IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rittman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958OH133S16
  • User Pedon ID: 1958-OH133-S16
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - PG-s16
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71146
  • Print Date: 5/10/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1 1/4 mile south and .55 mile east of Atwater Center, 100 ft. north of road and 150 ft. east of fence.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH133—Portage

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: g. m. schafer, h. D. lessig
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rittman
  • 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: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/30/1958 (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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007709. pH in the pH field above was measured by indicator. pH measured by meter was 6.3.
    BA—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films; 11 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007710. pH in the pH field above was measured by indicator. pH measured by meter was 4.5.
    B1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) Error; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent medium faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007711. pH in the pH field above was measured by indicator. pH measured by meter was 4.3. Roots confined to ped faces.
    B2—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); gray (N 5/), and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007712. pH in the pH field above was measured by indicator. pH measured by meter was 4.4. Roots confined to ped faces.
    Bx3—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007713. pH in the pH field above was measured by indicator. pH measured by meter was 4.3. Lower boundary gradual except abrupt with regard to Mn stains in underlying horizon. The texture and structure are similar to the B2 above but there is an abrupt boundary to
    Bx4—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium prismatic, and weak angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007714. pH in the pH field above was measured by indicator. pH measured by meter was 5.0. Mn stains prominent on both vertical and horizontal ped faces.
    Bx5—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007715. pH in the pH field above was measured by indicator. pH measured by meter was 6.5. Mn stains fewer than in above horizon.
    Bx6—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007716. pH in the pH field above was measured by indicator. pH measured by meter was 7.0. Vertical ped faces less prominent than in horizon above. Mn stains disappear in lower part of horizon.; continuous - phpvsfiid 977181; continuous - phpvsfiid 977181
    C1—132 to 142 centimeters (52.0 to 55.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; black (7.5YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0007717
    C2—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive, and weak; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0007718. Lime segregations are apparent but the horizon also appears to be partially leached.
    C3—152 to 173 centimeters (59.8 to 68.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak, and massive; firm; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0007719. Lime segregations have disappeared. Material of the same description continues below the depth of the sample.