IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pierpont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1955OH007069
  • User Pedon ID: 1955-OH007-069
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AB-069
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73264
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Colebrook Twp. about 3 mi. SE of Colebrook. Sample dug in road cut at intersection of Troutman Rd. and Cream Ridge Rd. about 3 mi. W of the Cream Ridge- St. Rt. 90 intersection.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH007—Ashtabula

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: meyer, holowaychuk & trouvell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aqueptic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pierpont
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/1955 (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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003208. Slightly sticky.
    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSUB003208. Slightly sticky.
    E—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) Error; platy, and granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003209. Slightly sticky; numerous small rock fragments.
    BE—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; coarse granular, and weak subangular blocky structure; friable; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent medium faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003210. Slightly sticky.
    Bt1—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003211. Slightly sticky.
    Bt2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003212. Slightly sticky and plastic.
    Bx1—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; coarse prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1 percent manganese coatings; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003213. Sticky and slightly plastic.
    Bx2—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; coarse prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1 percent manganese coatings; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003214. Sticky and slightly plastic.
    Bx3—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; coarse prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1 percent manganese coatings; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003215. Sticky and slightly plastic.
    C1—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; coarse prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0003216. Sticky and slightly plastic; common coarse skeleton to 2 cm; calcareous till.
    C2—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); pale yellow (5Y 8/3) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0003217. Calcareous till; sticky and slightly plastic.