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United States Department of Agriculture

A product of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, a joint effort of the United States Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies, State agencies including the Agricultural Experiment Stations, and local participants

Custom Soil Resource Report for

Henry County, Ohio

Natural Resources Conservation Service

March 10, 2026

Preface Soil surveys contain information that affects land use planning in survey areas.

They highlight soil limitations that affect various land uses and provide information about the properties of the soils in the survey areas. Soil surveys are designed for many different users, including farmers, ranchers, foresters, agronomists, urban planners, community officials, engineers, developers, builders, and home buyers.

Also, conservationists, teachers, students, and specialists in recreation, waste disposal, and pollution control can use the surveys to help them understand, protect, or enhance the environment.

Various land use regulations of Federal, State, and local governments may impose special restrictions on land use or land treatment. Soil surveys identify soil properties that are used in making various land use or land treatment decisions.

The information is intended to help the land users identify and reduce the effects of soil limitations on various land uses. The landowner or user is responsible for identifying and complying with existing laws and regulations.

Although soil survey information can be used for general farm, local, and wider area planning, onsite investigation is needed to supplement this information in some cases. Examples include soil quality assessments (http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/ portal/nrcs/main/soils/health/) and certain conservation and engineering applications. For more detailed information, contact your local USDA Service Center (https://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app?agency=nrcs) or your NRCS State Soil Scientist (http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/contactus/?

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Great differences in soil properties can occur within short distances. Some soils are seasonally wet or subject to flooding. Some are too unstable to be used as a foundation for buildings or roads. Clayey or wet soils are poorly suited to use as septic tank absorption fields. A high water table makes a soil poorly suited to basements or underground installations.

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Contents Preface How Soil Surveys Are Made Soil Map

Soil Map Legend Map Unit Legend Map Unit Descriptions

Henry County, Ohio DyA—Digby loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes FsB—Fulton loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes Gm—Genesee loam LxE3—Lucas silty clay, 12 to 45 percent slopes, severely eroded Mh—Millgrove loam RfA—Rimer loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes RmA—Rimer loamy fine sand, stratified substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes SdB—Seward loamy fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes So—Sloan silty clay loam Wa—Wabasha silty clay

Soil Information for All Uses Suitabilities and Limitations for Use

Land Classifications Hydric Rating by Map Unit

References

How Soil Surveys Are Made Soil surveys are made to provide information about the soils and miscellaneous areas in a specific area. They include a description of the soils and miscellaneous areas and their location on the landscape and tables that show soil properties and limitations affecting various uses. Soil scientists observed the steepness, length, and shape of the slopes; the general pattern of drainage; the kinds of crops and native plants; and the kinds of bedrock. They observed and described many soil profiles. A soil profile is the sequence of natural layers, or horizons, in a soil. The profile extends from the surface down into the unconsolidated material in which the soil formed or from the surface down to bedrock. The unconsolidated material is devoid of roots and other living organisms and has not been changed by other biological activity.

Currently, soils are mapped according to the boundaries of major land resource areas (MLRAs). MLRAs are geographically associated land resource units that share common characteristics related to physiography, geology, climate, water resources, soils, biological resources, and land uses (USDA, 2006). Soil survey areas typically consist of parts of one or more MLRA.

The soils and miscellaneous areas in a survey area occur in an orderly pattern that is related to the geology, landforms, relief, climate, and natural vegetation of the area. Each kind of soil and miscellaneous area is associated with a particular kind of landform or with a segment of the landform. By observing the soils and miscellaneous areas in the survey area and relating their position to specific segments of the landform, a soil scientist develops a concept, or model, of how they were formed. Thus, during mapping, this model enables the soil scientist to predict with a considerable degree of accuracy the kind of soil or miscellaneous area at a specific location on the landscape.

Commonly, individual soils on the landscape merge into one another as their characteristics gradually change. To construct an accurate soil map, however, soil scientists must determine the boundaries between the soils. They can observe only a limited number of soil profiles. Nevertheless, these observations, supplemented by an understanding of the soil-vegetation-landscape relationship, are sufficient to verify predictions of the kinds of soil in an area and to determine the boundaries.

Soil scientists recorded the characteristics of the soil profiles that they studied. They noted soil color, texture, size and shape of soil aggregates, kind and amount of rock fragments, distribution of plant roots, reaction, and other features that enable them to identify soils. After describing the soils in the survey area and determining their properties, the soil scientists assigned the soils to taxonomic classes (units).

Taxonomic classes are concepts. Each taxonomic class has a set of soil characteristics with precisely defined limits. The classes are used as a basis for comparison to classify soils systematically. Soil taxonomy, the system of taxonomic classification used in the United States, is based mainly on the kind and character of soil properties and the arrangement of horizons within the profile. After the soil scientists classified and named the soils in the survey area, they compared the individual soils with similar soils in the same taxonomic class in other areas so that they could confirm data and assemble additional data based on experience and research.

