IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frenchtown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH007052
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH007-052
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AB-052
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71874
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Orwell Twp.; about 2 1/4 miles SSE of Orwell. Site occurs in forest along the south side of Winters Rd. at a distance of about 1/4 mile west of the Winters Rd.-Columbia Rd. intersection.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH007—Ashtabula

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: w. j. meyer & d. h. touvell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Frenchtown
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - 7b1
  • Classificaton Date - 11/10/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/10/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    281.9

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) Error; fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001734
    E—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) Error; medium and coarse granular structure; friable; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001735
    Btg1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001736
    Btg2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0001737
    Bx—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; very coarse prismatic, and massive; firm; clay films; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent iron-manganese concretions and 11 percent medium distinct gray (5Y 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # OSU0001738
    C1—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) Error; coarse prismatic, and massive; firm; clay films; olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium distinct gray (5Y 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001739. Calcareous till. Underlain by calcareous loam till.
    C2—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0001740