IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978OH009016
  • User Pedon ID: 1978-OH009-016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - AT-016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72298
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 19
  • Location Description: 66 ft. North and .75 ft. West of SE corner.
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH009—Athens
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brown, Lucht
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: variant
  • 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: Siltstone
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    12

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    271.3

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) Error; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023423
    B1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 65 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, silt coats; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023424
    B—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023425. patchy - phpvsfiid 983993; patchy - phpvsfiid 983993
    B—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023426. patchy - phpvsfiid 983996; patchy - phpvsfiid 983996
    B—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023427. patchy - phpvsfiid 983994; patchy - phpvsfiid 983994
    2B—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films; 25 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023428. patchy - phpvsfiid 983995; patchy - phpvsfiid 983995
    2B—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films; 25 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023429. patchy - phpvsfiid 983997; patchy - phpvsfiid 983997
    2C—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Error; massive; firm; 70 percent by volume flat indurated 2-75-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # OSU0023430
    2R—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6); fragments. Massive siltstone.