IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962OH127W03
  • User Pedon ID: 1962-OH127-W03
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - PR-w03
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69878
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4NW 1/4
  • Location Description: , , Sec. 18, Pike Twp. 0.7 miles S of Mannville on county road 57; 540 ft. E along old roadway on ridge and 40 ft. N into the woods. Charence Kokensparger farm.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH127—Perry

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: k. wenner
  • 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: 8/16/1962 (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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    289.6

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Oak leaf litter.
    Oa—3 to 3 centimeters (1.2 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Trace of mull layer.
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014352. Estimated permeability - moderate.
    E—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014353. Estimated permeability - moderate.
    BE—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014354. Estimated permeability - moderate.
    B1—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014355. Estimated permeability - moderate.
    B2—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014356. Estimated permeability - moderate.
    BC—99 to 135 centimeters (39.0 to 53.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014357. Estimated permeability - moderate.
    2C—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) Error; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0014358. Auger sample. Estimated permeability - moderate.