IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mahoning
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974OH055025
  • User Pedon ID: 1974-OH055-025
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - GA-025
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72037
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Thompson Twp. .9 mile N of Thompson, 250 yds. SW of intersection of St Rt 528 and Moseley Rd.
  • 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
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/17/1974 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021630. 10% pore space.
    Bt1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak prismatic, and strong structure; firm; faint clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent coarse light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent coarse reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021631. 33% clay, 5% sand. Prisms average 3 inches across. Smooth ped surfaces.; patchy - phpvsfiid 981279; patchy - phpvsfiid 981279
    B2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) Error; moderate prismatic, and strong structure; firm; reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021632. 45% clay, 5% sand. Mottles comprise 25% of color. Prisms average 3 inches across. Smooth ped surfaces.
    B3—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); 48 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) Error; strong prismatic, and moderate structure; very firm; 1 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021633. 50% clay. Smooth ped surfaces.
    BC1—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate platy structure; firm; 1 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # OSU0021634. 50% clay, 20% sand. Smooth ped surfaces.
    BC2—94 to 107 centimeters (37.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate platy structure; firm; 1 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0021635. 50% clay, 20% sand. Smooth ped surfaces.
    2C1—107 to 147 centimeters (42.1 to 57.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) Error; strong medium platy structure; 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # OSU0021636. Weathered shale. Easily crumbled. Shale fragments easily rubbed to fine material. Sampled at 42-52 inches.
    2Cr2—147 to 211 centimeters (57.9 to 83.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4); fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Mottled mixture of colors. Weathered shale. Can be crushed with fingers. Not sampled.
    2Cr3—211 to 257 centimeters (83.1 to 101.2 inches); gray (N 6/),; fragments. Weathered shale. Can be crushed with hand. Too dry for removal of auger sample below 101 inches. Not sampled.