The objective of soil mapping is not to delineate pure map unit components; the objective is to separate the landscape into landforms or landform segments that have similar use and management requirements. Each map unit is defined by a unique combination of soil components and/or miscellaneous areas in predictable proportions. Some components may be highly contrasting to the other components of the map unit. The presence of minor components in a map unit in no way diminishes the usefulness or accuracy of the data. The delineation of such landforms and landform segments on the map provides sufficient information for the development of resource plans. If intensive use of small areas is planned, onsite investigation is needed to define and locate the soils and miscellaneous areas.

Soil scientists make many field observations in the process of producing a soil map.

The frequency of observation is dependent upon several factors, including scale of mapping, intensity of mapping, design of map units, complexity of the landscape, and experience of the soil scientist. Observations are made to test and refine the soil-landscape model and predictions and to verify the classification of the soils at specific locations. Once the soil-landscape model is refined, a significantly smaller number of measurements of individual soil properties are made and recorded.

These measurements may include field measurements, such as those for color, depth to bedrock, and texture, and laboratory measurements, such as those for content of sand, silt, clay, salt, and other components. Properties of each soil typically vary from one point to another across the landscape.

Observations for map unit components are aggregated to develop ranges of characteristics for the components. The aggregated values are presented. Direct measurements do not exist for every property presented for every map unit component. Values for some properties are estimated from combinations of other properties.

While a soil survey is in progress, samples of some of the soils in the area generally are collected for laboratory analyses and for engineering tests. Soil scientists interpret the data from these analyses and tests as well as the field-observed characteristics and the soil properties to determine the expected behavior of the soils under different uses. Interpretations for all of the soils are field tested through observation of the soils in different uses and under different levels of management.

Some interpretations are modified to fit local conditions, and some new interpretations are developed to meet local needs. Data are assembled from other sources, such as research information, production records, and field experience of specialists. For example, data on crop yields under defined levels of management are assembled from farm records and from field or plot experiments on the same kinds of soil.

Predictions about soil behavior are based not only on soil properties but also on such variables as climate and biological activity. Soil conditions are predictable over long periods of time, but they are not predictable from year to year. For example, soil scientists can predict with a fairly high degree of accuracy that a given soil will have a high water table within certain depths in most years, but they cannot predict that a high water table will always be at a specific level in the soil on a specific date.

After soil scientists located and identified the significant natural bodies of soil in the survey area, they drew the boundaries of these bodies on aerial photographs and

Custom Soil Resource Report identified each as a specific map unit. Aerial photographs show trees, buildings, fields, roads, and rivers, all of which help in locating boundaries accurately.

Soil Map The soil map section includes the soil map for the defined area of interest, a list of soil map units on the map and extent of each map unit, and cartographic symbols displayed on the map. Also presented are various metadata about data used to produce the map, and a description of each soil map unit.

Soil Map

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Map projection: Web Mercator Corner coordinates: WGS84 Edge tics: UTM Zone 17N WGS84 0 100 200 400 600

Feet 0 40 80 160 240

Meters Map Scale: 1:3,000 if printed on A portrait (8.5" x 11") sheet.

Soil Map may not be valid at this scale.

MAP LEGEND MAP INFORMATION

Area of Interest (AOI)

Soils Soil Map Unit Polygons

Soil Map Unit Lines

Soil Map Unit Points

Special Point Features Blowout

Borrow Pit

Clay Spot

Closed Depression

Gravel Pit

Gravelly Spot

Landfill

Lava Flow

Marsh or swamp

Mine or Quarry

Miscellaneous Water

Perennial Water

Rock Outcrop

Saline Spot

Sandy Spot

Severely Eroded Spot

Sinkhole

Slide or Slip

Sodic Spot

Spoil Area

Stony Spot

Very Stony Spot

Wet Spot

Other

Special Line Features

Water Features Streams and Canals

Transportation Rails

Interstate Highways

US Routes

Major Roads

Local Roads

Background Aerial Photography

The soil surveys that comprise your AOI were mapped at 1:15,800.

Warning: Soil Map may not be valid at this scale.

Enlargement of maps beyond the scale of mapping can cause misunderstanding of the detail of mapping and accuracy of soil line placement. The maps do not show the small areas of contrasting soils that could have been shown at a more detailed scale.

Please rely on the bar scale on each map sheet for map measurements.

Source of Map: Natural Resources Conservation Service Web Soil Survey URL:

Coordinate System: Web Mercator (EPSG:3857)

Maps from the Web Soil Survey are based on the Web Mercator projection, which preserves direction and shape but distorts distance and area. A projection that preserves area, such as the Albers equal-area conic projection, should be used if more accurate calculations of distance or area are required.

This product is generated from the USDA-NRCS certified data as of the version date(s) listed below.

Soil Survey Area: Henry County, Ohio Survey Area Data: Version 21, Aug 29, 2025

Soil map units are labeled (as space allows) for map scales 1:50,000 or larger.

