IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mahoning
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1972OH093005
  • User Pedon ID: 1972OH093005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - LR-008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69911
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 41.0977778
  • Std. Longitude: -82.1800000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lorain Co., OH; in Huntington Township, about 3 miles southeast of Weelington; 250 feet east of West Road, 130 feet south of railroad tracks.
  • Map Unit: MgA—Mahoning silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH093—Lorain
  • MLRA: 139—Lake Erie Glaciated Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-BEL—Belmont, New York
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH093—Lorain County, Ohio
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41082-A2—Sullivan, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. W. Lawrence
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahoning (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1972
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/9/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: J.W. Lawrence
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; many (10.0) fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006211; observed in pit, small
    Eg—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak thin platy structure; friable; common (3.0) fine roots; 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006212; observed in pit, small
    Btg—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) fine roots; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions on faces of peds and 50 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006213; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) fine roots between peds; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 50 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006214; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) fine roots between peds; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006215, OSU0006216; observed in pit, small
    BCt—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak thick platy structure; very firm; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006217; observed in pit, small
    C—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; massive parts to weak thick platy; very firm; 10 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron in matrix; 10 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses in matrix and 10 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; 3 percent by volume flat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-40-76 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-40-76 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # OSU0006218; observed in pit, small