IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Toledo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957OH043010
  • User Pedon ID: S1957OH043010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - ER-010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70753
  • User Project ID: FLI - SJDR
  • Project Name: SDJR - MLRA 99 - Toledo silty clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, flooded
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 41.4329185
  • Std. Longitude: -82.8777466
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 34
  • Location Description: North Central Ohio Agri. Exp. Sta. Drainage exp. plots. 225 ft. West of east boundary fence and 100 ft. south of Wahl Rd. Lat. & Long. approx.
  • Map Unit: TpA—Toledo silty clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH043—Erie
  • MLRA: 99—Erie-Huron Lake Plain
  • Regional Office: NE—Northeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-FLI—Flint, Michigan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH043—Erie County, Ohio
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41082-D8—Vickery, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: N. Holowaychuk, G. S. Taylor
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, illitic, nonacid, mesic Mollic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Toledo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Toledo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, illitic, nonacid, mesic Mollic Haplaquepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/2/1957
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/9/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1) and gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silty clay; moderate very fine angular blocky, and granular structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006327. Plastic and moderately sticky when wet. Very hard when dry.
    BAg—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; weak fine and medium, and granular structure; very firm; 33 percent fine distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006328. Plastic and sticky when wet. Extremely hard when dry. Dry colors are 2.5Y 6 / and 10YR 5/4.
    Bg1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; weak fine prismatic, and weak structure; very firm; 33 percent medium and coarse distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006329. Plastic and very sticky when wet. Extremely hard when dry. Vertical columns of dark gray clayey material penetrate the solum below the BAg horizon and extend into the C horizons. These appear to be clay flows or fillings along former root channels or worm
    Bg2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak subangular blocky structure; very firm; coarse distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0006330. Plastic and sticky when wet. Extremely hard when dry. Vertical columns of dark gray clayey material penetrate the solum below the BAg horizon and extend into the C horizons. These appear to be clay flows or fillings along former root channels or worm or c
    Bg3—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and gray (5Y 5/1) clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak subangular blocky structure; very firm; 33 percent medium and coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006331. Plastic and sticky when wet. Extremely hard when dry. Vertical columns of dark gray clayey material penetrate the solum below the BAg horizon and extend into the C horizons. These appear to be clay flows or fillings along former root channels or worm or c
    C1—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/), and 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/), silty clay; very firm; faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # OSU0006332. White (2.5Y 7/2) splotches of calcareous material are also common as well as some fine gypsum crystals. Plastic and moderately sticky when wet. Very hard when dry. Vertical columns of dark gray clayey material penetrate the solum below the BAg horizon an
    C2—127 to 163 centimeters (50.0 to 64.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/), silty clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5. Lab sample # OSU0006333. White (2.5Y 7/2) splotches of calcareous material are also common. Plastic and moderately sticky when wet. Very hard when dry. Vertical columns of dark gray clayey material penetrate the solum below the BAg horizon and extend into the C horizons. These a
    C3—163 to 178 centimeters (64.2 to 70.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; faint 2.5Y 5/ (2.5Y 5/), moist, clay films and 2.5Y 7/ (2.5Y 7/), moist, carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5. Lab sample # OSU0006334. Prismatic structure has weakly laminated interiors. Plastic and very sticky when wet. Extremely hard when dry. Dry colors are 10YR 6/3 and 2.5Y 7/ .