IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dixboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980-OH143-017
  • User Pedon ID: 1980-OH143-017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - SN-017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69430
  • 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: 41.2698288
  • Std. Longitude: -83.1726532
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 31
  • Location Description: 1070 ft W and 100 ft S of the NE corner
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH143—Sandusky
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ernst, Hunter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dixboro
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsin Outwash
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/20/1980 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0

    203.9

    315

    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024403
    Ap—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024404
    Bt1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots; 33 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024405. Thin patchy 10YR 5/2 argillans on grains. Few 7.5YR 3/2 concretions in the matrix.
    Bt2—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots; 11 percent medium faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024406. Thick pathcy 10YR 5/2 argillans on grains. Few 7.5 YR 3/2 concretions in the matrix.
    BC—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots; 11 percent fine distinct light red (2.5YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024407. Thin patchy 10YR 5/2 argillans on grains. Few 10YR 3/2 Krotovinas in the matrix.
    C1—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; single grain; loose; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024408. 1% coarse fragments. Slight effervescence.
    C2—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; single grain; loose; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024409. 10% coarse fragments. Strong effervescence.
    C3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; single grain; loose; 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0024410. 3% coarse fragments. Strong effervescence.