IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hoytville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954OH161005
  • User Pedon ID: S1954OH161005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - VW-005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72515
  • User Project ID: FLI - SJDR
  • Project Name: SDJR - MLRA 99 - Hoytville silty clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 40.9717417
  • Std. Longitude: -84.7090639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Tully Twp.. 4 miles N of Convoy. Lat & Long approx.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH161—Van Wert
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH161—Van Wert County, Ohio
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40084-H6—Convoy, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: brock, scott
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, nonacid, mesic Mollic Epiaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hoytville
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/10/2016
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hoytville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, illitic, mesic Mollic Epiaqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/1954
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey till
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: wave-worked till plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for brief periods begining in apr
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/3/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    0—20

    0—127

    20—86

    —20—

    —127—

    —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

    1

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    233.5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; 7.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001118
    Btg1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; 3.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001119. plastic;
    Btg2—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; 3.0 roots; 33 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001120. small spots calcareous; plastic
    Btg3—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; 0.9 roots; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001121. small spots calcareous; plastic
    BC—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; 0.9 roots; 33 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001122. calcareous; plastic
    C—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; massive; 33 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # OSU0001123. appreciable content of limestone and shale fragments; calcareous.