IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1957OH157001
  • User Pedon ID: 1957-OH157-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - TU-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71185
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: T7N, R3W Jefferson Twp. of , Sec. 11. 1000 ft. E and 1000 ft. N of SW corner of Sec. 11 on ridge top due W of house. 1.2 mi. E of Stone Creek along route of new East Ohio Gas pipeline.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH157—Tuscarawas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: dunlavy , urban
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1957 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0006697. Slightly hard when dry.
    BA—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # OSU0006698
    B—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; manganese coatings; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # OSU0006699. Occasional sandy shale fragments 1-2 inches across and 0.25 inches thick.
    BC—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0006700. Few sandy shale fragments.
    C11—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3); firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0006701. Slightly weathered fine sandy shale. Very soft, breaks readily on pressure. Shales disoriented and not continuous.
    C12—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3); firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0006702. Slightly weathered fine sandy shale. Very soft, breaks readily on pressure. Shales disoriented and not continuous.
    C13—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3); firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0006703. Slightly weathered fine sandy shale. Very soft, breaks readily on pressure. Shales disoriented and not continuous.
    C14—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3); firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0006704. Slightly weathered fine sandy shale. Very soft, breaks readily on pressure. Shales disoriented and not continuous.
    C15—132 to 147 centimeters (52.0 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3); firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0006705. Slightly weathered fine sandy shale. Very soft, breaks readily on pressure. Shales disoriented and not continuous.