Date(s) aerial images were photographed: May 18, 2023—Jun 18, 2023

The orthophoto or other base map on which the soil lines were compiled and digitized probably differs from the background imagery displayed on these maps. As a result, some minor shifting of map unit boundaries may be evident.

Map Unit Legend

Map Unit Symbol Map Unit Name Acres in AOI Percent of AOI

DyA Digby loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes

2.1 8.6%

FsB Fulton loam, 2 to 6 percent

0.3 1.3%

Gm Genesee loam 3.1 12.7%

LxE3 Lucas silty clay, 12 to 45 percent slopes, severely eroded

1.4 5.6%

Mh Millgrove loam 8.8 36.1%

RfA Rimer loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes

0.5 2.1%

RmA Rimer loamy fine sand, stratified substratum, 0 to 2

1.2 4.8%

SdB Seward loamy fine sand, 2 to 6

1.0 4.0%

So Sloan silty clay loam 5.5 22.6%

Wa Wabasha silty clay 0.5 2.2%

Totals for Area of Interest 24.3 100.0%

Map Unit Descriptions The map units delineated on the detailed soil maps in a soil survey represent the soils or miscellaneous areas in the survey area. The map unit descriptions, along with the maps, can be used to determine the composition and properties of a unit.

A map unit delineation on a soil map represents an area dominated by one or more major kinds of soil or miscellaneous areas. A map unit is identified and named according to the taxonomic classification of the dominant soils. Within a taxonomic class there are precisely defined limits for the properties of the soils. On the landscape, however, the soils are natural phenomena, and they have the characteristic variability of all natural phenomena. Thus, the range of some observed properties may extend beyond the limits defined for a taxonomic class.

Areas of soils of a single taxonomic class rarely, if ever, can be mapped without including areas of other taxonomic classes. Consequently, every map unit is made up of the soils or miscellaneous areas for which it is named and some minor components that belong to taxonomic classes other than those of the major soils.

Most minor soils have properties similar to those of the dominant soil or soils in the map unit, and thus they do not affect use and management. These are called noncontrasting, or similar, components. They may or may not be mentioned in a particular map unit description. Other minor components, however, have properties and behavioral characteristics divergent enough to affect use or to require different management. These are called contrasting, or dissimilar, components. They generally are in small areas and could not be mapped separately because of the scale used. Some small areas of strongly contrasting soils or miscellaneous areas are identified by a special symbol on the maps. If included in the database for a given area, the contrasting minor components are identified in the map unit descriptions along with some characteristics of each. A few areas of minor components may not have been observed, and consequently they are not mentioned in the descriptions, especially where the pattern was so complex that it was impractical to make enough observations to identify all the soils and miscellaneous areas on the landscape.

The presence of minor components in a map unit in no way diminishes the usefulness or accuracy of the data. The objective of mapping is not to delineate pure taxonomic classes but rather to separate the landscape into landforms or landform segments that have similar use and management requirements. The delineation of such segments on the map provides sufficient information for the development of resource plans. If intensive use of small areas is planned, however, onsite investigation is needed to define and locate the soils and miscellaneous areas.

An identifying symbol precedes the map unit name in the map unit descriptions.

Each description includes general facts about the unit and gives important soil properties and qualities.

Soils that have profiles that are almost alike make up a soil series. Except for differences in texture of the surface layer, all the soils of a series have major horizons that are similar in composition, thickness, and arrangement.

Soils of one series can differ in texture of the surface layer, slope, stoniness, salinity, degree of erosion, and other characteristics that affect their use. On the basis of such differences, a soil series is divided into soil phases. Most of the areas shown on the detailed soil maps are phases of soil series. The name of a soil phase commonly indicates a feature that affects use or management. For example, Alpha silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, is a phase of the Alpha series.

Some map units are made up of two or more major soils or miscellaneous areas.

These map units are complexes, associations, or undifferentiated groups.

A complex consists of two or more soils or miscellaneous areas in such an intricate pattern or in such small areas that they cannot be shown separately on the maps.

The pattern and proportion of the soils or miscellaneous areas are somewhat similar in all areas. Alpha-Beta complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes, is an example.

An association is made up of two or more geographically associated soils or miscellaneous areas that are shown as one unit on the maps. Because of present or anticipated uses of the map units in the survey area, it was not considered practical or necessary to map the soils or miscellaneous areas separately. The pattern and relative proportion of the soils or miscellaneous areas are somewhat similar. Alpha-Beta association, 0 to 2 percent slopes, is an example.

An undifferentiated group is made up of two or more soils or miscellaneous areas that could be mapped individually but are mapped as one unit because similar interpretations can be made for use and management. The pattern and proportion of the soils or miscellaneous areas in a mapped area are not uniform. An area can be made up of only one of the major soils or miscellaneous areas, or it can be made up of all of them. Alpha and Beta soils, 0 to 2 percent slopes, is an example.

