IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN101012
  • User Pedon ID: 2015IN101001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MT8012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23714
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 38.7401278
  • Std. Longitude: -86.8830417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1060 feet east and 2120 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN101—Martin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: George McElrath, David Tuszyenski
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Classifier - Domenech, Angel
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/8/1979
  • Classifier - George McElrath
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/8/1979 (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 -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—15

    15—124

    124—152

    —15—

    —109—

    —28—
    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

    19

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; many (5.0) fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT80121
    E—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT80122
    Bt1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) fine roots; few (0.5) fine pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MT80123
    Bt2—38 to 79 centimeters (15.0 to 31.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) roots; few (0.5) fine pores; 35 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT80124
    2Bt3—79 to 124 centimeters (31.1 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; few (0.5) fine pores; 15 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-10-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MT80125
    2C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; structureless massive; friable; 1 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-10-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # MT80126