IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frenchtown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1957OH099019
  • User Pedon ID: 1957-OH099-019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MH-019
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71708
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Behner farm on Rt. 165, 1 mile east of Rt. 14 in Goshen Twp., 1/2 mile south of farm building in east corner of pasture.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH099—Mahoning

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: william hale & heber lessig
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Frenchtown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chippewa
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/20/1957 (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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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) Error; strong very fine angular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent medium prominent 2.5YR 4 (2.5YR4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006062
    E1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and 10YR 2 (10YR/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent fine prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006063. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.
    E2—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), and 10YR 2 (10YR/2) and gray (10YR 6/1) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006064. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.
    BE1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); 10YR 2 (10YR/2) and 10YR 2 (10YR/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent medium prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0006065. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.
    BE2—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); 10YR 2 (10YR/2) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 10YR 2 (10YR/2) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent medium prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006066. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.
    B—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); dark gray (N 4/), and 10YR 3 (10YR/3) and light gray (10YR 7/2) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent coarse prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent coarse prominent dark gray (N 4/), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006067. Mottled mixture of colors. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.
    BC—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); 3 percent dark gray (N 4/), and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate coarse prismatic, and strong subangular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent coarse prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent coarse prominent gray (N 6/), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0006068. Mottled mixture of colors. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.
    C—163 to 198 centimeters (64.2 to 78.0 inches); 10YR 3 (10YR/3) Error; massive; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # OSU0006069. Coarse skeleton is pebbles. This horizon was sampled at time of excavation. The soil layer between 30 and 64 inches could not be sampled because of water rapidly flowing into pit. Note: This soil is developed from coarser textured Early Cary till and has