IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sheffield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956OH007078
  • User Pedon ID: 1956-OH007-078
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AB-078
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70164
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: On Slater Rd., 1/2 mi. E of Kellogsville-Stanhope Rd. and 400 ft. in woods.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH007—Ashtabula

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: touvell, ritchie, & meyer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sheffield
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - 7a1
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/26/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005073. Nonsticky and nonplastic.
    Eg—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) Error; weak coarse platy structure; friable; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005074. Medium acid; nonsticky and nonplastic.
    Bg—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); 50 percent pale olive (5Y 6/3) and 50 percent 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005075. Medium acid; nonplastic and nonsticky.
    Btg—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); 70 percent olive (5Y 5/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005076. 5Y 5/3 is on outside of peds; slightly acid; slightly sticky and slightly plastic.
    41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005077. Neutral; slightly sticky and slightly plastic.
    Bgx—51 to 104 centimeters (20.1 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; very coarse prismatic structure; friable; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005078. Neutral; nonsticky and nonplastic. Underlain by a sand pocket.