IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lorain
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1966OH153011
  • User Pedon ID: 1966-OH153-011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - ST-011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69209
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Bath Twp., 9 miles west and .75 miles south of Bath, Ohio. 700 ft. south of Bath Pond and 400 ft. east of edge of woodland. Raymond Firestone Farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH153—Summit

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Post & Vann
  • 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: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/22/1966 (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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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; strong fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017549
    A2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; strong coarse angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017550. Slightly sticky when wet.
    Btg1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) Error; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; distinct gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and distinct gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on horizontal faces of peds and gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films; 11 percent fine olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017551. Sticky when wet.; continuous - phpvsfiid 981088; patchy - phpvsfiid 981089; continuous - phpvsfiid 981090; continuous - phpvsfiid 981088; patchy - phpvsfiid 981089; continuous - phpvsfiid 981090
    Btg2—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) Error; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; distinct gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and distinct gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017552. Sticky when wet.; continuous - phpvsfiid 981091; continuous - phpvsfiid 981092; continuous - phpvsfiid 981091; continuous - phpvsfiid 981092
    Btg3—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) Error; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; faint dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017553. Sticky when wet.; patchy - phpvsfiid 981093; patchy - phpvsfiid 981093
    BCg—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) Error; moderate coarse prismatic structure; 11 percent medium brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017554. Sticky when wet. Auger sample because of high water table.
    C1—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) Error; moderate coarse prismatic structure; 11 percent medium brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017555. Sticky when wet. Auger sample because of high water table.
    C2—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) Error; moderate coarse prismatic structure; 11 percent medium brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017556. Sticky when wet. Auger sample because of high water table.