IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lorain
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960OH029129
  • User Pedon ID: 1960-OH029-129
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CO-129
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71335
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Walter Johnson farm, SW corner , , Sec. 21, Knox Twp. 100 ft. east of lane and 400 ft. north of county road.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH029—Columbiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: h. d. lessig
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Mollic Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lorain
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/8/1960 (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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    Ap11—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent fine prominent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010440. Slightly sticky. This horizon is composed of soil eroded from upper slopes and deposited over the underlying horizon.
    A12—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); black (N 2/), Error; strong medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010441. Sticky.
    Bg21—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); black (5YR 2/1) Error; strong medium angular blocky, and strong angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010442. Sticky.
    Bg22—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; weak very coarse prismatic, and strong angular blocky, and moderate angular blocky structure; firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent fine faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010443. Sticky.
    Bg23—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; weak very coarse prismatic, and strong angular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent medium prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010444. Slightly sticky.
    Ab1—74 to 84 centimeters (29.1 to 33.1 inches); black (N 2/), Error; strong fine subangular blocky structure; 33 percent medium faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010445
    Bgb21—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), Error; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # OSU0010446. Slightly sticky.
    Bgb22—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); dark gray (N 4/), Error; moderate medium platy structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0010447. Slightly sticky.