IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Platea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956OH007080
  • User Pedon ID: 1956-OH007-080
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AB-080
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71394
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: On Slater Rd., 1/2 mi. E of Kellogsville-Stanhope Rd. ; 100 ft. into woods. 1 mi. N and 1/2 mi. E of West Williamsfield.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH007—Ashtabula

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: 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 - 7a2
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/1956
  • 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: 10/29/1956 (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 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005083. Inclusion in Frenchtown
    E—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; weak thick platy structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005084. Inclusion in Frenchtown
    Bw1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005085. Inclusion in Frenchtown
    Bw2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005086. Inclusion in Frenchtown
    Bw3—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent medium distinct pale yellow (5Y 7/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005087. Inclusion in Frenchtown
    Bx—66 to 114 centimeters (26.0 to 44.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; weak very coarse prismatic, and massive; very firm; distinct gray (5Y 6/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # OSU0005088. Inclusion in Frenchtown; continuous - phpvsfiid 975525; continuous - phpvsfiid 975525
    C2—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005089. clay flow samole at 45?
    C1—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005091. till sample
    C2—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005090. sample between faces at 45?
    C2—135 to 147 centimeters (53.1 to 57.9 inches); massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005092. till sample