IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nappanee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1955-OH039-005
  • User Pedon ID: S1955OH039005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - DF-005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72323
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 41.3220177
  • Std. Longitude: -84.7852783
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Hicksville Twp. Sec. 8. 100ft. south and 60 ft east of northwest section corner. Lat & Long approx.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH039—Defiance
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Evans, Scott
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nappanee
  • PSC - 18 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/29/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate very coarse granular, and moderate granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003451
    AB—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate coarse granular, and moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003452
    Bt—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; strong subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003453
    Btg—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 11 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0003454
    C—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; massive, and weak subangular blocky; firm; 33 percent medium distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0003455