IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963KY085006
  • User Pedon ID: S1963KY085006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4295
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40458
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: about 8/10 mile southeast of Caneyville on Lovell Daugherty farm; 180 feet southeast of edge of woods; 20 feet from farm fence line
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY085—Grayson
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY085—Grayson County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. V. Huffman and W. H. Zimmerman
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/8/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    AP—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32768
    B21t—8 to 36 centimeters (3.1 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32769
    B22t—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32770
    B3—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); silty clay loam; brown (10YR 5/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32771
    2B21b—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32772
    2B22b—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32773
    2C—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32774
    R—147 centimeters (57.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A32775