon ID: 1955-OH007-061
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AB-061
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70394
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1 1/2 mi. S , 1 mi. E of Cork and 50 yds. S of Hardy Rd. Site is 15 yds. E and 50 yds. S of NE corner of grape orchard.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH007—Ashtabula

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: n. holowaychuk
  • 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 - Chippewa
  • Classificaton Date - 8/28/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till; Sandstone + shale
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/28/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003110. Underlain in spots by lenses of dark gray silty clay loam.
    Btg1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) Error; weak subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium and coarse distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003111. Slightly sticky and nonplastic.
    Btg2—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) Error; weak subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium and coarse distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003112. Slightly sticky and nonplastic.
    Btg3—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) Error; weak fine prismatic, and weak angular blocky structure; firm; gray (5Y 6/1), moist, silt coats; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium and coarse prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0003113. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic.
    Btg4—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/), Error; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/), moist, clay films; 1 percent manganese coatings and 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium and coarse yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003114. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic.
    Btx—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate prismatic, and weak angular blocky, and platy structure; very firm; prominent 2.5Y (2.5Y), moist, clay films; manganese coatings and distinct 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003115. Sticky and plastic.
    BC1—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 2.5Y (2.5Y/), Error; 2.5Y (2.5Y prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and angular blocky structure; firm; 2.5YR 6/ (2.5YR 6/), moist, clay films; 1 percent manganese coatings; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003116. Sticky and plastic.
    BC2—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); 2.5Y (2.5Y/), and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; 2.5Y (2.5Y prominent mottles; angular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 2.5YR 6/ (2.5YR 6/), moist, clay films; 1 percent manganese coatings; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003117. Sticky and plastic.
    BC3—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and 10YR (10YR/), Error; 2.5Y (2.5Y distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/), moist, clay films; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0003118. Moderately sticky and moderately plastic; some streaks and splotches of reddish yellow cut across horizon laterally.
    C1—137 to 173 centimeters (53.9 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; 1 percent prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0003119. Considerable platiness or lamination noted, which together with the general horizontal orientation suggests that the material is derived largely from the underlying shale or very fine grained sandstone.
    C2—173 to 188 centimeters (68.1 to 74.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; 1 percent prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Underlain by 2.5Y 4/3 4/4 very fine grained sandstone mixed with till.
    Cr—188 to 193 centimeters (74.0 to 76.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0003120