IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sheffield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960OH007097
  • User Pedon ID: 1960-OH007-097
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AB-097
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72236
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Orwell Twp. about 2 mi. SSE of Orwell; 5/8 mi. ESE of the intersection of St.Rt. 45 and Winters Rd. 9/16 mi. ENE of the intersection of St.Rt. 45 and Ashtabula-Trumbull Co. line on Richard Huntington farm, about 75 yds. southeast of a small livestock w
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH007—Ashtabula

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: h. r. finney d. h. touvell & p. e. baldridge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sheffield
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bulah
  • Classificaton Date - 6/7/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till; Shale
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/7/1960 (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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    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 11 percent fine and medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010193
    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; weak granular structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010185
    E—4 to 28 centimeters (1.6 to 11.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) Error; weak granular, and weak platy structure; friable; 33 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010194. Somewhat vesicular. Horizons 1a and 2a are from a nearby forest to compare with plowed horizons in pit.
    E—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) Error; weak fine granular, and weak subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010186
    Btg1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; medium subangular blocky, and weak subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010187. Plastic and nonsticky.
    Btg2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) Error; medium subangular blocky, and weak subangular blocky structure; firm; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films; 1 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; ultra acid, pH 2.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010188. Plastic and nonsticky.
    Bx1—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and weak platy, and weak angular blocky structure; brittle; distinct clay films; 11 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010189. Weak to moderately developed fragipan; mottles are moredominant along ped boundaries; three clay flows noted in pit that were 3/4? thick; nonsticky and nonplastic; some thin 2.5Y 4/1 films penetrate about 1? into prisms.
    Bx2—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; weak coarse and very coarse prismatic structure; brittle; faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films; 33 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010190. Weakly to moderately developed fragipan; nonplastic and nonsticky.
    BC—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; very coarse prismatic structure; firm; faint 2.5Y 1 (2.5Y1), moist, clay films; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010191. Horizon designated as B3C1; structural units about 8-12? across; ped interiors are calcareous at 41-45?; glacial till.
    C—127 to 241 centimeters (50.0 to 94.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments. Lab sample # OSU0010192. Calcareous glacial till.