IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1958OH029069
  • User Pedon ID: 1958-OH029-069
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - CO-069
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70616
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Stauffer farm, NW corner , Sec. 8, St. Clair Twp. 1200 ft. W of right turn in lane to Stauffer house, 100 ft. south of old road.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH029—Columbiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: wm. hale & 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: 8/26/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007968. Sandstone channers.
    B1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); 4/4 4/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; silt coats; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007969. Sandstone channers.
    B21—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; silt coats; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007970. Sandstone channers.
    B22—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent coarse manganese coatings; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007971. Sandstone channers.
    61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; manganese coatings; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007972. Layers about 1/4? thick coating sandstone fragments, which have a general horizontal orientation, but some are tilted slightly downslope and a few are tilted as much as 45 degrees. Sandstone interiors are oxidized to 5YR 3/2.
    81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; manganese coatings; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007973. Layers about 1/4? thick coating sandstone fragments, which have a general horizontal orientation, but some are tilted slightly downslope and a few are tilted as much as 45 degrees. Sandstone interiors are oxidized to 5YR 3/2.
    Bb1—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) faint mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films; coarse manganese coatings; 50 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007974. Pitted sandstone channers, arranged as in colluvium.
    Bb2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films; manganese coatings; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007975. Subrounded arkosic sandstone fragments or pebbles, arranged like in glacial till.
    Bb3—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky, and granular structure; friable; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films; manganese coatings; 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007976. Rotted arkosic sandstone pebbles, arranged like in glacial till.
    Bb4—183 to 216 centimeters (72.0 to 85.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky, and granular structure; friable; manganese coatings and pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent medium faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007977. Rotted arkosic sandstone pebbles.
    216 to 239 centimeters (85.0 to 94.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) Error; manganese coatings; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual boundary. Lab sample # OSU0007978. Zones of 7.5YR 4/4 rotted arkosic sandstone fragments. Underlain by yellowish brown and grayish brown rotted arkosic sandstone.