IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Roselms
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975-OH039-033
  • User Pedon ID: S1975OH039033
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - DF-033
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69801
  • 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: 41.3830643
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4578247
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Tiffin Twp. Approximately 3 miles E of Ney on Bostrater Rd. From intersection of Bostrater with Glenburg Roads 279 E on Bostrater and 64 S of south edge of Bostrater into field. , Lat
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH039—Defiance
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wilding/ knight/ macallister/ thompson/ green/ smith
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, illitic, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Roselms (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

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

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1975 (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

    aquic conditions

    0—23

    23—81

    23—152

    —23—

    —58—

    —129—

    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

    4

    214.6

    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0022599. Neutral. Bordering on firm consistence. Bottom part of horizonwas more blocky.
    Bt1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 1 percent faint silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 30 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0022600. Medium acid.
    Bt2—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 1 percent medium iron-manganese masses on faces of peds and 11 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0022601. Mildly alkaline
    Btg—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 1 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds and 1 percent distinct light greenish gray (10Y 8/1) carbonate coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium black (5YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 11 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0022602. Mildly alkaline
    Cg—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; massive; very firm; 10 percent distinct light greenish gray (10Y 8/1) carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (5YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses and 11 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, and brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0022603. Moderately alkaline.
    C1—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; massive; very firm; 1 percent distinct light greenish gray (10Y 8/1) carbonate coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese masses on vertical faces of peds and 33 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0022604. Moderately alkaline. Some tendency to weak medium platy structure.
    C2—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; massive; very firm; 33 percent prominent gray (5Y 5/1) and greenish gray (5G 5/1) silt coats on vertical faces of peds; fine distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # OSU0022605. Moderately alkaline. Some gypsum crystals. Some tendency to structureless massive.