IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Platea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970OH055022
  • User Pedon ID: 1970-OH055-022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - GA-022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71119
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Chardon Twp. T9N R8W; 4.5 miles NW of Chardon, .8 mile W of Auburn Rd. on Clark. Site is 50 yards N and 50 yards W of western loop of Mountain View Drive.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH055—Geauga

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: reeder, petro, & donaldson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aeric Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Platea
  • 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: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/1970 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020160
    BE—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 33 percent coarse prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020161. continuous - phpvsfiid 981234; continuous - phpvsfiid 981234
    Bt1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 33 percent coarse prominent olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020162. patchy - phpvsfiid 981235; patchy - phpvsfiid 981235
    Bt2—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; faint olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent coarse prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020163. patchy - phpvsfiid 981236; patchy - phpvsfiid 981236
    BC—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; 33 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 33 percent coarse prominent olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020164. continuous - phpvsfiid 981237; continuous - phpvsfiid 981237
    C1—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; very firm; faint gray (10YR 5/1), moist, carbonate coats; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0020165. continuous - phpvsfiid 981238; continuous - phpvsfiid 981238
    C2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0020166
    C2—152 to 190 centimeters (59.8 to 74.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0020167