IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1957OH121S02
  • User Pedon ID: 1957-OH121-S02
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - NB-s02
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72270
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Marion Twp., Sec. 28; SE 4 of SW 4, 150 ft. S on lane leading to house 300 ft. E of St.Rt. 513 and 80 ft. E of 22 inch walnut trees on east side of St.Rt. 513. 2 1/4 mi. N of Summerfield.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH121—Noble

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: baker
  • 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: Sandstone + shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/13/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    18

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    344.4

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 33 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006629. Some evidence of subangular blocky structure. Slightly plastic but not sticky when wet. Moderately high organic content.
    E—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006630. Not sticky when wet. Considerable mixing of materials by worms along horizon boundaries.
    BE—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films; 33 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006631. Clay films are present only on surfaces of worm holes and major structural units. Sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Roots completely penetrate the material. E materials have followed down some worm channels for 1 to 2 inches in the upper part of this; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976139; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976139
    B1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0006632. Pockets of silt loam material are 1 to 2 inches in diameter and do not appear to be connected with above horizons. Sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Roots penetrate the peds. Some worm activity present.; continuous - phpvsfiid 976141; continuous - phpvsfiid 976141
    B2—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0006633. Pockets of silt loam material are 1 to 2 inches in diameter and do not appear to be connected with above horizons. Sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Roots penetrate the peds. Some worm activity present.; continuous - phpvsfiid 976143; continuous - phpvsfiid 976143
    B3—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006634. Pockets of silt loam material are 1 to 2 inches in diameter and do not appear to be connected with above horizons. Sticky and slightly plastic when wet. Roots penetrate the peds. Some worm activity present.; continuous - phpvsfiid 976145; continuous - phpvsfiid 976145
    B4—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats and prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, silt coats and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0006635. Degraded peds with silt coatings make up 10 to 15 percent of total volume of the horizon. Sticky and plastic when wet. Common fine black manganese coatings are present.
    B5—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats and prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, silt coats and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # OSU0006636. Degraded peds with silt coatings make up 10 to 15 percent of total volume of the horizon. Sticky and plastic when wet. Common fine black manganese coatings are present.
    B6—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats and prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, silt coats and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006637. Degraded peds with silt coatings make up 10 to 15 percent of total volume of the horizon. Sticky and plastic when wet. Common fine black manganese coatings are present.
    C1—114 to 132 centimeters (44.9 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium and coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent medium and coarse prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; 17 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # OSU0006638. 10YR 4/3 makes up less than 50% of total color. Many very dark brown manganese coatings are present. Coarse skeleton of many highly weathered sandstone fragments up to 2 inches in diameter.
    C2—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 33 percent medium and coarse prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent medium and coarse prominent olive (5Y 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # OSU0006639. Many black manganese coatings are present.
    C3—157 to 180 centimeters (61.8 to 70.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) Error; massive; very firm; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent coarse distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # OSU0006640. Sampled with orchard auger.
    C4—180 to 213 centimeters (70.9 to 83.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; massive; very firm; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and olive gray (5Y 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # OSU0006641. Mottled mixture of colors. Sampled with orchard auger.