IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Darien
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1953OH007022
  • User Pedon ID: 1953-OH007-022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AB-022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72207
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Denmark Twp. 3 3/4 miles southeast of Jefferson, 3/4 mile WNW of the intersection of NYC Railroad and Denmark Rd., in a road cut along the south side of Denmark Rd. at that distance from the intersection.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH007—Ashtabula

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: w. j. meyer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Darien
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Griggs
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/1953
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/1953 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; very fine granular structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # OSU0000534
    AB—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; fine and medium granular structure; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4. Lab sample # OSU0000566
    BA—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; fine and medium granular structure; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and pale yellow (5Y 7/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0000535. Very porous.
    Bt—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and pale yellow (5Y 7/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # OSU0000536
    Bt—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; fine subangular blocky structure; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # OSU0000537
    BCg—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # OSU0000538
    C—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # OSU0000539. Calcareous till.