IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ellsworth
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1957OH103009
  • User Pedon ID: 1957-OH103-009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MD-009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70103
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 3 mi. S. and 1 3/4 mi. W. of Chatham. .4 mi. S. of Co.Rd. 177 on Co.Rd. 69; 30 yds. W. of center of road and 46 yds. S. of woods.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH103—Medina

    • 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: 8/10/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006241. Many roots in upper 1.5 inches but fewer in lower 1.5 inches.
    E—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; medium platy, and subangular blocky structure; 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006242. Mottles occur in lower part of horizon.
    BE—18 to 24 centimeters (7.1 to 9.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; medium prismatic, and subangular blocky structure; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006243
    B1—24 to 36 centimeters (9.4 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006244
    B2—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; strong medium prismatic structure; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006245
    B3—48 to 60 centimeters (18.9 to 23.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive, and angular blocky; distinct clay films; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006246. Massive with moderate structure about 4 inches apart.
    B4—60 to 71 centimeters (23.6 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive, and prismatic; distinct clay films; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006247. Massive, but stronger structure than above horizon. Many decayed roots on prism faces. Clay films are heavier than in horizon above.
    BC—71 to 79 centimeters (28.0 to 31.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive, and angular blocky; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006248. Calcareous at 31 inches.
    C1—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium platy, and angular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006249. Structure better developed than in three horizons above. Platy structure has major vertical facings 2 to 3 inches apart.
    C2—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006250
    C3—152 to 168 centimeters (59.8 to 66.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006251
    C4—193 to 208 centimeters (76.0 to 81.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006252