IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960OH019007
  • User Pedon ID: 1960-OH019-007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CA-007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70727
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Bird Haven Cottage site at end of Co. Rd. 22 in Cliff Preston Woods, Leesville Lake. At junction of line between Sec. 31 and 25 and and of Sec. 31, Orange Twp. 200 ft. W from edge of woods and 400 ft. S.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH019—Carroll

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: meeker, hamilton, 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: Wisconsinan loess; Siltstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/24/1960 (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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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010255
    B1—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010256
    B2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010257. Small dark shale fragments.
    BC—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010258. Dark shale fragments, 1/4-1/2? on long axis.
    2B—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010259. Trace of a few small dark shale fragments.
    2C—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; friable; 60 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # OSU0010260. Soft weathered silty shale. Right side of pit was thinly laminated highly weathered silty shale occupying about 50% of this horizon.
    91 to 97 centimeters (35.8 to 38.2 inches); fragments.