IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lorain
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1957OH099017
  • User Pedon ID: 1957-OH099-017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MH-017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70216
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 500 ft. SE of NW corner of Isaly farm, 400 ft. south of Rt. 18 and 2 miles west of Jackson Center.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH099—Mahoning

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: schafer, & lessig
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Mollic Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lorain
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chippewa
  • Classificaton Date - 5/10/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/10/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; strong medium angular blocky, and strong angular blocky structure; very firm; fine 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005639
    A2—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and black (10YR 2/1) Error; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate angular blocky structure; very firm; fine 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and fine brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005640. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.
    A3—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) and brown (7.5YR 4/2) Error; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate angular blocky structure; firm; prominent 5YR 8 (5YR8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005641. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.
    BA—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and brown (10YR 4/3) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005642. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.
    B—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); 3 percent 10YR 1 (10YR/1) and 4/4 4/4) Error; 33 percent 2.5Y 1 (2.5Y1) medium prominent mottles; strong medium angular blocky, and moderate angular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005643. Mottled mixture of colors.
    BC1—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate angular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005644. Mottled mixture of colors. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.
    BC2—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); 1 percent dark gray (N 4/), and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium prominent gray (N 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005645. Mottled mixture of colors. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.
    BC3—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); 10 percent 10YR 1 (10YR/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 33 percent coarse prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005646. Mottled mixture of colors. Coarse skeleton is pebbles. Center of peds is gritty silty clay loam.
    BC4—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); 6 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 4/4 4/4) Error; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent coarse prominent 2.5YR 4/ (2.5YR 4/), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005647. Mottled mixture of colors. Coarse skeleton is pebbles. Center of peds is brown gritty silty clay loam.
    BC5—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); 1 percent dark gray (N 4/), and 4/4 4/4) Error; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 33 percent coarse prominent 4/4 4/4, moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent coarse prominent gray (N 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0005648. Mottled mixture of colors. Coarse skeleton is pebbles. Center of peds is brown gritty silty clay loam.
    C—124 to 140 centimeters (48.8 to 55.1 inches); 4/4 4/4) and gray (N 3/), Error; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 33 percent coarse prominent 10YR 4 (10YR4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent coarse prominent gray (N 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # OSU0005649. Mottled mixture of colors. Light grayish brown (10YR 6/2) calcareous streaks.