IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ragsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960OH135046
  • User Pedon ID: 1960-OH135-046
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - PB-046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71649
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 9 mi. W and 1.9 mi. N of Eaton; , of Sec. 30, Jackson Twp. 264 yds. S and 73 yds. E of State Line and Paddock Rd. intersections. Russell McClure farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH135—Preble

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: davis, mcloda, tornes
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ragsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan loess; Wisconsinan till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0

    —

    —

    347.5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011042
    Ap2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) Error; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011043
    BAg—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and gray (10YR 5/1) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011044
    Bg1—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011045
    Bg2—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011046
    Bg3—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); gray (N 5/), Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent medium distinct dark gray (N 4/), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent fine and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011047
    BCg1—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); gray (N 5/), Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011048
    BCg2—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); gray (N 5/), Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent medium and coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011049. Mottles occur throughout the matrix and in pockets of higher silt content.
    Cg1—117 to 130 centimeters (46.1 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; massive; friable; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent coarse distinct gray (N 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0011050
    2C2—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and gray (10YR 5/1) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0011051. Mixture of matrix colors. Sampled with bucket auger.
    2C3—152 to 170 centimeters (59.8 to 66.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and gray (N 5/), and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0011052. Mixture of matrix colors. Sampled with bucket auger.
    2C4—170 to 188 centimeters (66.9 to 74.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0011053. Mixture of matrix colors. Sampled with bucket auger.