IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1961OH119W01
  • User Pedon ID: 1961-OH119-W01
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MS-w01
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70542
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Six miles W of Zanesville, 1.3 mi. SE of intersection of U.S. Rt.40 and CoRd. 34; on Muskingum Co. Rd. 34 and 0.3 mi. N in pine planting on Col. Niles Erickson tract on low ridgetop.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH119—Muskingum

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: dunlavy, bardley
  • 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: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/21/1961 (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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    304.8

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Pine needles.
    Oe—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments. Partially decomposed pine needles and mull.
    A—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) Error; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011992. Occasional shale fragments less than 0.5 inches in diameter.
    E—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011993. Occasional shale fragments less than 0.5 inches in diameter.
    BE—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011994. Occasional shale fragments less than 0.5 inches in diameter.
    B1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011995. Coarse skeleton of sandstone fragments 0.5 to 2 inches on long axis.
    B2—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011996. Coarse skeleton of sandstone fragments 0.5 to 2 inches on long axis.
    Cr—58 to 99 centimeters (22.8 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 80 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011997. About 80% of volume consists of soft, fine-grained sandstone.