IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Platea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956OH007089
  • User Pedon ID: 1956-OH007-089
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AB-089
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70871
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Kellogsville-Stanhope Rd. 1 mi. S of Ford Rd.; 2 mi. W and 1 1/2 mi. S of Williamsfield. Williamsfield Twp.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH007—Ashtabula

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: 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 - 7a6
  • Classificaton Date - 11/6/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/6/1956 (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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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005146. Nonsticky and nonplastic.
    A2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005147. Nonsticky and nonplastic.
    B1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005148. Slightly sticky and nonplastic.
    B2—43 to 63 centimeters (16.9 to 24.8 inches); silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005149
    B3—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; manganese coatings; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005150. Slightly sticky and nonplastic. Underlain by till, shale present at 47?.
    C—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005151
    R—119 to 137 centimeters (46.9 to 53.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005152