IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lorain
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960-OH003-117
  • User Pedon ID: 1960-OH003-117
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AL-117
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70742
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 40.7650757
  • Std. Longitude: -84.3601913
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: . 5.5 mi. SSW of Delphos, 4 mi. N of Spencerville, slightly more than 0.5 mi. N of West Union Rd., 406 ft. W of CL of Spencerville-Delphos Rd., 53 ft. S of ditch. Located on field sheet BUZ-3F-201.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH003—Allen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: srodes, waters, christman, brock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Mollic Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lorain
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Montgomery
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/29/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 7.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010358
    Ap2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; 7.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010359
    Btg1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; 3.0 roots; 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010360. water laid clays and silts.
    Btg2—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; weak fine and medium prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; 3.0 roots; 33 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010361. water laid clays and silts.
    Btg3—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1); moderate subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium prismatic structure; 3.0 roots; 11 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010362. water laid clays and silts.
    Btg4—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 11 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 33 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010363. water laid clays and silts.
    BCg—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 33 percent coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010364. water laid clays and silts.
    BC—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 33 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # OSU0010365. sampled with auger.
    C—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; 1 percent fine faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0010366. highly compacted calcareous clay loam glacial till; sampled with auger.