IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ellsworth
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956OH055S16
  • User Pedon ID: 1956-OH055-S16
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - GA-s16
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69761
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: on E.S. Pugsley farm 2 miles east of State Rt. 306 on Walters Rd. Pit site located in field west of barn and .15 mile south of Walters Rd. , 170 ft. west of fence running south from west end of barn and 250 ft. north of fence at south end of field.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH055—Geauga

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: f. j. baker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ellsworth
  • 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 - 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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004953. Slightly plastic but not sticky when wet. Contains a number of quartz pebbles 0.25 to 0.50 inches in diameter and also sandstone fragments.
    E—17 to 20 centimeters (6.7 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; weak platy structure; friable; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004954. Slightly plastic but not sticky when wet. The Ap horizon follows down earthworm holes locally.
    BE—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004955. Much of the clay appears to have moved out of the silt coatings. Plastic and slightly sticky when wet.
    Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004956. Slightly sticky and plastic when wet. Occasional quartz pebbles are present.
    Bt2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak very thick platy, and angular blocky structure; firm; faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004957. Many black Mn concretions. Slightly sticky and plastic when wet. Roots are restricted to ped faces.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977185; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977186; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977185; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977186
    Bt3—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate thick platy, and angular blocky structure; firm; light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004958. Few medium prominent black Mn concretions. Slightly sticky and plastic when wet. Roots are restricted to ped faces. Common weathered sandstone fragments.
    BC1—64 to 71 centimeters (25.2 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak thick platy structure; firm; 15 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004959. Many medium prominent very dark gray to dark reddish brown (5YR 3/1 3/2) Mn concretions. Many quartz and sandstone and black shale pebbles and fragments.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977188; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 977188
    BC2—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; medium angular blocky structure; firm; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004960. Sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Many quartz and sandstone and black shale fragments.
    CB—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) Error; medium angular blocky structure; firm; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0004961. Glacial till. Calcareous in places. Clay films are not calcareous. Occasional thin white streak of calcium carbonate.
    C1—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; firm; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004962. Glacial till. Common, distinct white streaks of calcium carbonate. Many quart, sandstone, and igneous pebbles present. Sampled at 40-48 inches with orchard auger.
    C2—137 to 188 centimeters (53.9 to 74.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; firm; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0004963. Glacial till. Many black shale, sandstone, and igneous pebbles present. Sampled at 54-64 inches with orchard auger.