IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958OH029073
  • User Pedon ID: 1958-OH029-073
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CO-073
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71331
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: NW corner Sec. 34, Madison Twp. 200 ft. E of N-S Twp. dirt road, 260 ft. N of idle field,and 1/2 mile S of Glasgow.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH029—Columbiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: wm. hale & h. d. lessig
  • 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: Siltstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/9/1958 (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
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    A11—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) Error; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008143
    A21—1 to 8 centimeters (0.4 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008144
    A21—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008145
    B1—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008146
    B21—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); 5/4 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate angular blocky structure; friable; 40 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008147. Subangular blocky structure grades to angular blocky in lower part of horizon. Siltstone channers grade from 25% in upper part to 40% in lower part; small fragments are subrounded and large fragments are angular.
    B21—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); 5/4 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate angular blocky structure; friable; 40 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008148. Subangular blocky structure grades to angular blocky in lower part of horizon. Siltstone channers grade from 25% in upper part to 40% in lower part; small fragments are subrounded and large fragments are angular.
    B21—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); 5/4 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate angular blocky structure; friable; 40 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008149. Subangular blocky structure grades to angular blocky in lower part of horizon. Siltstone channers grade from 25% in upper part to 40% in lower part; small fragments are subrounded and large fragments are angular.
    B22—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); 4/4 4/4) Error; weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; faint 4/4 4/4, moist, clay films; coarse manganese coatings; 40 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0008150
    B3—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; clay films; 33 percent manganese coatings; 50 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0008151. Horizon designated as B3-C1. Siltstone channers arranged in horizontal layers with soil forming between layers.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 975738; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 975738
    C1—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) Error; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0008153. Oxidized micaceous siltstone or very-fine-grained sandstone with 1/2? thick zones of soil forming between layers; rocks are soft and crush to soil when dug or removed with auger.
    C1—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) Error; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0008152. Oxidized micaceous siltstone or very-fine-grained sandstone with 1/2? thick zones of soil forming between layers; rocks are soft and crush to soil when dug or removed with auger.