IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ragsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975IN017001
  • User Pedon ID: 1975IN017001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - CS7501
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22597
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 40.6924944
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2828444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1155 feet west and 165 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN017—Cass

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sanders and Douglas
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ragsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ragsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: swale on till plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/10/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, sand coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS75011
    A12—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, sand coats and 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS75012
    B21TG—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, sand coats and 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films; 21 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS75013
    B22TG—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent black (5YR 2/1), moist, sand coats and 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 21 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS75014
    B23TG—64 to 97 centimeters (25.2 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 15 percent black (5YR 2/1), moist, sand coats and 35 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS75015
    B24TG—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent black (5YR 2/1), moist, sand coats and 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS75016
    B3—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent black (5YR 2/1), moist, sand coats; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS75017
    C1—137 to 178 centimeters (53.9 to 70.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CS75018
    C2—178 to 216 centimeters (70.1 to 85.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; massive; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # CS75019