IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loudonville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956OH055S15
  • User Pedon ID: 1956-OH055-S15
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - GA-s15
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69439
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Pettibone Rd. in Bainbridge Twp. Pit located in large woods on F.D. Lindow farm on Pettibone Rd. .7 miles west of SR 306; located 175 ft. north of Rd. and 30 ft. west of old stone fence.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH055—Geauga

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: f. j. baker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Loudonville
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/1956 (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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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Mat of newly fallen leaves and partly decomposed leaves from hard maple, soft maple, beech, cherry, and tuliptree. Not sampled.
    Oe—3 to 4 centimeters (1.2 to 1.6 inches); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004944. Mat of leaves and twigs that are partly to nearly decomposed.
    A—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004945. Soft when dry. An occasional tongue of A horizon extends up to 1 inch into the E horizon. Many sandstone fragments up to 6 inches in diameter lie on soil surface.
    E1—8 to 22 centimeters (3.1 to 8.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; thick platy structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004946. Non-sticky and non-plastic when wet. Soft when dry. Many sandstone fragments and boulders up to 6 inches in diameter.
    E2—22 to 34 centimeters (8.7 to 13.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; thick platy structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004947. Non-sticky and non-plastic when wet. Soft when dry. Many sandstone fragments up to 6 inches in diameter.
    BE—34 to 39 centimeters (13.4 to 15.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004948. Slightly plastic but non-sticky when wet. Common sandstone fragments up to 3 inches in diameter.
    Bt1—39 to 52 centimeters (15.4 to 20.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004949. Sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Common sandstone fragments up to 3 inches in diameter.
    Bt2—52 to 65 centimeters (20.5 to 25.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004950. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Common sandstone fragments.
    C1—65 to 75 centimeters (25.6 to 29.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; single grain; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004951. Derived from partly weathered sandstone. Coarse skeleton consists of sandstone fragments.
    C2—75 to 85 centimeters (29.5 to 33.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); massive; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004952. Partly weathered sandstone.
    C3—85 to 102 centimeters (33.5 to 40.2 inches); fragments. Gray medium-grained unweathered sandstone that weathers to yellowish brown colored sand. Not sampled.