IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ellsworth
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1957OH077005
  • User Pedon ID: 1957-OH077-005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HU-005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69001
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: One mi. N. 1/2 mi. east Fitchville on Fayette Rd. 700 ft. east of Palmer Rd. on north side road cut, 50 ft. from crest of hill. (2 ft. back in bank).
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH077—Huron
  • MLRA: 139—Lake Erie Glaciated Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Lawrence
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ellsworth
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cardington
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/1957
  • 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: 6/18/1957 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005754. Not sampled because of mat of roots and organic matter.
    E—4 to 20 centimeters (1.6 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; granular structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005754. Non-sticky when wet. Sampled at 3-7 inches.
    EB—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; weak thin platy, and weak structure; very friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005755
    BE—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium prismatic, and weak angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005756. Slightly plastic when wet. Sampled at 13-16 inches.
    B1—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); 5 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; coarse prismatic structure; firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005757. Sticky and plastic when wet. Strongly cemented. Sampled at 18-22 inches.
    B2—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); 5 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; coarse prismatic structure; firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005758. Sticky and plastic when wet. Sampled at 24-30 inches.
    C1—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) Error; coarse prismatic, and platy structure; firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005759. Breaks into fine subangular blocky structure. Sampled at 35-40 inches.
    C2—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005760
    C3—193 to 208 centimeters (76.0 to 81.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0005761