Some surveys include miscellaneous areas. Such areas have little or no soil material and support little or no vegetation. Rock outcrop is an example.

Henry County, Ohio

DyA—Digby loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes

Map Unit Setting National map unit symbol: 5nv2 Elevation: 780 to 870 feet Mean annual precipitation: 27 to 37 inches Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 54 degrees F Frost-free period: 140 to 165 days Farmland classification: Prime farmland if drained

Map Unit Composition Digby and similar soils: 90 percent Minor components: 10 percent Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit.

Description of Digby

Setting Landform: Beach ridges, Outwash plains, Stream terraces Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit, shoulder Parent material: Glaciofluvial deposits over outwash

Typical profile H1 - 0 to 9 inches: loam H2 - 9 to 37 inches: sandy clay loam H3 - 37 to 50 inches: stratified gravelly sand to gravelly sandy loam

Properties and qualities Slope: 0 to 2 percent Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches Drainage class: Somewhat poorly drained Runoff class: Low Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high to high (0.60 to 2.00 in/hr) Depth to water table: About 6 to 18 inches Frequency of flooding: None Frequency of ponding: None Calcium carbonate, maximum content: 40 percent Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Moderate (about 6.6 inches)

Interpretive groups Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 2w Hydrologic Soil Group: B/D Ecological site: F099XY007MI - Lake Plain Flats Hydric soil rating: No

Minor Components

Millgrove Percent of map unit: 4 percent Landform: Depressions, Flats Hydric soil rating: Yes

Hoytville Percent of map unit: 3 percent Landform: Flats, Depressions

Mermill

Landform: Flats, Depressions

Slopes of more than 2 percent Percent of map unit:

Haskins

Landform: Till plains, Lake plains Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit, shoulder, backslope Landform position (three-dimensional): Rise Down-slope shape: Convex Across-slope shape: Linear

FsB—Fulton loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

National map unit symbol: 5nv4 Elevation: 500 to 1,000 feet Mean annual precipitation: 27 to 42 inches Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 55 degrees F Frost-free period: 140 to 180 days

Fulton and similar soils: 100 percent

Description of Fulton

Landform: Lake plains Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit, shoulder, backslope Parent material: Lacustrine deposits

H1 - 0 to 9 inches: loam H2 - 9 to 32 inches: silty clay H3 - 32 to 60 inches: stratified fine sand to silt loam to silty clay

Slope: 2 to 6 percent Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches Drainage class: Somewhat poorly drained

Runoff class: High Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately low to moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 in/hr) Depth to water table: About 6 to 18 inches Frequency of flooding: None Frequency of ponding: None Calcium carbonate, maximum content: 30 percent Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Moderate (about 7.7 inches)

Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 3e Hydrologic Soil Group: C/D

Moderately eroded areas

Gm—Genesee loam

National map unit symbol: 5nvb Elevation: 340 to 1,000 feet Mean annual precipitation: 27 to 46 inches Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 57 degrees F Frost-free period: 140 to 210 days Farmland classification: All areas are prime farmland

Genesee and similar soils: 100 percent

Description of Genesee

Landform: Flood plains Parent material: Alluvium

H1 - 0 to 20 inches: loam H2 - 20 to 52 inches: stratified sandy loam to loam to silt loam

Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches Drainage class: Well drained

Depth to water table: More than 80 inches Frequency of flooding: Occasional Frequency of ponding: None

Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: High (about 9.8 inches)

Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 2w Hydrologic Soil Group: B Ecological site: F099XY008MI - Moist Floodplain

Shoals

Silt loam surface layer

Calcareous above 20 inches

LxE3—Lucas silty clay, 12 to 45 percent slopes, severely eroded

National map unit symbol: 5nw2 Elevation: 600 to 800 feet Mean annual precipitation: 27 to 36 inches Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 52 degrees F

Farmland classification: Not prime farmland

Lucas and similar soils: 95 percent Minor components: 5 percent

Description of Lucas

Landform: Drainageways on lake plains Landform position (two-dimensional): Backslope Parent material: Glaciolacustrine deposits

H1 - 0 to 5 inches: silty clay

H2 - 5 to 25 inches: silty clay H3 - 25 to 60 inches: silty clay

Slope: 12 to 45 percent Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches Drainage class: Moderately well drained Runoff class: Very high Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Low to moderately high (0.01 to 0.20 in/hr) Depth to water table: About 24 to 36 inches Frequency of flooding: None Frequency of ponding: None

Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Moderate (about 6.3 inches)

Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 7e Hydrologic Soil Group: D

Less eroded areas Percent of map unit: 5 percent

St. clair

Landform: Lake plains, End moraines, Ground moraines Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit, shoulder, backslope Landform position (three-dimensional): Side slope Down-slope shape: Linear

Mh—Millgrove loam

National map unit symbol: 5nw7 Elevation: 760 to 1,000 feet Mean annual precipitation: 27 to 38 inches Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 54 degrees F Frost-free period: 140 to 198 days

