IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frenchtown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1966OH153015
  • User Pedon ID: 1966-OH153-015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - ST-015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71523
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Barberton City limits, 2500 ft. east of St.Rt. 619; 2900 ft. south of Robinson Ave. South side of woods on Barber estate
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH153—Summit

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ritchie, petro, & donaldson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Frenchtown
  • 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: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/29/1966 (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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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017646. Site is in SE part of Barberton. Some brittleness in Btx1.
    EB—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) Error; weak thick platy structure; firm; 11 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017647. Site is in SE part of Barberton. Some brittleness in Btx1.
    Btg1—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) Error; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017648. Site is in SE part of Barberton. Some brittleness in Btx1.
    Btg2—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) Error; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017649. Site is in SE part of Barberton. Some brittleness in Btx1.
    Btx1—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017650. Site is in SE part of Barberton. Some brittleness in Btx1.
    Btx2—97 to 130 centimeters (38.2 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; 11 percent coarse distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017651. Site is in SE part of Barberton. Some brittleness in Btx1.
    Btx3—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate thick platy structure; very firm; 11 percent coarse distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017652. Site is in SE part of Barberton. Some brittleness in Btx1.
    C1—157 to 180 centimeters (61.8 to 70.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak thick platy structure; firm; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017653. Site is in SE part of Barberton. Some brittleness in Btx1.
    C2—180 to 218 centimeters (70.9 to 85.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak thick platy structure; firm; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7. Lab sample # OSU0017654. Site is in SE part of Barberton. Some brittleness in Btx1.