IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rittman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1965OH099051
  • User Pedon ID: 1965-OH099-051
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MH-051
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69946
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Site of new school in Canfield, 650 ft. north of US Rt. 224, 100 ft. west of new road into school building.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH099—Mahoning

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: petro donaldson & lessig
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rittman
  • 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: 6/15/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016888. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.
    Ap2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 7.0 medium pores; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016889. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.
    BEt—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak thick platy, and weak subangular blocky structure; friable; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016890. 0/0; Also breaks to very thin platy peds. Coarse skeleton is pebbles. Many coarse to fine pores.
    Bt1—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; friable; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films and faint 5/3 5/3, moist, clay films; 33 percent medium 5/3 5/3, moist, masses of reduced iron; 12 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016891. Coarse skeleton is pebbles. Many coarse to fine pores.
    Btgx2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak coarse, and angular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films and faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films and faint 5/3 5/3, moist, clay films; 11 percent medium grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016892. Weak fragipan. Coarse skeleton is pebbles. Common medium and fine pores with clay films.; continuous - phpvsfiid 978891; continuous - phpvsfiid 978891
    Btgx3—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and weak platy structure; firm; prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, clay films and faint 5/3 5/3, moist, clay films; 33 percent medium grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016893. Moderate fragipan. Also breaks to weak, fine angular blocky peds. Coarse skeleton is pebbles. Clay films on prisms have an inner film layer of grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay. Common medium pores with clay films.; continuous - phpvsfiid 978892; continuous - phpvsfiid 978892
    BCgx—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak coarse, and weak platy structure; firm; prominent gray (N 5/), moist, clay films and faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 10 percent black (N 2/), moist, manganese coatings and 11 percent medium light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016894. Moderate fragipan. Coarse skeleton is pebbles. Clay films on polygon faces have an inner rind of yellowish brown (10YR 5/6). Few coarse pores with clay films. pH grades to neutral in lower part. An unconformable layer of acid waterlaid yellowish brown (10; continuous - phpvsfiid 978894; continuous - phpvsfiid 978894
    Cg1—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; massive; firm; prominent gray (N 5/), moist, clay films; 10 percent black (N 2/), moist, manganese coatings; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016895. Coarse skeleton is pebbles. Few medium pores. pH is neutral to mildly alkaline (7.6).
    Cg2—147 to 218 centimeters (57.9 to 85.8 inches); 4/4 4/4) Error; massive; firm; prominent gray (N 5/), moist, clay films; 10 percent black (N 2/), moist, manganese coatings; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016896. Coarse skeleton is pebbles. Few medium pores. An unconformable layer of neutral fine sandy loam waterlaid material occurs in the lower part of this horizon. Sampled at 58-71 inches.
    C3—218 to 241 centimeters (85.8 to 94.9 inches); 4/4 4/4) Error; massive; firm; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0016897. Coarse skeleton is pebbles.