IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ragsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IN107002
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IN107002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MY7802
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23018
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 40.1548889
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7718722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet west and 750 feet south of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN107—Montgomery

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hosteter and Mc elrath
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ragsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ragsdale
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/1977
  • 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: 11/4/1977 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY78021
    A12—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MY78022
    B21T—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY78023
    B22T—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 21 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MY78024
    B3—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films; 21 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # MY78025
    C1—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # MY78026
    C2—140 to 147 centimeters (55.1 to 57.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # MY78027
    C3—147 to 163 centimeters (57.9 to 64.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # MY78028
    C4—163 to 178 centimeters (64.2 to 70.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # MY78029
    C5—178 to 190 centimeters (70.1 to 74.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # MY780210