Millgrove and similar soils: 92 percent Minor components: 8 percent

Description of Millgrove

Landform: Flats on lake plains Parent material: Outwash

H1 - 0 to 12 inches: loam H2 - 12 to 42 inches: clay loam H3 - 42 to 72 inches: stratified fine sand to gravelly loamy sand to loamy fine sand

Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches Drainage class: Very poorly drained

Depth to water table: About 0 to 12 inches Frequency of flooding: None Frequency of ponding: Frequent Calcium carbonate, maximum content: 25 percent Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Moderate (about 7.4 inches)

Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 2w Hydrologic Soil Group: B/D Ecological site: F099XY013MI - Wet Lake Plain Flats

Digby

Landform: Outwash plains, Outwash terraces Landform position (three-dimensional): Tread Down-slope shape: Linear

Percent of map unit: 2 percent Landform: Till plains, Lake plains Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit, shoulder, backslope Landform position (three-dimensional): Rise Down-slope shape: Convex

Fine sandy loam surface layer Percent of map unit: 1 percent

Thicker surface layer and subsoil

Mermill loam, stratified substratumn

Landform: Till plains, Lake plains Down-slope shape: Linear

RfA—Rimer loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes

National map unit symbol: 5nwp Elevation: 600 to 800 feet Mean annual precipitation: 27 to 36 inches Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 52 degrees F

Rimer and similar soils: 95 percent

Description of Rimer

Parent material: Glaciolacustrine deposits over basal till

H1 - 0 to 24 inches: loamy fine sand H2 - 24 to 70 inches: silty clay

Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches Drainage class: Somewhat poorly drained Runoff class: Medium Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Low to moderately low

(0.01 to 0.06 in/hr) Depth to water table: About 0 to 6 inches Frequency of flooding: None Frequency of ponding: None

Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Low (about 4.4 inches)

Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 2w Hydrologic Soil Group: D Ecological site: F099XY003MI - Warm Moist Sandy Depression

Landform: Flats

Less than 20 inches of loamy fine sand or coarser material

Landform: Till plains, Lake plains Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit, shoulder, backslope Landform position (three-dimensional): Rise

Dark colored surface layer 9 inches thick or less

RmA—Rimer loamy fine sand, stratified substratum, 0 to 2 percent

National map unit symbol: 5nwq Elevation: 600 to 820 feet Mean annual precipitation: 27 to 37 inches Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 54 degrees F Frost-free period: 140 to 208 days

Rimer and similar soils: 95 percent

Description of Rimer

Parent material: Glaciolacustrine deposits over basal till

H1 - 0 to 29 inches: loamy fine sand H4 - 29 to 64 inches: stratified loam to silty clay

Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches Drainage class: Somewhat poorly drained Runoff class: Medium

Depth to water table: About 0 to 6 inches Frequency of flooding: None Frequency of ponding: None

Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Moderate (about 6.6 inches)

Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 2w Hydrologic Soil Group: C/D

Mermill loam, stratified substratum

Haskins fine sandy loam, stratified substratum

Landform: Till plains, Lake plains Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit, shoulder, backslope Landform position (three-dimensional): Rise

Less than 20 inches of loamy fine sand or coarser material

SdB—Seward loamy fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes

National map unit symbol: 5nx0 Elevation: 700 to 1,000 feet Mean annual precipitation: 27 to 37 inches Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 54 degrees F Frost-free period: 140 to 170 days Farmland classification: Not prime farmland

Seward and similar soils: 95 percent

Description of Seward

Landform: Knolls on lake plains, Ridges on lake plains Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit, shoulder, backslope Parent material: Eolian deposits over glaciolacustrine deposits over basal till

H1 - 0 to 26 inches: loamy fine sand H2 - 26 to 34 inches: fine sandy loam H3 - 34 to 60 inches: clay

Slope: 2 to 6 percent Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches Drainage class: Moderately well drained

Depth to water table: About 36 inches Frequency of flooding: None Frequency of ponding: None

Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Low (about 4.3 inches)

Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 2e Hydrologic Soil Group: A

Landform: Till plains, Lake plains Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit, shoulder, backslope Landform position (three-dimensional): Rise

14 to 20 inches of loamy fine sand or coarser material

Rimer

Landform: Till plains, Lake plains Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit, shoulder Landform position (three-dimensional): Rise

So—Sloan silty clay loam

National map unit symbol: 5nx7 Elevation: 700 to 1,000 feet Mean annual precipitation: 27 to 41 inches Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 55 degrees F Frost-free period: 140 to 200 days Farmland classification: Prime farmland if drained and either protected from flooding or not frequently flooded during the growing season

Sloan and similar soils: 88 percent Minor components: 12 percent

Description of Sloan

H1 - 0 to 12 inches: silty clay loam H2 - 12 to 43 inches: silty clay loam H3 - 43 to 72 inches: stratified gravelly sandy loam to loam to silt loam

Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches Drainage class: Very poorly drained high (0.20 to 2.00 in/hr)

