IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miner
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1955OH007072
  • User Pedon ID: 1955-OH007-072
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AB-072
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70083
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Williamsfield Twp. about 1 1/2 mi. SE of Williamsfield.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH007—Ashtabula
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: w. j. meyer & d. h. touvell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Mollic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Miner
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Williamsfield 7a8
  • Classificaton Date - 9/9/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/1955 (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

    341.4

    A—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) Error; fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003415. Slightly sticky.
    A—9 to 20 centimeters (3.5 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003416. Plastic and sticky.
    Btg1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) Error; coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine and medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003417. Sticky and plastic.
    Btg2—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) Error; prismatic, and angular blocky structure; firm; olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003418. Plastic and sticky.
    BC—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) Error; massive, and prismatic; firm; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003419. Protrusions of B22g horizon extend into this horizon.
    C—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; massive, and prismatic; firm; 11 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0003420. Horizon designated as B32-C1.