IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lorain
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960-OH003-118
  • User Pedon ID: 1960-OH003-118
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AL-118
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69904
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 40.6443710
  • Std. Longitude: -84.0205383
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Section: 35
  • Location Description: SW4 SE4. 4 mi. SW of Westminster, 4 mi. NW of Waynesfield, 50 ft. of CL Allen-Auglaize Co. line road. 1050 ft. W of CL Crabb Rd. Located on field sheet BUZ-3F-63.
  • 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 - 6/30/1960
  • 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: 6/30/1960 (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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate fine and medium granular, and subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010367
    Btg1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; 7.0 roots; clay films; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine and medium brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010368. water laid clays and silts.
    Btg2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 3.0 roots; clay films; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010369. water laid clays and silts.
    Btg3—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; weak fine and medium prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; faint clay films; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010370. water laid clays and silts.
    Btg4—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; weak medium prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; 0.9 roots; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # OSU0010371. water laid clays and silts, clay films decrease with depth and tend to be confined to vertical prismatic surfaces.
    Btg5—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; fine and medium subangular blocky structure; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010372. water laid clays and silts.
    2C—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0010373. calcareous; containing considerable quantities of silt and clay; water saturated; water has enough head to fill pit within 2? of ground surface.