Frequency of flooding: Frequent Frequency of ponding: None

Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: High (about 10.6 inches)

Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 3w Hydrologic Soil Group: B/D Ecological site: F099XY009MI - Wet Floodplain

Percent of map unit: 4 percent Landform: Flood plains

Medway

Landform: Flood plains

Ross

Landform: Low terraces, Flood plains

Silt loam surface layer

Landform: Flood plains

Calcareous within 20 inches

Landform: Flood plains

Wa—Wabasha silty clay

National map unit symbol: 5nxn Elevation: 590 to 1,100 feet Mean annual precipitation: 27 to 37 inches Mean annual air temperature: 45 to 54 degrees F Frost-free period: 140 to 167 days Farmland classification: Prime farmland if drained and either protected from flooding or not frequently flooded during the growing season

Wabasha and similar soils: 94 percent Minor components: 6 percent

Description of Wabasha

H1 - 0 to 16 inches: silty clay H2 - 16 to 48 inches: silty clay H3 - 48 to 70 inches: clay

Slope: 0 to 1 percent Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches Drainage class: Very poorly drained

Frequency of flooding: Frequent Frequency of ponding: None Calcium carbonate, maximum content: 15 percent Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: High (about 9.7 inches)

Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 3w Hydrologic Soil Group: C/D

Sloan

Landform: Flood plains

Silty clay loam surface layer

Landform: Flood plains

Landform: Flood plains

Soil Information for All Uses

Suitabilities and Limitations for Use The Suitabilities and Limitations for Use section includes various soil interpretations displayed as thematic maps with a summary table for the soil map units in the selected area of interest. A single value or rating for each map unit is generated by aggregating the interpretive ratings of individual map unit components. This aggregation process is defined for each interpretation.

Land Classifications

Land Classifications are specified land use and management groupings that are assigned to soil areas because combinations of soil have similar behavior for specified practices. Most are based on soil properties and other factors that directly influence the specific use of the soil. Example classifications include ecological site classification, farmland classification, irrigated and nonirrigated land capability classification, and hydric rating.

Hydric Rating by Map Unit

This rating indicates the percentage of map units that meets the criteria for hydric soils. Map units are composed of one or more map unit components or soil types, each of which is rated as hydric soil or not hydric. Map units that are made up dominantly of hydric soils may have small areas of minor nonhydric components in the higher positions on the landform, and map units that are made up dominantly of nonhydric soils may have small areas of minor hydric components in the lower positions on the landform. Each map unit is rated based on its respective components and the percentage of each component within the map unit.

The thematic map is color coded based on the composition of hydric components.

The five color classes are separated as 100 percent hydric components, 66 to 99 percent hydric components, 33 to 65 percent hydric components, 1 to 32 percent hydric components, and less than one percent hydric components.

In Web Soil Survey, the Summary by Map Unit table that is displayed below the map pane contains a column named 'Rating'. In this column the percentage of each map unit that is classified as hydric is displayed.

Hydric soils are defined by the National Technical Committee for Hydric Soils (NTCHS) as soils that formed under conditions of saturation, flooding, or ponding long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part (Federal Register, 1994). Under natural conditions, these soils are either saturated or inundated long enough during the growing season to support the growth and reproduction of hydrophytic vegetation.

The NTCHS definition identifies general soil properties that are associated with wetness. In order to determine whether a specific soil is a hydric soil or nonhydric soil, however, more specific information, such as information about the depth and duration of the water table, is needed. Thus, criteria that identify those estimated soil properties unique to hydric soils have been established (Federal Register, 2002). These criteria are used to identify map unit components that normally are associated with wetlands. The criteria used are selected estimated soil properties that are described in "Soil Taxonomy" (Soil Survey Staff, 1999) and "Keys to Soil Taxonomy" (Soil Survey Staff, 2006) and in the "Soil Survey Manual" (Soil Survey Division Staff, 1993).

If soils are wet enough for a long enough period of time to be considered hydric, they should exhibit certain properties that can be easily observed in the field. These visible properties are indicators of hydric soils. The indicators used to make onsite determinations of hydric soils are specified in "Field Indicators of Hydric Soils in the United States" (Hurt and Vasilas, 2006).

References:

Federal Register. July 13, 1994. Changes in hydric soils of the United States.

Federal Register. September 18, 2002. Hydric soils of the United States.

Hurt, G.W., and L.M. Vasilas, editors. Version 6.0, 2006. Field indicators of hydric soils in the United States.

Soil Survey Division Staff. 1993. Soil survey manual. Soil Conservation Service.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 18.

Soil Survey Staff. 1999. Soil taxonomy: A basic system of soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys. 2nd edition. Natural Resources Conservation Service. U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 436.

Soil Survey Staff. 2006. Keys to soil taxonomy. 10th edition. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Map—Hydric Rating by Map Unit

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Map projection: Web Mercator Corner coordinates: WGS84 Edge tics: UTM Zone 17N WGS84 0 100 200 400 600

Feet 0 40 80 160 240

Meters Map Scale: 1:3,000 if printed on A portrait (8.5" x 11") sheet.

