IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Allis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988OH043042
  • User Pedon ID: 1988-OH043-042
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - ER-042
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72744
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 20W
  • Location Description: 2350 N & 1585 W of intersection of SR 60 & Parrow Rd (CR14) Vermilion Twp
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH043—Erie

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: martin/ svoboda/ prebonick
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, acid, mesic Aeric Haplaquepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Allis
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Allis
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan till; Shale
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/1988 (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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026050
    BE—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 11 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026051
    Bg1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 11 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026052
    Btg2—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0026053
    Btg3—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 35 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026054
    Btg4—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0026055
    Cr—71 to 79 centimeters (28.0 to 31.1 inches); 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments. 7.5YR 5/8 (outside color) and 10YR 2/1 (inside color) soft, weathered shale bedrock. Not sampled.
    R—79 to 79 centimeters (31.1 to 31.1 inches); 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments. 10YR 5/1 and 10YR 5/3 shale bedrock.