IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rittman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1967OH103015
  • User Pedon ID: 1967-OH103-015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MD-015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71587
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Guilford Twp. T.1N., R.13W., 1200 ft. south of Co Rd. 16 and 900 ft. west of Twp Rd. 133. Beery farm. Photo QA-2FF-106
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH103—Medina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Schafer, Hayhurst, & Steiger
  • 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: 9/18/1967 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019489
    E—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium platy structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019490
    BE—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019491. patchy - phpvsfiid 980434; patchy - phpvsfiid 980434
    Bt1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and faint brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019492. patchy - phpvsfiid 980436; patchy - phpvsfiid 980436
    Bt2—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019493. patchy - phpvsfiid 980437; patchy - phpvsfiid 980437
    2Btx3—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate prismatic, and moderate platy structure; very firm; faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019494. Brittle. Gray (10YR 5/1) clay flows along prism faces surrounded by yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) rind.; patchy - phpvsfiid 980438; patchy - phpvsfiid 980439; patchy - phpvsfiid 980438; patchy - phpvsfiid 980439
    2Btx4—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak coarse prismatic, and weak platy structure; very firm; faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 11 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019495. Brittle.; patchy - phpvsfiid 980440; patchy - phpvsfiid 980440
    2Bx5—104 to 145 centimeters (40.9 to 57.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium platy structure; very firm; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese coatings; 7 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # OSU0019496. Brittle.
    2C1—145 to 206 centimeters (57.1 to 81.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; firm; 7 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0019497. Auger sample.
    2C2—206 to 236 centimeters (81.1 to 92.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; massive; firm; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0019498. Auger sample.