IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962OH075W17
  • User Pedon ID: 1962-OH075-W17
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HL-w17
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72564
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 NE 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: Sandstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/20/1962 (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

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Hardwood leaf litter. Not sampled.
    A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) Error; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014159. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments up to 6 inches across. Permeability is very rapid.
    E1—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014160. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments up to 6 inches across. Permeability is rapid.
    E2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014161. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments up to 12 inches across. Permeability is rapid.
    BE—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014162. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments up to 4 inches across. Permeability is moderately rapid.
    B1—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014163. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments up to 4 inches across. Permeability is moderate.
    B2—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014164. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments up to 4 inches across. Permeability is moderate.
    BC—69 to 76 centimeters (27.2 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014165. Coarse skeleton is sandstone fragments up to 6 inches across. Permeability is moderate.
    R—76 to 81 centimeters (29.9 to 31.9 inches); fragments. Sandstone bedrock.