IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pierpont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1973OH085030
  • User Pedon ID: 1973OH085030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - LK-030
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70896
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 41.7325000
  • Std. Longitude: -81.1441667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 7W
  • Location Description: Lake County, Ohio; about 4 miles east of Painesville, in Perry Township, 300 feet south of the intersection of River Road (County Road 100) and Blair Road (County Road 217) along Blair Road, then 300 feet west. T. 11 N., R. 7 W.; USGS Painesville, Ohio topographic quadrangle; Latitude 41 degrees, 43 minutes, 57 seconds N. and Longitude 81 degrees, 08 minutes, 39 seconds W., NAD 1983. Archival information maintained as security Previously, Perry Twp., 4 miles east of Painesville, 1.9 mile east of R.J. State Route 84 on River Rd. 50 yds. south of River Rd., 100 yds. est of Blair Rd.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH085—Lake
  • MLRA: 139—Lake Erie Glaciated Plateau
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH085—Lake County, Ohio
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41081-F2—Painesville, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: reeder & sobol
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pierpont (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 20 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/19/2016
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pierpont
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aqueptic Fragiudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/28/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    61 - 102

    - 41 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—20

    20—61

    20—61

    61—102

    61—102

    —20—

    —41—

    —41—

    —41—

    —41—
    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    8

    —

    —

    246.9

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face, dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; many fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021757
    Bw1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; many (6.0) fine roots throughout; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021758. redox features begin at 25 cm
    Bw2—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots throughout; distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021759
    Bw3—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots throughout; distinct silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021761
    Btx1—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; few fine roots between peds; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; fine very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, manganese coatings on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021762
    Btx2—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior silty clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak thick platy structure; very firm; brittle; few fine roots between peds; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021763
    C1—102 to 112 centimeters (40.2 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; massive parts to weak thick platy; firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, carbonate coats and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021765
    C2—112 to 183 centimeters (44.1 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; massive parts to weak thick platy; firm; 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, carbonate coats; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # OSU0021766