IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1962OH105W04
  • User Pedon ID: 1962-OH105-W04
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MG-w04
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70988
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4NE 1/4
  • Location Description: , Sec. 24, Chester Twp. North 0.5 mi. on Twp.Rd. going N out of Chester, to intersection of first road from east. Plot located about 2/3 of distance to top of NE facing slope in bench type area about 20 yds. N of old roadway leading up slo
  • 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: Sandstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/2/1962 (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

    42

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    225.6

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    45

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Oak and tuliptree leaf 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 subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014393. Estimated permeability is moderately rapid.
    E—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014394. Estimated permeability is moderately rapid.
    BE—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint clay films; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014395. Estimated permeability is moderately rapid. Coarse skeleton of 1 inch x 2 inch sandstone fragments.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978228; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978228
    B—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint clay films; 15 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014396. Estimated permeability is moderately rapid. Coarse skeleton of 1 inch x 2 inch sandstone fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 978229; continuous - phpvsfiid 978229
    BC1—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent clay films; 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # OSU0014397. Estimated permeability is moderately rapid. Coarse skeleton of 1 inch x 2 inch sandstone fragments.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978230; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978230
    BC2—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent clay films; 40 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0014398. Estimated permeability is moderately rapid. Coarse skeleton of 1 inch x 2 inch sandstone fragments.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978231; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 978231
    R—112 to 117 centimeters (44.1 to 46.1 inches); fragments. Loose grained sandstone bedrock. Not sampled.