LOCATION ROLLERSVILLE OH
Established Series
Rev. RAR-MMF
09/2012
ROLLERSVILLE SERIES
The Rollersville series consists of very deep, poorly drained soils that are deep to dense till. They formed in sandy glaciolacustrine sediments and the underlying till. These soils are on lake plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 1 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 889 mm (35 inches), and mean annual air temperature is about 11 degrees C (51 degrees F).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy over loamy, mixed, active, calcareous, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
TYPICAL PEDON: Rollersville fine sandy loam, on a planar surface in a cultivated field at an elevation of 212 meters (695 feet) above mean sea level. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap1--0 to 13 cm (0 to 5 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) dry; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; common very fine and fine roots; few fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) rounded iron and manganese oxide concretions with sharp boundaries in the matrix; 1 percent rock fragments; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline; clear smooth boundary.
Ap2--13 to 28 cm (5 to 11 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) dry; weak medium subangular blocky structure parting to weak fine and medium granular; very friable; common very fine roots; few fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) iron and manganese oxide concretions with sharp boundaries in the matrix; 1 percent rock fragments; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline; abrupt smooth boundary. [Combined thickness of the Ap horizon is 25 to 36 cm (10 to 14 inches).]
Bg1--28 to 41 cm (11 to 16 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common very fine roots; few distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic coatings in pores and root channels; many medium and coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and common fine and medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of iron accumulation in the matrix; few fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) iron and manganese oxide concretions in the matrix; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline; clear smooth boundary.
Bg2--41 to 69 cm (16 to 27 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand with thin strata of silt loam and fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine roots; common fine and medium faint gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions in the matrix; common medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and common fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation in the matrix; few fine distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) iron and manganese oxide concretions in the matrix; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline; clear smooth boundary.
Bg3--69 to 84 cm (27 to 33 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine roots; common fine and medium faint gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions in the matrix; many medium and coarse faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and common fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation in the matrix; few fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) iron and manganese oxide concretions in the matrix; 3 percent rock fragments; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline; gradual wavy boundary.
Bg4--84 to 96 cm (33 to 38 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine roots; common fine and medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions in the matrix; many medium and coarse faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and common fine and medium prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4) masses of iron accumulation in the matrix; few fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) iron and manganese oxide concretions in the matrix; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline; abrupt wavy boundary. [Combined thickness of the Bg horizon is 25 to 76 cm (10 to 30 inches).]
2BC--96 to 132 cm (38 to 52 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few very fine roots; few faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) coatings of fine sand on vertical faces of peds; common fine and medium faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions in the matrix; common fine and medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of iron accumulation along relict root channels; common fine distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) masses of iron accumulation in the matrix; 3 percent rock fragments; strongly effervescent; slightly alkaline; gradual wavy boundary. [8 to 51 cm (3 to 20 inches) thick]
2Cd--132 to 157 cm (52 to 62 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) clay loam; massive with weak medium platy partings; very firm; common fine and medium faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions along relict root channels; common fine and medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of iron accumulation along relict root channels; common fine distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) masses of iron accumulation in the matrix; 4 percent rock fragments; strongly effervescent; slightly alkaline; gradual wavy boundary.
