IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Luray
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1965OH043037
  • User Pedon ID: 1965-OH043-037
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - ER-037
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71717
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: West of Ransom Rd. on gravel road to airport beacon. 250 ft. north and 150 ft. west of sharp turn in road, NW of bend in ditch. Oxford Twp.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH043—Erie

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Shale
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1965 (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
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    Ap1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; Error; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017285
    A2—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; Error; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017286
    BAg—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and weak platy structure; firm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans; 33 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017287. continuous - phpvsfiid 980983; continuous - phpvsfiid 980983
    Bg1—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) Error; moderate medium prismatic, and weak platy structure; very firm; 33 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017288
    Bg2—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 10YR 2 (10YR/2) Error; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak platy structure; very firm; 33 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017289. Mottles in ped interiors.
    BC—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak platy structure; firm; 33 percent coarse prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0017290
    2R1—127 to 132 centimeters (50.0 to 52.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0017291. Weathered shale.
    2R2—132 to 137 centimeters (52.0 to 53.9 inches); fragments. Hard shale.