Soil Map may not be valid at this scale.

MAP LEGEND MAP INFORMATION

Soils Soil Rating Polygons

Hydric (100%)

Hydric (66 to 99%)

Hydric (33 to 65%)

Hydric (1 to 32%)

Not Hydric (0%)

Not rated or not available

Soil Rating Lines

Soil Rating Points

Water Features Streams and Canals

Transportation Rails

Interstate Highways

US Routes

Major Roads

Local Roads

Background Aerial Photography

The soil surveys that comprise your AOI were mapped at 1:15,800.

Warning: Soil Map may not be valid at this scale.

Enlargement of maps beyond the scale of mapping can cause misunderstanding of the detail of mapping and accuracy of soil line placement. The maps do not show the small areas of contrasting soils that could have been shown at a more detailed scale.

Please rely on the bar scale on each map sheet for map measurements.

Source of Map: Natural Resources Conservation Service Web Soil Survey URL:

Coordinate System: Web Mercator (EPSG:3857)

Maps from the Web Soil Survey are based on the Web Mercator projection, which preserves direction and shape but distorts distance and area. A projection that preserves area, such as the Albers equal-area conic projection, should be used if more accurate calculations of distance or area are required.

This product is generated from the USDA-NRCS certified data as of the version date(s) listed below.

Soil Survey Area: Henry County, Ohio Survey Area Data: Version 21, Aug 29, 2025

Soil map units are labeled (as space allows) for map scales 1:50,000 or larger.

Date(s) aerial images were photographed: May 18, 2023—Jun 18, 2023

The orthophoto or other base map on which the soil lines were compiled and digitized probably differs from the background imagery displayed on these maps. As a result, some minor shifting of map unit boundaries may be evident.

Table—Hydric Rating by Map Unit

Map unit symbol Map unit name Rating Acres in AOI Percent of AOI

DyA Digby loam, 0 to 2

10 2.1 8.6%

FsB Fulton loam, 2 to 6

0 0.3 1.3%

Gm Genesee loam 0 3.1 12.7%

LxE3 Lucas silty clay, 12 to 45 percent slopes, severely eroded

0 1.4 5.6%

Mh Millgrove loam 95 8.8 36.1%

RfA Rimer loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes

5 0.5 2.1%

RmA Rimer loamy fine sand, stratified substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes

5 1.2 4.8%

SdB Seward loamy fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes

5 1.0 4.0%

So Sloan silty clay loam 90 5.5 22.6%

Wa Wabasha silty clay 100 0.5 2.2%

Totals for Area of Interest 24.3 100.0%

Rating Options—Hydric Rating by Map Unit

Aggregation Method: Percent Present

Component Percent Cutoff: None Specified

Tie-break Rule: Lower

References American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).

2004. Standard specifications for transportation materials and methods of sampling and testing. 24th edition.

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). 2005. Standard classification of soils for engineering purposes. ASTM Standard D2487-00.

Cowardin, L.M., V. Carter, F.C. Golet, and E.T. LaRoe. 1979. Classification of wetlands and deep-water habitats of the United States. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service FWS/OBS-79/31.

Federal Register. July 13, 1994. Changes in hydric soils of the United States.

Federal Register. September 18, 2002. Hydric soils of the United States.

Hurt, G.W., and L.M. Vasilas, editors. Version 6.0, 2006. Field indicators of hydric soils in the United States.

National Research Council. 1995. Wetlands: Characteristics and boundaries.

Soil Survey Division Staff. 1993. Soil survey manual. Soil Conservation Service.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 18. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/ nrcs/detail/national/soils/?cid=nrcs142p2_054262

Soil Survey Staff. 1999. Soil taxonomy: A basic system of soil classification for making and interpreting soil surveys. 2nd edition. Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 436. http:// www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/soils/?cid=nrcs142p2_053577

Soil Survey Staff. 2010. Keys to soil taxonomy. 11th edition. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. http:// www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/soils/?cid=nrcs142p2_053580

Tiner, R.W., Jr. 1985. Wetlands of Delaware. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Wetlands Section.

United States Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Laboratory. 1987. Corps of Engineers wetlands delineation manual. Waterways Experiment Station Technical Report Y-87-1.

United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.

