IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958OH029036
  • User Pedon ID: 1958-OH029-036
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CO-036
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71291
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Sec. 28, St. Clair Twp. 150 ft. NE of Rt. 30 and 350 ft. SE of Rt. 170.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH029—Columbiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: h. d. lessig
  • 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
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/11/1958 (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
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006903. Sandstone channers.
    B1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); 4/4 4/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, silt coats and faint clay films and clay films; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006904
    B21—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006905
    B22—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006906
    B3—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); 4/4 4/4) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films and faint clay films; 30 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006907
    C1—76 to 137 centimeters (29.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; 60 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2 wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0006908. Sandy loam lies in 3?-thick layers between sandstone fragments 2? thick lying almost in beds.Underlain by oxidized brown soft sandstone bedrock becoming gray and harder with depth.