IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fitchville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979OH019035
  • User Pedon ID: 1979OH019035
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CA-035
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72277
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.6956194
  • Std. Longitude: -81.0724306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: Augusta Township
  • Location Description: About 2.75 miles southeast of Minerva, in Augusta Township, about 760 ft. W and 990 ft. S of the NE corner of Sec. 18; T.15N R.5W
  • Map Unit: FcA—Fitchville silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH157—Tuscarawas
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MAT—Marietta, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH019—Carroll County, Ohio
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40081-F1—Minerva, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tim Gerber
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fitchville
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/2013
  • Classifier - Dan Benyei
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/20/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—23

    23—89

    23—152

    —23—

    —76—

    —129—
    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

    0

    —

    —

    320

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    0

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular structure; very friable; many (6.9) medium roots; 11 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023872
    Bt1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common (3.2) medium roots; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 17 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 16 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023873
    Bt2—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable; few (0.8) fine roots; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses and 16 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023874, OSU0023875
    Bt3—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; few (0.6) fine roots; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 13 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses and 16 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023877, OSU0023876
    BC—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; few (0.6) very fine roots; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses and 13 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023879, OSU0023878
    C1—109 to 122 centimeters (42.9 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; massive; friable; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in cracks and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 12 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023880
    C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; massive; friable; distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in cracks and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 14 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified. Lab sample # OSU0023882, OSU0023881