IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ruch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1968OH089012
  • User Pedon ID: 1968-OH089-012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - LC-012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69495
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Approx. 0.6 mi. W of SR 13, 0.2 mi. N of Price road and 80 ft. N of a point on the side farm driveway which is 0.3 mi. e of Riggs Rd. Nearly in the center of the north half, , T2N R12W, Newark Twp. Site about 5 miles SW of LC-05.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH089—Licking

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: wilding, stahnke, Drees, hall , khangarot
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ruch
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsinan loess; Wisconsinan outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/1968 (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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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; Error; fine granular structure; friable; iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019396. Considerable amount of wheat straw plowed under at a depth of 5-6 inches. A number of worm and animal casts present in lower part of horizon, suggesting it has not been plowed so deep recently.
    BEt—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; Error; friable; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019397. Lower part of horizon has weak, medium, subangular blocky structure. Very thin patchy clay films on platy surfaces. Evidence of degradational patchy coats associated with clay films. Bleached (uncoated) silt grains. Very porous with 25-30% micropores less
    Bt1—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; Error; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019398. Crushed color is 7.5YR 5/6. Thin patchy clay films on vertical and horizontal surfaces becoming thick on coves and ped surfaces; also present along root channels. Most parts of ped surfaces appear grainy. Grainy surfaces are very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and
    Bt2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; Error; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate structure; firm; reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), moist, clay films; 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019399. Crushed color is 7.5YR 5/6. Few Fe-Mn concretions. Thin patchy clay films on vertical and horizontal ped surfaces; also present along root channels. Most parts of ped surfaces appear grainy. Grainy surfaces are very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and show some deg
    Bt3—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; Error; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate structure; firm; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films; 33 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings lining pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019400. Crushed color is 7.5YR 5/6. Some red (5YR 4/4) clay films. Thin patchy clay films are thicker than in Bt2; bleached along root channels. Interior of peds more massive with less micropores (5%).
    BCt1—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), yellow (10YR 7/6), dry; Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; 3 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019401. Crushed color is 7.5YR 5/6. Light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) degradational surfaces. Very pale brown (10YR 7/4 dry) skeletans. Very thin horizontal lamellae, micro-evidence of sorting of coarse grains showing horizontal bedding in loess material. Thin pat
    BC2—99 to 112 centimeters (39.0 to 44.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), yellow (10YR 7/6), dry; Error; subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019402. Crushed color is 7.5YR 4/4. Some red (5YR 4/4) clay films. Yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ped surfaces. Very pale brown (10YR 7/3 dry) silty coatings. Thin clay films on ped surfaces and around some coarse skeleton grains. Vesicular with 20-25% micropores. Mo
    2Bt1—112 to 124 centimeters (44.1 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; Error; iron-manganese concretions; 12 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019403. Crushed color is 7.5YR 4/4. Upon drying interstices tend to have many bleached skeletan grains underneath of which are thin clay films bridging sand and silt grains. Tends to stickiness when moist. Well sorted outwash stratum. Coarse skeleton is mostly pe
    2Bt2—124 to 137 centimeters (48.8 to 53.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; Error; massive; manganese coatings; 45 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019404. Crushed color is 7.5YR 4/4. Upon drying interstices tend to have many bleached skeletan grains underneath of which are thin clay films bridging sand and silt grains. 25% of coarse skeleton is larger than 20 mm; some pebbles up to 50 mm in size. Pebbles ar
    2Bt3—137 to 155 centimeters (53.9 to 61.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; Error; massive; 65 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019405. Crushed color is 7.5YR 4/4. Upon drying interstices tend to have many bleached skeletan grains underneath of which are thin clay films bridging sand and silt grains. 10% of coarse skeleton is larger than 25 mm. Weathered sandstones and siltstones. Pebbles
    2Bt4—155 to 173 centimeters (61.0 to 68.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; Error; massive; 65 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019406. Crushed color is 7.5YR 4/4. Upon drying interstices tend to have many bleached skeletan grains underneath of which are thin clay films bridging sand and silt grains. 10-15% of coarse skeleton is 20-40 mm in diameter. Pebbles are flaggy; poorly sorted with
    3BC—173 to 190 centimeters (68.1 to 74.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; Error; 65 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019407. Crushed color is 7.5YR 4/4. Not as sticky as 2Bt4 horizon. All pebbles are larger than 20 mm.
    3C1—190 to 211 centimeters (74.8 to 83.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; 75 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # OSU0019408. Poorly sorted; 30% of coarse skeleton is greater than 25 mm in diameter. Rounded and subrounded pebbles. Igneous pebbles are quite fresh. Lower part of horizon has pendulent tongue with wavy boundary. Sandstones and siltstones are flaggy.
    3C2—190 to 218 centimeters (74.8 to 85.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; 75 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # OSU0019409. Poorly sorted; 30% of coarse skeleton is greater than 25 mm in diameter. Rounded and subrounded pebbles. Igneous pebbles are quite fresh. Lower part of horizon has pendulent tongue with wavy boundary. Sandstones and siltstones are flaggy.
    3C3—211 to 234 centimeters (83.1 to 92.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; 75 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0019410. Stratified. 30% of coarse skeleton is greater than 25 mm in diameter. Pebbles are horizontally laid with clay on upper surfaces. Rounded and subrounded pebbles. Igneous pebbles are quite fresh.
    4C4—234 to 254 centimeters (92.1 to 100.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; massive; 75 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-35-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # OSU0019411. Better sorted than 3C3 horizon, with gravel sand sizes to 2 inch pebbles. Pebbles are rounded and subrounded.