IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lorain
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1965OH151020
  • User Pedon ID: 1965-OH151-020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - SK-020
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72053
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: of Sec. 32, Washington Twp. 1070 ft. south of SR 153, 990 ft. west of railroad tracks. 445 ft. from southeast corner of barn and 11 miles east of downtown Canton.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH151—Stark

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Waters, Bauder, Christman & Petro
  • 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 lacustrine
  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/6/1965 (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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017191
    A/B—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); N 2/1 (N 2/1) Error; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017192
    BAg—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (N 3/), Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017193. Very plastic and sticky when wet. Hard when dry.
    Bg1—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); gray (N 5/), Error; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; faint clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017194. Root channels surrounded by yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) adjacent to channels grading to olive gray (5YR 5/2); thickness of root channel color is 2 mm. Very plastic and sticky when wet.; continuous - phpvsfiid 981031; continuous - phpvsfiid 981031
    Bg2—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); gray (N 5/), Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; faint clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017195. Root channels surrounded by yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) adjacent to channels grading to olive gray (5YR 5/2) away from roots; thickness of root channel color is 2-3 mm. Very plastic and sticky when wet.; continuous - phpvsfiid 981032; continuous - phpvsfiid 981032
    BCg—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); dark gray (5YR 4/1) Error; massive; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017196. Root channels surrounded by dark brown (7.5YR 4/4), common black (N 2/ ) organic staining. Very plastic and sticky when wet.
    Cg—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); gray (5YR 5/1) Error; massive; 1 percent fine faint reddish brown (5YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017197. Sticky and slightly plastic when wet.