IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Platea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1969OH007039A
  • User Pedon ID: 1969-OH007-039A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AB-039a
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70449
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: about 3.0 miles north of Jefferson, in Jefferson Township, 5,500 feet west of the intersection of Clay Street (County Road 16) and State Route 46 along Clay Street, then 100 feet south, T. 11 N., R. 3 W.; USGS Ashtabula South, Ohio topographic quadrangle
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH007—Ashtabula

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wilding/ ritchie
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aeric Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Platea
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - 7b2
  • Classificaton Date - 6/3/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till; Sandstone + shale
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/3/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) Error; loose; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001271. Representative pedon for ASHTABULA COUNTY
    A2—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001272. Representative pedon for ASTABULA COUNTY
    E—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent coarse faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001273. Representative pedon for ASTABULA COUNTY
    Bw—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 33 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium distinct 10YR 6/ (10YR 6/), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001274. Representative pedon for ASTABULA COUNTY
    Bx1—53 to 112 centimeters (20.9 to 44.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; weak very coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, manganese coatings and 33 percent coarse distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001275. Representative pedon for ASTABULA COUNTY; patchy - phpvsfiid 978852; patchy - phpvsfiid 978852
    Bx2—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; weak very coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001276. Representative pedon for ASTABULA COUNTY; patchy - phpvsfiid 978853; patchy - phpvsfiid 978853
    C—152 to 229 centimeters (59.8 to 90.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; massive; firm; 1 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0001277. Representative pedon for ASTABULA COUNTY