IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Olmsted
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958OH029051
  • User Pedon ID: 1958-OH029-051
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CO-051
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69321
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4SE1/4
  • Location Description: Micheals farm, NW corner , Sec. 2, Knox Twp. 15 ft. south of pole line and 650 ft. west of County Road 404.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH029—Columbiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: wm. hale & h. d. lessig
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Mollic Endoaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Olmsted
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chilo
  • Classificaton Date - 6/3/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/3/1958 (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
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    Ap1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak very coarse platy, and weak granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4 wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007383
    A2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak very coarse platy, and weak granular structure; very friable; 15 percent clay bridges; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007384. 1/4? thick tongues of 10YR 3/2 extending from overlying horizon.
    B1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); 4/3 4/3) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay bridges; 11 percent fine faint 5/4 5/4, moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007385. tongues of 10YR 3/2 extend into this horizon.
    B2—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); 5/3 5/3) Error; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films; 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007386. Weak fragipan; animal holes in this horizon. The first two surface feature colors apply to the clay films on the ped faces.
    B3—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); 6/4 6/4) Error; massive; very friable; 11 percent coarse faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007387. Stratified.
    C1—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; massive; loose; 11 percent coarse faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0007388