IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mahoning
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1964OH043030
  • User Pedon ID: 1964-OH043-030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - ER-030
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70634
  • Print Date: 3/11/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: East side of Cable Rd., .3 mi. south of St. Rt. 113, lot 8, Sec. 4 of Florence Twp.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH043—Erie

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. E. Redmond
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahoning
  • 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: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/10/1964 (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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016621
    E/B—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016622. Mixture of textures and matrix colors.
    Bt1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; very firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016623. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978517; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978517
    Bt2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and weak angular blocky structure; very firm; faint clay films; 1 percent coarse distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent coarse faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016624. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978518; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978518
    BC—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; strong very coarse prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; very firm; faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent coarse faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016625. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978519; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978519
    C1—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; strong very coarse prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1 percent medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016626
    C2—97 to 132 centimeters (38.2 to 52.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; very firm; 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent coarse prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016627. Mottled matrix colors.
    C3—132 to 168 centimeters (52.0 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; firm; 33 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0016628