IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mermill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1966-OH173-S19
  • User Pedon ID: 1966-OH173-S19
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - WD-s19
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69303
  • Print Date: 11/13/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 41.2546959
  • Std. Longitude: -83.5545807
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4
  • Location Description: Portage twp. 180yd N & 25yd E of Lat. & Long. approx.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH173—Wood
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: holowaychuk/ haghiri/ donaldson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Mollic Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mermill
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 20 cm of Depth to carbonates


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Fluvio-lacustrine; Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak medium and coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017681
    BAg—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; fine subangular blocky structure; friable; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017682
    Btg1—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 33 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017683. patchy - phpvsfiid 980696; patchy - phpvsfiid 980696
    Btg2—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) Error; weak medium prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017684. patchy - phpvsfiid 980697; patchy - phpvsfiid 980697
    BCg—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); 50 percent gray (5Y 5/1) and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017685. patchy - phpvsfiid 980698; patchy - phpvsfiid 980698
    2C—97 to 102 centimeters (38.2 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; firm; 33 percent fine distinct gray (N 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0017686