IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ellsworth
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1955OH007067
  • User Pedon ID: 1955-OH007-067
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AB-067
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71635
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Harpersfield Twp. 2 1/2 mi. SSE of Harpersfield, dug along Cold springs Rd. at a distance of 1 mi. E of the Cold Springs Rd. and St.Rt. 534 intersection.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH007—Ashtabula

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. holowaychuk, w. meyers & d. touvell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ellsworth
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till; Shale
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1955 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003189. Inclusion in plateau
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSUB003189. Inclusion in plateau
    E—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003190. Inclusion in plateau
    BE—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003191. Inclusion in plateau; continuous - phpvsfiid 975369; continuous - phpvsfiid 975369
    BE—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSUB003190. Inclusion in plateau; continuous - phpvsfiid 975378; continuous - phpvsfiid 975378
    Bt1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, pressure faces on faces of peds and faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent coarse distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003192. Inclusion in plateau; continuous - phpvsfiid 975370; patchy - phpvsfiid 975371; continuous - phpvsfiid 975370; patchy - phpvsfiid 975371
    Bt2—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, pressure faces on faces of peds and faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent coarse faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0003193. Inclusion in plateau; continuous - phpvsfiid 975372; patchy - phpvsfiid 975373; continuous - phpvsfiid 975372; patchy - phpvsfiid 975373
    Bt3—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium prismatic, and weak subangular blocky structure; very firm; faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, pressure faces on faces of peds and faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0003194. Inclusion in plateau; continuous - phpvsfiid 975374; patchy - phpvsfiid 975375; continuous - phpvsfiid 975374; patchy - phpvsfiid 975375
    BC—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent coarse distinct gray (N 6/0), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0003195. Inclusion in plateau; continuous - phpvsfiid 975376; patchy - phpvsfiid 975377; continuous - phpvsfiid 975376; patchy - phpvsfiid 975377
    C1—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; 11 percent coarse distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0003196. Inclusion in plateau
    C2—112 to 163 centimeters (44.1 to 64.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0003197. Inclusion in plateau