IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1957OH121S03
  • User Pedon ID: 1957-OH121-S03
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - NB-s03
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69836
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Marion Twp. Sec. 28, SE4, SW4, 325 ft. S of lane leading to house on east side of St.Rt. 513 and 90 ft. E of St.Rt. 513; 2 1/2 miles north 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: Shale; Sandstone
  • 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

    215

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    347.5

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006642. Moderate organic content. Roots completely penetrate the soil mass.
    E—15 to 18 centimeters (5.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. This horizon has been almost completely destroyed by incorporation into the plow layer and exists only as local thin pockets. Not sampled.
    B1—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; firm; 1 percent fine faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # OSU0006643. Plastic and sticky when wet. Roots penetrate the material. Few shale fragments present.
    B2—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; firm; 1 percent fine faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006644. Plastic and sticky when wet. Roots penetrate the material. Few shale fragments present.
    B3—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct pale olive (5Y 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # OSU0006645. Plastic and sticky when wet. Roots tend to follow ped surfaces. Shale fragments are common.; continuous - phpvsfiid 976155; continuous - phpvsfiid 976155
    B4—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct pale olive (5Y 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006646. Plastic and sticky when wet. Roots tend to follow ped surfaces. Shale fragments are common.; continuous - phpvsfiid 976156; continuous - phpvsfiid 976156
    B5—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct pale olive (5Y 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006647. Plastic and sticky when wet. Large roots confined mostly to ped surfaces. Shale fragments are common.; continuous - phpvsfiid 976157; continuous - phpvsfiid 976157
    B6—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # OSU0006648. Clay films become less common with depth. Shale fragments are common. Material is slightly more vesicular than above horizons.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976158; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976158
    B7—86 to 99 centimeters (33.9 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # OSU0006649. Clay films become less common with depth. Shale fragments are common. Material is slightly more vesicular than above horizons.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976159; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 976159
    C1—99 to 107 centimeters (39.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # OSU0006650. Many weathered shale fragments present.
    C2—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) Error; prominent clay films; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # OSU0006651. Jointed fine grained sandstone with silty clay material on vertical surfaces in joints in sandstone. Clay films are mottled. Special sample taken of clay films only.
    C3—122 to 127 centimeters (48.0 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) Error; massive; 11 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # OSU0006652. Material weathered from shale strata between fine grained sandstone stratum.
    C4—127 to 178 centimeters (50.0 to 70.1 inches); fragments. Interbedded sandstone and shale. Sandstone is dominant with strata varying from 6 to 16 inches thick. Shale strata are thin, 2 to 3 inches thick, and in some places have weathered to clay material. Not sampled.