IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orrville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959OH029119
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH029-119
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CO-119
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69960
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: SE corner of Sec. 15, Salem Twp. 200 ft. north of road and 300 ft. east of west valley wall of Middle Fork, Little Beaver Creek.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH029—Columbiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: hale & Lessig
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, nonacid, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Orrville
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/1959 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; strong medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009568
    BA—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009569
    C—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); 5/3 5/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; massive; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009570
    C—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); 5/3 5/3) Error; massive; friable; 33 percent iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009571
    2Cg—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; massive; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent coarse iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009572. Loosely cemented with Mn.
    2Cg—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009573. This horizon is similar to the one above except that Mn is more predominant and mica found in sand.
    3Bb—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; friable; manganese coatings and gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # OSU0009574