IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962OH053W04
  • User Pedon ID: 1962-OH053-W04
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - GL-w04
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70332
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4NW 1/4
  • Location Description: , Sec. 36, Clay Twp. 0.5 miles south of new township gravel road of State Route 218, 1.6 miles west of junction of State Routes 218 and 7 and southwest across ravine on lower slope
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH053—Gallia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. Wenner
  • 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: 4/5/1962 (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

    50

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    195.1

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    360

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014426. estimated permeability moderately rapid; less than 5% coarse skeleton of 1/4? diameter sandstone fragments
    A1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014427. estimated permeability moderately rapid; 5% coarse skeleton of 1/4? diameter sandstone fragments
    B1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014428. estimated permeability moderate; 10% coarse skeleton of 1/4?-1/2? diameter sandstone fragments
    B1—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014429. estimated permeability moderate; 20% coarse skeleton of 1/2?-1? diameter sandstone fragments
    B1—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014430. estimated permeability moderate; 20% coarse skeleton of 1/2?-1? diameter sandstone fragments
    B1—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014431. estimated permeability moderately rapid; 40% coarse skeleton of 1?x1?-3?diameter sandstone fragments
    R—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. pit depth; weakly bonded, coarse grained sandstone bedrock