IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cardington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1964OH099046
  • User Pedon ID: 1964-OH099-046
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MH-046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71444
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Beaver Twp., Sec. 34. 1200 ft. east of Arrowhead Lake, 1400ft. north of Co. line Rd.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH099—Mahoning

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: post, hale & lessig
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cardington
  • 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: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/11/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016454. Coarse skeleton is pebbles. Horizon ranges from 1 to 3 inches in thickness.
    E1—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak fine and medium, and moderate granular structure; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016455. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.
    E2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak thin platy, and weak angular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016456. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.
    BEt—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine and medium pores; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016457. Slightly sticky when wet. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.
    Bt1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) Error; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine pores; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent coarse yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016458. Sticky when wet. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.
    Btg2—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; friable; 7.0 fine and medium pores; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 33 percent coarse grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016459. Slightly sticky when wet. Coarse skeleton is pebbles. Clay flows in pores.
    Bg3—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine pores; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films; 33 percent medium gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016460. Slightly sticky when wet. Coarse skeleton is pebbles. Common fine Mn stains.
    BCg—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; weak medium, and weak angular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine and medium pores; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 11 percent medium gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016461. Slightly sticky when wet. Coarse skeleton is pebbles. Common fine black (10YR 2/1) Fe-Mn stains. Clay flows in pores.
    C1—107 to 168 centimeters (42.1 to 66.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0016462. Sampled at 50-60 inches.
    C2—610 to 622 centimeters (240.2 to 244.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; massive; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0016463. Blue till sample. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.