IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Houcktown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1959-OH063-021
  • User Pedon ID: 1959-OH063-021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HK-021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70312
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 41.0902443
  • Std. Longitude: -83.7052155
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Portage Twp. . 40 rods E of County Rd. 139 and 52 rods S of Twp rd. 97. Lat & Long approx.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH063—Hancock
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: evans, rapparlie, baldridge, donaldson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Houcktown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Haskins
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 36 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate coarse granular structure; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009648
    Bt1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009649
    Bt2—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 33 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # OSU0009650
    Bt3—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese coatings and 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0009651
    C1—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) Error; moderate medium granular structure; 33 percent medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0009652. calcareous; igneous pebbles common.
    2C2—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0009653. calcareous;
    2C3—117 to 147 centimeters (46.1 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, carbonate coats; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0009654. calcareous;
    2C4—147 to 203 centimeters (57.9 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0009655. calcareous;