IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hoytville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980OH143016
  • User Pedon ID: S1980OH143016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - SN-016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69383
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 41.3383806
  • Std. Longitude: -83.3409139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 990 feet south and 165 feet west of the northeast corner of
  • Location Description: 165 ft W and 990 ft S of the NE corner Lat & Long approx.
  • Map Unit: HoA—Hoytville clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH143—Sandusky
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH143—Sandusky County, Ohio
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41083-C3—Helena, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ernst, Hunter
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, mesic Mollic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hoytville
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hoytville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, illitic, mesic Mollic Ochraqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/21/1980
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey till
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: wave-worked till plain
  • Runoff: negligible
  • 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: 12/21/1980 (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

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    0—152

    20—86

    —20—

    —152—

    —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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    —

    212.8

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent by volume indurated mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024377. 1% coarse fragments
    Btg1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 11 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume indurated mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024378
    Btg21—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron-manganese concretions and 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume indurated mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024379
    Btg22—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume indurated mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024380
    Btg3—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume indurated mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024381
    BCg—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume indurated mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024382
    Cg1—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; massive; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 11 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent coarse distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume indurated mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024383. 2% coarse fragments. Slight effervescence.
    Cg2—124 to 140 centimeters (48.8 to 55.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; massive; firm; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume indurated mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0024384
    Cg3—140 to 155 centimeters (55.1 to 61.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume indurated mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # OSU0024385