IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1977IL065007
  • User Pedon ID: 1977IL065007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 77IL065007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20863
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 6
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL065—Hamilton
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL065—Hamilton County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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
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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24669
    A2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium platy, and weak medium granular structure; friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24670
    B1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24671. patchy - phpvsfiid 465219; patchy - phpvsfiid 465219
    B21t—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24672. continuous - phpvsfiid 465220; continuous - phpvsfiid 465220
    B22t—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; olive (5Y 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24673
    B23t—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24674
    IIB3t—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary.
    IIR—122 to 127 centimeters (48.0 to 50.0 inches); ; sandstone, unspecified fragments and siltstone, unspecified fragments.