IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ellsworth
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1957OH093010
  • User Pedon ID: 1957-OH093-010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - LR-010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69701
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1.5 mi. E of Rochester on Rt. 162, 1/4 mi. W of Quarry Rd., 100 ft. S of road berm, Gene Babcock farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH093—Lorain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. W. Lawrence
  • 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: 8/9/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006220
    BE—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; massive, and angular blocky; firm; 11 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006221
    B1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006222
    B2—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; medium prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006223. A tongue of the BE horizon was present in one area of pit.
    B3—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; medium and coarse prismatic, and angular blocky structure; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006224
    B4—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive, and weak; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006225. Little or no clay coatings.
    C1—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive, and weak angular blocky; faint brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006226. A clay seam up to 0.5 inches thick runs horizontally and vertically.
    C2—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak medium angular blocky structure; 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006227. Vertical faces stronger than horizontal faces. No clay seams apparent.
    C3—147 to 165 centimeters (57.9 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006228
    C4—185 to 203 centimeters (72.8 to 79.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006229