IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rittman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1954OH169S13
  • User Pedon ID: 1954-OH169-S13
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - WN-s13
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72216
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Milton Twp. R12W, T18N, Sec. 20, , middle of west side 4 miles west and 2 3/4 miles south of Rittman.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH169—Wayne

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Morse & schafer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rittman
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/1954 (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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0001617
    A2—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak, and platy structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # OSU0001618
    B1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0001619
    B21—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings lining pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # OSU0001620
    B22—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; angular blocky structure; firm; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings lining pores and 1 percent coarse pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # OSU0001621. large black (10YR 2/1) splotches on surfases.
    B23—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; firm; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings lining pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # OSU0001622
    C1—122 to 178 centimeters (48.0 to 70.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # OSU0001623. Munsell color notation recorded for this hroizon was 2.5YR 5/4 reddish br. It was assumed that this was an error in transcribing and that it should be 2.5Y 5/4.
    2C2—178 to 190 centimeters (70.1 to 74.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) Error; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0001624. Partially disintegrated shale.