National forestry manual. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/ home/?cid=nrcs142p2_053374

National range and pasture handbook. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/ detail/national/landuse/rangepasture/?cid=stelprdb1043084 http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/soils/?cid=nrcs142p2_054262 http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/soils/?cid=nrcs142p2_054262 http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/soils/?cid=nrcs142p2_053577 http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/soils/?cid=nrcs142p2_053577 http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/soils/?cid=nrcs142p2_053580 http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/soils/?cid=nrcs142p2_053580 http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/home/?cid=nrcs142p2_053374 http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/home/?cid=nrcs142p2_053374 http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/landuse/rangepasture/?cid=stelprdb1043084 http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/landuse/rangepasture/?cid=stelprdb1043084

National soil survey handbook, title 430-VI. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/ nrcs/detail/soils/scientists/?cid=nrcs142p2_054242

2006. Land resource regions and major land resource areas of the United States, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Basin. U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook

296. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/soils/?

cid=nrcs142p2_053624

United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. 1961. Land capability classification. U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 210. http:// www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_052290.pdf http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/scientists/?cid=nrcs142p2_054242 http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/scientists/?cid=nrcs142p2_054242 http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/soils/?cid=nrcs142p2_053624 http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/soils/?cid=nrcs142p2_053624 http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_052290.pdf http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_052290.pdf

Cover

Preface

Contents

How Soil Surveys Are Made

Soil Map

Soil Map

Legend

Map Unit Legend

Map Unit Descriptions

Henry County, Ohio

DyA—Digby loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes

FsB—Fulton loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

Gm—Genesee loam

LxE3—Lucas silty clay, 12 to 45 percent slopes, severely eroded

Mh—Millgrove loam

RfA—Rimer loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes

RmA—Rimer loamy fine sand, stratified substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes

SdB—Seward loamy fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes

So—Sloan silty clay loam

Wa—Wabasha silty clay

Soil Information for All Uses

Suitabilities and Limitations for Use

Land Classifications

Hydric Rating by Map Unit

References

FY26 ACEP-WRE

Location Map

Customer: J&P Matthews Family Trust

NEST: 545E3426021N3

Location: 41.4454, -83.9536 County T/S/R: Henry T6 S28 R008

Assisted by: C. Eidson

0 4,000 8,0002,000 US Feet

Proposed Boundary (24.31 ac)

FY26 ACEP-WRE

Location

Boundary and Ingress Map

Customer: J&P Matthews Family Trust

NEST: 545E3426021N3

Location: 41.4454, -83.9536 County T/S/R: Henry T6 S28 R008

Assisted by: C. Eidson

0 450 900225 US Feet

Proposed Boundary (24.31 ac) ingress

Christopher.Eidson

Line

Callout

Ingress directly from Henry County Road 4A

Callout

Henry County Road T

CCC-505 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

(04-22-15) Commodity Credit Corporation

VOLUNTARY PERMANENT BASE ACRE REDUCTION

1. STATE AND COUNTY

CODE

2. FARM NO. 3. PROGRAM

YEAR

4. REASON FOR REDUCTION OF BASE ACRES

CRP Enrollment

Other

NOTE: The following statement is made in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 USC 552a - as amended). The authority for requesting the information identified on this form is 7 CFR Part 1412, the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714 et seq.), and the Agriculture Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-79). The information will be used to process a request for a permanent reduction of the base acres established for identified crops. The information collected on the form may be disclosed to other Federal, State, Local government agencies, Tribal agencies, and nongovernmental entities that have been authorized access to the information by statute or regulation and/or as described in applicable Routine Uses identified in the System of Records Notice for USDA/FSA-2, Farm Records File (Automated). Providing the requested information is voluntary. However, failure to furnish the requested information will result in an inability to process a request for a permanent reduction of the base acres established for identified crops.

This information collection is exempted from the Paperwork Reduction Act, as it is required for administration of the Agriculture Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 113-79), Title 1, Subtitle F – Administration.

The provisions of appropriate criminal and civil fraud, privacy, and other statutes may be applicable to the information provided. RETURN THIS COMPLETED FORM TO

YOUR COUNTY FSA OFFICE.

PART A - REQUEST

5.

TRACT NO.

6.

COMMODITY

7.

YIELD

8.

BASE ACRES ON

TRACT BEFORE

REDUCTION

9.

TRACT TO BE

REDUCED

10.

TRACT

AFTER

REDUCTION

(Column 8 MINUS

Column 9)

11. Total Base Acres to be Reduced (Total of Column 9)

12. Total Base Acres on Farm Before Reduction 13. Total Base Acres on Farm After Reduction (Item 12 minus Item 11)

14A. Requestor’s Signature (By) 14B. Title/Relationship (of the individual signing in the Representative Capacity)

14C. Date

(MM-DD-YYYY)

15A. Owner’s Signature (By) 15B. Title/Relationship (of the individual signing in the

15C. Date

16A. Owner’s Signature (By) 16B. Title/Relationship (of the individual signing in the

16C. Date

17. REMARKS (If the base acres are being reduced because of cropland enrollment into CRP,enter the CRP-1 number and the effective date of CRP-1).

PART B- APPROVAL (COUNTY OFFICE USE ONLY)

18. REDUCTION IS:

APPROVED DISAPPROVED

19. COUNTY FSA OFFICENAME AND ADDRESS (Including Zip Code)

20. COC'S SIGNATURE DATE (MM-DD-YYYY) TELEPHONE NUMBER (Area Code):

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