IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rittman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1965OH153003
  • User Pedon ID: 1965-OH153-003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - ST-003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69351
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Copley Twp., 3 miles SW of Copley; 1000 ft. west of Medina Line Rd., 300 ft. north of Copley-Norton Twp. line. Camp Jodey; 5900 ft west of Rt. 21.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH153—Summit

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ritchie, post, petro, donnelson, mcVicker, beery
  • 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: 7/13/1965 (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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017235
    Ap2—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017235
    B1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017236
    B2t—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and faint 10YR 2 (10YR2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017237. patchy - phpvsfiid 981142; patchy - phpvsfiid 981143; patchy - phpvsfiid 981142; patchy - phpvsfiid 981143
    Bx1—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017238. continuous - phpvsfiid 981144; continuous - phpvsfiid 981144
    Bx2—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017239. continuous - phpvsfiid 981145; continuous - phpvsfiid 981145
    B3—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017240. patchy - phpvsfiid 981146; patchy - phpvsfiid 981146
    C1—152 to 213 centimeters (59.8 to 83.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments. Lab sample # OSU0017241
    C2—213 to 229 centimeters (83.9 to 90.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0017242