IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mahoning
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972OH055026
  • User Pedon ID: 1972-OH055-026
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - GA-026
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70514
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Thompson Twp. 1.5 miles N of Thompson, 175 yards E of SR 528; Moleley Farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH055—Geauga

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ?
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahoning
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/1972 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak medium granular structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021638. 24% clay, 5% sand.
    BEg—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021639. 32% clay, 2% sand.
    Btg1—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent coarse light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021640. 34% clay, 15% sand.
    Btg2—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and gray (N 5/), Error; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 33 percent gray (N 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # OSU0021641. 34% clay, 15% sand.
    Btg3—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and gray (N 5/), Error; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 33 percent gray (N 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021642. 34% clay, 15% sand.
    Btg4—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/4) and gray (N 5/), Error; weak coarse prismatic, and weak subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent gray (N 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021643. 34% clay, 15% sand. Coarse skeleton consists of shale fragments. Paralithic contact at 36 inches (1 inch thick flaggy siltstone).
    Cr—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and gray (N 5/), Error; strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent gray (N 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021644. 45% clay, 2% sand.
    R—109 to 114 centimeters (42.9 to 44.9 inches); fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lithic contact of weathered shale and thin-bedded siltstone. pH 7.0 at 54 inches. Not sampled.