IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ravenna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956OH055S20
  • User Pedon ID: 1956-OH055-S20
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - GA-s20
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69980
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Hambdon Twp. on Jim Inmen farm located 1.4 miles east of stop-light in Chardon, on Chardon-Windsor Rd. Pit site located approximately 175 ft. east of white ash tree east of Inman barn and approximately 200 ft. south of Chardon-Wondor Rd.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH055—Geauga

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: f. j. baker & r. b. jones
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aeric Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ravenna
  • 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: 10/24/1956 (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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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak medium granular structure; firm; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004998. Friable when crushed. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Common sandstone fragments.
    A2—39 to 39 centimeters (15.4 to 15.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; firm; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0004999. Friable when crushed. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Common sandstone fragments.
    BCm2—56 to 64 centimeters (22.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, clay films and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005004. A thin transition zone of yellowish red (5YR 5/8) is present between clay seams and polygon interiors. Friable when crushed. Slightly sticky and plastic when wet. Many sandstone and igneous pebbles are present. Fragipan is moderately to strongly developed
    AB—58 to 58 centimeters (22.8 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate platy, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005000. Friable when crushed. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Common sandstone and quartz pebbles.
    BCm3—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, clay films and prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005005. A thin transition zone of yellowish red (5YR 5/8) is present between clay seams and polygon interiors. Friable when crushed. Slightly plastic but not sticky when wet. Sandstone and quartz pebbles are common. Fragipan is moderately developed. Sample no. 50
    BCm3—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, clay films and prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005006. A thin transition zone of yellowish red (5YR 5/8) is present between clay seams and polygon interiors. Friable when crushed. Slightly plastic but not sticky when wet. Sandstone and quartz pebbles are common. Fragipan is moderately developed. Sample no. 50
    BC4—89 to 132 centimeters (35.0 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; firm; prominent light gray (5Y 7/2), moist, clay films; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005007. Clay seam has transition zone of yellowish red (5YR 5/8), 0.13 to 0.25 inches thick, into matrix. Very friable when crushed. There may be a very slight development of a fragipan.
    B1—90 to 90 centimeters (35.4 to 35.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) Error; weak thick platy, and weak subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium and coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium and coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005001. The 2.5Y 5/2 and 2.5Y 6/2 colors make up about 40% of the total mass. Friable when crushed. Slightly sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Common sandstone and quartz pebbles.
    BCm1—116 to 116 centimeters (45.7 to 45.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; very coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, clay films and prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005002. Polygons are 6 to 8 inches in diameter. Clay films decrease in number with depth. Outer edges of polygons have a transition zone about 0.13 inches thick of yellowish red (5YR 5/8) adjacent to the clay seams. Black Mn concretions are common. Moderately fri
    BCm1—116 to 116 centimeters (45.7 to 45.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; very coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, clay films and prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005003. Polygons are 6 to 8 inches in diameter. Clay films decrease in number with depth. Outer edges of polygons have a transition zone about 0.13 inches thick of yellowish red (5YR 5/8) adjacent to the clay seams. Black Mn concretions are common. Moderately fri
    C1—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; firm; prominent light gray (5Y 7/2), moist, clay films; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005008. Sampled with orchard auger.
    C2—152 to 170 centimeters (59.8 to 66.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; firm; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005009. Till. Not calcareous. Sandstone and black shale fragments are common. Sampled with orchard auger.