IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962OH105W03
  • User Pedon ID: 1962-OH105-W03
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MG-w03
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71302
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4NE 1/4
  • Location Description: , Sec. , Olive Twp. SW section 36 in T3N; 1.7 miles E of Keno on ridge road between Keno and Long Bottom. Plot located across from Webster apple orchard. Follow center of ridge S to old lane fence, 40 ft. S along ridge and 20 ft. down on
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH105—Meigs

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: wenner
  • 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: Shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/29/1962 (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

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Oak leaf and pine needle litter. Not sampled.
    Oe—5 to 5 centimeters (2.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Trace of a mull layer. Not sampled.
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014388. Estimated permeability is moderate.
    E—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014389. Estimated permeability is moderate.
    BE—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014390. Estimated permeability is moderate. Coarse skeleton of shale fragments 0.25 inch x 0.50 inch.
    B—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint clay films; 25 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014391. Estimated permeability is moderately slow. Coarse skeleton of shale fragments 0.25 inch x 0.50 inch.
    BC—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 45 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014392. Estimated permeability is moderately slow. Coarse skeleton of shale fragments 0.25 inch x 0.50 inch and 1 inch x 3 inches.
    R—81 to 86 centimeters (31.9 to 33.9 inches); fragments. A sandy textured shale. Not sampled.