IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Paulding
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
1954-OH039-002
User Pedon ID:
S1954OH039002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
OHSTATE
Lab Pedon # -
DF-002
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
71815
Print Date:
11/12/2024
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:
41.3552666
Std. Longitude:
-84.3610077
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
5N
Range:
4E
Section:
26
Location Description:
Four and one half miles north of Defiance. One hundred feet west and 40 feet north of south east corner Sec. (Tiffin Twp) Lat & Long approx.
State:
Ohio
County:
OH039—Defiance
MLRA:
99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
PEDON
Describers Name:
Ivancic, Jones, Van dine, Holowaychuk
Current Taxonomic Class:
Very-fine, illitic, nonacid, mesic Typic Epiaquepts
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
TUD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Paulding
Classificaton Date -
5/4/2012
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
yes
SITE
Parent Material:
Wisconsinan lacustrine
Landform:
lake plain
Drainage Class:
very poorly
Geology:
Wisconsinan formation.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/24/1954 (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
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
cambic horizon
0—18
18—84
—18—
—66—
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
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218.5
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Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; many fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001070. Structure is moderate medium angular blocky in the lower 2 inches. Sightly acid. Dry color: 2.5Y 6/2.
Bg1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; very firm; common fine roots between peds; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001071. Medium acid. Dry color: 2.5Y 6/2 and 7/2.
Bg2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak angular blocky structure; very firm; few fine roots between peds; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001072. Slightly acid. Dry color: 2.5Y 6/2.
Bg3—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; few fine roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001073. Neutral. Dry color: 2.5Y 6/2.
Cg1—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent medium faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001074. Some white calcareous splotches.
Cg21—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; massive; firm; 1 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # OSU0001075. Some white calcareous splotches. Some small pebbles and shale fragments present. Samples with auger. Dry color: 2.5Y 7/2.
Cg22—137 to 160 centimeters (53.9 to 63.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; massive; firm; 1 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate coats on top faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # OSU0001076. Some shale fragments and pebbles present. Sampled with auger. Dry color: 2.5Y 7/2.