IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962OH075W14
  • User Pedon ID: 1962-OH075-W14
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HL-w14
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71386
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 1 mi. N and 1.1 mi. W of STillwell in the of the of the of Sec. 22. T8N R9W. Robert Watts farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH075—Holmes

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: black, mc loda
  • 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: Colluvium
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/1962 (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

    25

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    353.6

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    90

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Fresh hardwood leaf litter. Not sampled.
    Oe—5 to 5 centimeters (2.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Trace. Not sampled.
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; massive, and weak granular; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014130. Permeability is rapid.
    E—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; structureless massive; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014131. Permeability is rapid.
    EB1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014132. Permeability is moderately rapid.
    EB2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014133. Permeability is moderately rapid.
    BE—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014134. Permeability is moderate.
    B1—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014135. Permeability is moderate.
    B2—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014136. Permeability is moderate.
    B3—76 to 86 centimeters (29.9 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014137. Permeability is moderate.
    BC—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings and 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014138. Permeability is moderately rapid.
    R—112 to 117 centimeters (44.1 to 46.1 inches); fragments. Large sandstone fragment or bedrock.