IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IN037003
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IN037003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DU8403
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23827
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 38.2793917
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7689444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 790 feet east and 525 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN037—Dubois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wingard and Merchant
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DU84031
    E—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # DU84032
    BT1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DU84033
    BT2—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DU84034
    BT3—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DU84035
    BT4—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DU84036
    BT5—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DU84037
    BC—135 to 165 centimeters (53.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, iron depletions; 10 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # DU84038
    C—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine sandy loam; massive; very firm; 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats; 20 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # DU84039