IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN125008
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN125008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - PK7908
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23311
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 38.4441250
  • Std. Longitude: -87.2814111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 2485 feet south and 1155 feet west of the northeast CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN125—Pike

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kelly
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • Classificaton Date - 4/27/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/27/1979 (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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK79081
    A2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK79082
    B1T—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK79083
    B21T—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK79084
    B22T—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK79085
    B23T—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK79086
    B3—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # PK79087
    C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # PK79088