IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Geeburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1970OH133006
  • User Pedon ID: 1970-OH133-006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - PG-006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70851
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Charlestown Twp. 1 3/4 miles SE of Ravenna, 80 ft. N of center of Cable Line Rd. and approx. 500 ft. W of the E side of 1GG-176.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH133—Portage

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ritchie, donaldson, bauder, kosarko, mcconnell, petro
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Geeburg
  • 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: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/4/1970 (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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020409. No carbonates in C horizon
    BE—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020410. No carbonates in C horizon
    Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak medium prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; firm; faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020411. No carbonates in C horizon; patchy - phpvsfiid 981150; patchy - phpvsfiid 981151; patchy - phpvsfiid 981150; patchy - phpvsfiid 981151
    Bt2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and strong angular blocky structure; firm; faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020412. No carbonates in C horizon; patchy - phpvsfiid 981152; patchy - phpvsfiid 981152
    Bt3—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate angular blocky structure; firm; faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020413. No carbonates in C horizon; continuous - phpvsfiid 981153; continuous - phpvsfiid 981153
    BC—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and weak angular blocky structure; very firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent coarse distinct gray (N 5/0), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020414. No carbonates in C horizon; patchy - phpvsfiid 981154; patchy - phpvsfiid 981154
    C1—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0020415. No carbonates in C horizon
    C2—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; massive; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5. Lab sample # OSU0020416. No carbonates in C horizon