IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1964OH111010
  • User Pedon ID: 1964-OH111-010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - MN-010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69791
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 5.9 mi. W and 3.9 mi. S of Woodsfield; of of of Sec. 26, Wayne Twp. 0.40 mi. E of junction of Twp. Rd. 282 and Co. Rd. 12; 380 ft. WSW of road at junction of Co.Rd. 12 and Twp. Rd. 282.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH111—Monroe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: hayhurst, rubel, kelley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • Classificaton Date - 12/15/1964
  • 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: 12/15/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    16

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    335.3

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    270

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; strong fine and medium platy structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011664. Top inch of horizon has somewhat granular structure. Slightly hard when dry.
    Ap2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; weak subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011665. Hard when dry. Moisture level of top 7 inches was approaching wilting point when sampled.
    BA1—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011666. Color grades toward 7.5YR 4/4. No clay films were observed on ped surfaces.
    BA2—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) Error; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011667. No clay films were observed on ped surfaces.
    B1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011668. A few coarse-grained sandstone fragments were noted between 13 and 26 inches.
    B2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011669. A few coarse-grained sandstone fragments were noted between 13 and 26 inches.
    B3—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011670. A few coarse-grained sandstone fragments were noted between 13 and 26 inches.
    66 to 74 centimeters (26.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) Error; massive; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0011671. Loam silt material in fractures between light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine grained sandstone fragments.
    R—74 to 79 centimeters (29.1 to 31.1 inches); fragments. Unweathered sandstone. Not sampled.