LOCATION HOMEWORTH OHEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Homeworth loam on a west facing, convex 3 percent slope in a cultivated field, on a terrace tread, at an elevation of about 1,072 feet above msl. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise noted.)
Ap-- 0 to 13 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) dry; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; many fine and very fine roots; 7 percent pebbles; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary. (8 to 14 inches thick.)
Eg-- 13 to 16 inches; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine roots; few fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) irregular masses of iron accumulation in the matrix; few fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) rounded friable iron-manganese oxide accumulations in the matrix; 13 percent pebbles; neutral; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 4 inches thick.)
BE-- 16 to 20 inches; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine roots; common faint pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on faces of peds; 40 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) irregular areas of iron depletion and common medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) irregular masses of iron accumulation in the matrix; few fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) rounded friable masses of iron-manganese accumulation in the matrix; 12 percent pebbles; neutral; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 6 inches thick.)
Bt1-- 20 to 25 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; common distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and prominent gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; 50 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1) areas of iron depletion on faces of peds; common medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of iron accumulation lining pores; common fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) irregular masses of iron-manganese accumulation in the matrix; 14 percent pebbles; slightly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt2-- 25 to 31 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; common distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and prominent gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; 50 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1) areas of iron depletion on faces of peds; common medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of iron accumulation lining pores; few fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) irregular masses of iron-manganese accumulation in the matrix; 10 percent pebbles; slightly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt3-- 31 to 34 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; common distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and prominent gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1) areas of iron depletion on faces of peds; few medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of iron accumulation in the matrix adjacent to pores; few fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) irregular masses of iron-manganese accumulation in the matrix; 8 percent pebbles; slightly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt4-- 34 to 38 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; common faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and distinct gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1) irregular areas of iron depletion in the matrix; common medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) irregular masses of iron accumulation in the matrix; many fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) irregular masses of iron-manganese accumulation in the matrix; 9 percent pebbles; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of Bt horizon is 15 to 40 inches.)
2Bt5-- 38 to 50 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; few fine roots; common prominent gray (N 5/0) clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent medium prominent gray (10YR 6/1) areas of iron depletion lining pores; few medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) irregular masses of iron accumulation in the matrix adjacent to pores; few fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) masses of iron-manganese accumulation lining pores; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 15 inches thick.)
2BC-- 50 to 62 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; few prominent gray (N 5/0) clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent medium prominent gray (N 5/0) areas of iron depletion lining pores; neutral; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 15 inches thick.)
2C1-- 62 to 70 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay; massive; firm; 5 percent medium prominent gray (N 5/0) areas of iron depletion lining pores; neutral; gradual smooth boundary.
2C2-- 70 to 80 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay; massive; firm; common medium prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) irregular carbonates throughout; 10 percent fine prominent gray (N 5/0) irregular areas of iron depletion in the matrix; slightly effervescent; slightly alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Columbiana County, Ohio; Knox Township, about 3.0 miles east of Alliance, about 1,240 feet west and 680 feet north of the southeast corner of sec. 4, T. 17 N., R. 5 W.; USGS Alliance, Ohio topographic quadrangle; Latitude 40 degrees, 53 minutes, 19.8 seconds N. and Longitude 81 degrees, 02 minutes, 07.8 seconds W., NAD 1983.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Thickness of the solum ranges from 40 to 65 inches. Depth to the underlying lacustrine sediments is 30 to 50 inches. Depth to the base of the argillic horizon is 40 to 65 inches. Rock fragments are 0 to 10 percent by volume in the A horizon, 0 to 20 percent in the B horizon, 0 to 5 percent in the 2B and 2C horizons.
The Ap horizon has hue of 2.5Y or 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 1 to 3. Texture is loam or silt loam. It has weak, fine or medium, granular structure. Consistence is very friable or friable. It is strongly acid to neutral.
The E and BE horizons have hue of 2.5Y or 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 2 to 4. It is loam, silt loam, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam. It has weak, fine or medium, subangular blocky structure. Consistence is friable. It is commonly moderately acid to neutral.
The Bt horizon has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 2 to 6. Texture is sandy loam, loam, or silt loam, in the fine earth fraction. It has weak or moderate, fine to coarse, subangular blocky structure. Consistence is friable or firm. It is strongly acid to slightly acid.
The 2Bt and 2BC horizons have hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 2 to 6. Texture is silty clay loam or silty clay. It has moderate, medium or coarse, prismatic, angular or subangular blocky structure. Consistence is firm. It is strongly acid to neutral.
The 2C horizon has hue of 10YR, 2.5Y, 5Y, or is neutral, value 4 or 5, and chroma of 0 to 4. It is silty clay loam or silty clay. Consistence is firm. It is neutral or slightly alkaline.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Carway and Grantfork series. Carway soils have a higher mean annual air temperature. Grantfork soils have 10 percent or more saturation with sodium in the argillic horizon.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: The Homeworth soils formed in Wisconsinan age loamy water sorted material 30 to 50 inches thick and in the underlying finer textured lacustrine material and are on outwash plains and terraces. Slope ranges from 0 to 6 percent. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 35 to 40 inches, and mean annual temperature ranges from 50 to 53 degrees F.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Canfield, Ravenna, Rittman, Zepernick (T), Wadsworth and Wick soils. The moderately well drained Canfield and Rittman soils are on interfluves and side slopes of dissected till plains. The somewhat poorly drained Ravenna and Wadsworth soils are on convex flats and low interfluves, side slopes and base slopes on dissected till plains. The somewhat poorly drained Zepernick (T) and very poorly drained Wick soils are on floodplains.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Somewhat poorly drained. The potential for surface runoff is medium to negligible. Permeability is moderate in the upper loamy material and slow or very slow in the underlying finer textured material. In undisturbed areas the depth to the top of a perched seasonal high water table ranges from 0.5 to 1.0 feet from December to May in normal years.
USE AND VEGETATION: Soils are used to grow corn, soybeans, oats, wheat, and mixed hay. Natural vegetation is mixed hardwood forest composed primarily of sugar maple, oak and hickory.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: In northeastern Ohio. MLRA 139. The series are of small extent, about 1100 acres.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Amherst, Massachusetts
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Columbiana County, Ohio, 2005.
REMARKS: Homeworth soils were formerly correlated in the Mahoning River valley, Ohio as Jimtown and Damascus with lacustrine materials and as Fitchville and Sebring map units.
Diagnostic features in this pedon include:
1. Ochric epipedon - from the surface to a depth of 20 inches (Ap, Eg, and BE).
2. Argillic horizon - from a depth of 20 to 62 inches (Bt1, Bt2, Bt3, Bt4, 2Bt5, 2BC).
3. Aquic conditions - from a depth of 13 to 80 inches.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Refer to pedon CO-149 for characterization data on the typical pedon, sample numbers 27151-27163, from Columbiana County, Ohio; samples analyzed by the Ohio State University Soil Characterization Laboratory, Columbus, Ohio.