IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Platea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956OH007076
  • User Pedon ID: 1956-OH007-076
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AB-076
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70999
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Windsor Rd. 1/2 mi. W of highway 90, 3 1/2 mi. S and 1/2 mi. W of Cherry Valley.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH007—Ashtabula

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: touvell, ritchie, & meyer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Platea
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - 7b2
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/25/1956 (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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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005057
    E—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005058
    Bw1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005059
    Bw2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 33 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005060. continuous - phpvsfiid 977310; continuous - phpvsfiid 977310
    Bx—53 to 89 centimeters (20.9 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, manganese coatings; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005061. continuous - phpvsfiid 977311; continuous - phpvsfiid 977311
    C1—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0005062
    C2—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0005063