IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ragsdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988OH057032
  • User Pedon ID: 1988-OH057-032
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - GN-032
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72439
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 168m N and 61m W of lane entry to woods. Lane on W side of Highway 380; approximately 800m S of intersection with Washington Rd. 83 degrees 56 52 W and 39 degrees 38 54 N.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH057—Greene

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SMECK, BURRAS, BIGHAM, JONES
  • 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: 6/6/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

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    290

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    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # OSU0025966. Sample for lab analysis of krotovinas from B horizon.
    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025956
    A2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025957
    AB—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025958
    Bg1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) Error; weak medium prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025959
    Bg2—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) Error; weak medium prismatic, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025960. 5Y 4/1
    BCg—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) Error; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025961. 5Y 4/1
    Cg1—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) Error; massive; firm; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; 5 percent krotovinas (volume percent); abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025962. 5Y 4/1
    2Cg2—122 to 135 centimeters (48.0 to 53.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) Error; massive; firm; 33 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025963
    2C3—135 to 211 centimeters (53.1 to 83.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; massive; firm; 33 percent medium prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0025964
    2C4—211 to 236 centimeters (83.1 to 92.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0025965. Loam till.