IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1960OH157003
  • User Pedon ID: 1960-OH157-003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - TU-003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69232
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: of Sec. 5 of Fairfield Twp. In Karntz Woods, MWCD, 400 ft. W and 50 ft. S of logging road running west some 300 ft. after entering woods.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH157—Tuscarawas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: h. garritt, d. urban
  • 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 + siltstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

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    Oi—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Leaf litter.
    Oe—4 to 5 centimeters (1.6 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Decomposed litter and twigs. A thin trace.
    A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010296. About 40% of volume consists of sandstone fragments. Estimated permeability is very rapid.
    E—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010297. About 40% of volume consists of sandstone fragments, 1-3 inches on long axis. Estimated permeability is rapid.
    BE—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010298. About 5% of volume consists of sandstone fragments, 0.5-1 inches on long axis. Estimated permeability is moderate.
    Bt1—43 to 48 centimeters (16.9 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010299. About 15% of volume consists of sandstone fragments, 0.5-1 inches on long axis. Estimated permeability is moderate.
    Bt2—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010300. About 35% of volume consists of sandstone fragments, 2-3 inches on long axis. Estimated permeability is moderate.
    C1—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0010301. About 25% of volume consists of siltstone fragments, 1-2 inches on long axis. Estimated permeability is moderately slow.
    Cr—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); fragments. Highly weathered siltstone.