IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Venango
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH007041
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH007-041
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AB-041
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69109
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Colebrook Twp.; about 1 1/2 mile SSE of Colebrook. Pit sample dug just next to Easton Rd., along the south side, at a distance of 800 ft. east of the intersection of Easton Rd. and State Rt. 46.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH007—Ashtabula

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: w. j. meyer & d. h. touvell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Venango
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Griggs
  • Classificaton Date - 11/2/1954
  • 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: 11/2/1954 (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
    • 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001662
    E—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; fine granular structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001663
    Btg—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0001664
    Btx—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent medium distinct olive (5Y 4/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001665. A coarse sandy layer occurs in the lower 1-1.5? portion of this horizon.
    BC—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; massive, and platy; firm; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0001666. Horizon designated as B3C1.
    C—107 to 145 centimeters (42.1 to 57.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001667. A few gray vertical ped faces; a few calcareous rock fragments.