IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1963OH073015
  • User Pedon ID: 1963-OH073-015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - HO-015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69916
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Neotoma Valley; on east ridgetop; approximately 450 ft. NE of station 3 tower.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH073—Hocking

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: petro, riemenschneider
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess; Sandstone + siltstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/23/1963 (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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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Mat of decaying leaves (dogwood, apple) and pine needles. Not sampled.
    Ap—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; massive; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015974
    E—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015975
    BE—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015976
    Bt—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; strong fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015977
    46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015978. Compact in place. Coarse skeleton is fine-grained sandstones up to 2 inches in diameter. Weak fragipan.
    2BEb—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015979. Compact in place. Coarse skeleton is fine-grained sandstones up to 4 inches in diameter. Weak fragipan.
    2Btb1—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015980
    2Btb2—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0015981. Coarse skeleton is small pebbles less than 1 inch across.
    107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) Error; firm; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings; 65 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # OSU0015982. Coarse skeleton is fine-grained (Byer) sandstone.
    2R—132 to 137 centimeters (52.0 to 53.9 inches); fragments. Weathered fine-grained (Byer) sandstone.