2Cdg--157 to 203 cm (62 to 80 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; massive; very firm; common fine and medium prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4) masses of iron accumulation in the matrix; few fine and medium faint light gray (10YR 7/1) masses of calcium carbonate accumulation in the matrix; 5 percent rock fragments; strongly effervescent; slightly alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Wood County, Ohio; approximately 1.25 miles south of Bradner, in Montgomery Township; 880 feet south and 165 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 14, T. 4 N., R. 12 E.; USGS Bradner, Ohio topographic quadrangle; lat. 41 degrees 18 minutes 34 seconds N. and long. 83 degrees 26 minutes 17 seconds W., NAD 27.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Thickness of the mollic epipedon: 25 to 36 cm (10 to 14 inches)
Depth to the base of the cambic horizon: 76 to 140 cm (30 to 55 inches); extends into the underlying till
Depth to till: 51 to 102 cm (20 to 40 inches)
Depth to densic contact: 102 to 152 cm (40 to 60 inches)
Rock fragments: of glacial origin, primarily of crystalline or sedimentary lithology
Carbonates: present in all horizons
Ap or A horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 2 or 3 (5 or less dry)
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: fine sandy loam
Rock fragment content: 0 to 5 percent
Reaction: slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline
Bg or Bw horizon:
Hue: 10YR, 2.5Y, or is neutral
Value: 4 to 6
Chroma: 0 to 2, ranging to 3 in the lower part in some pedons
Texture: loamy fine sand, fine sand, sand, or loamy sand, and is commonly stratified; thin strata of sandy loam or fine sandy loam are in some pedons
Rock fragment content: 0 to 10 percent
Reaction: slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline
2BC or 2BCg horizon:
Hue: 10YR, 2.5Y, or is neutral
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: 0 to 4
Texture: clay loam or silty clay loam
Clay content: 27 to 35 percent
Rock fragment content: 1 to 7 percent
Reaction: slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline
2Cd or 2Cdg horizon:
Hue: 10YR or 2.5Y
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: 1 to 4
Texture: clay loam or silty clay loam
Clay content: 27 to 35 percent
Rock fragment content: 1 to 7 percent
Reaction: slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline
COMPETING SERIES: This is the
Essexville series. Essexville soils do not have a densic contact in the lower part of the series control section. Other series in related families are the
Granby,
Gumz,
Kentland, and
Maumee series which have a sandy particle-size class. In addition, Granby, Gumz, Kentland, and Maumee soils have less than 27 percent clay and do not have dense till in the lower part of the series control section.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Rollersville soils are on lake plains of late Wisconsinan age. Slope gradient is 0 to 1 percent. The soils formed in sandy glaciolacustrine sediments and the underlying till. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 686 to 914 mm (27 to 36 inches). Mean annual air temperature ranges from 7 to 11 degrees C (45 to 52 degrees F). Frost-free period is 140 to 165 days. Elevation is 183 to 244 meters (600 to 800 feet) above mean sea level.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the very poorly drained
Hoytville,
Risingsun, and
Toussaint (T) soils, the somewhat poorly drained
Tedrow soils, and the moderately well drained
Ottokee soils. The Hoytville soils have an ochric epipedon, an argillic horizon, and between 40 and 55 percent clay in the particle-size control section. They are on adjacent planar surfaces. The Risingsun soils have a histic epipedon and are in slight depressions. The Toussaint soils have an ochric epipedon and between 35 and 55 percent clay in the cambic horizon. The Tedrow soils have an ochric epipedon and are on slight rises. The Ottokee soils have an ochric epipedon and are on convex knolls and ridges.
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Poorly drained. The depth to the top of an intermittent apparent high water table ranges from the surface to 30 cm (1 foot) between November and April in normal years. The potential for surface runoff is negligible or very low. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is high in the sandy material moderately low in the lower part of the solum formed in till, and low in the dense till. Permeability is moderately rapid in the sandy material, moderately slow or slow in the lower part of the solum formed in till, and slow or very slow in the underlying dense till.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are cultivated. Corn, soybeans, and specialty crops such as tomatoes and cabbage are the principal crops. A relatively small proportion is in woodland. Native vegetation is deciduous swamp forest, primarily ash, beech, elm, and maple.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northwestern Ohio; MLRA 99. The series is of small extent, about 340 acres.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Wood County, Ohio, 2000.
REMARKS: Rollersville soils have been converted from Muck map units during the modernization project in Wood County, Ohio. These soils originally had a histic epipedon that was later depleted due to oxidation, wind erosion, and subsequent incorporation with mineral material.
Particle-size class has been changed with the revision (10/2003) from coarse-loamy to sandy over loamy based on lab data for pedon WD-134. The cation-exchange activity class was also changed from superactive to active to reflect the loamy portion of the control section. Also, Great Group was changed from Epiaquolls to Endoaquolls based on landform position.
Representative data mapunit is DMU ID 155111 in MO 11.
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Mollic epipedon: from the surface to a depth of 28 cm (Ap horizon).
Cambic horizon: from a depth of 28 to 132 cm (Bg, 2BC horizon).
Densic contact: at 132 cm (top of the 2Cd horizon).
Aquic conditions: redox features present in all horizons.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Laboratory characterization data for the typical pedon (WD-134) is available at The Ohio State University Soil Characterization Laboratory.
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.