IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IL145032
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IL145032
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81IL145032
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21375
  • 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: 38.1963509
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1815041
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1620 feet north and 1880 feet west of center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL145—Perry
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL145—Perry County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DRG, SJI, NES
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 32
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beasley
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glacial till over shale residuum over paralithic shale bedrock
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: escarpment
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: shale, acid at 99cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1981 (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 -
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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    99 - 117

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—10

    10—99

    99—117

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    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

    26

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    144.8

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 1 percent fine distinct iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28447
    B1t—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellow (10YR 7/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 fine roots between peds; distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28448. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460590; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460590
    B21t—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots between peds and 0.6 fine roots between peds; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28449. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460591; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460591
    B22t—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28450. continuous - phpvsfiid 460592; patchy - phpvsfiid 460593; continuous - phpvsfiid 460592; patchy - phpvsfiid 460593
    B23t—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine prominent and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume angular strongly coherent cemented shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28451. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460594; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460595; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460594; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460595
    B3t—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 10 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine faint iron-manganese masses in matrix; angular strongly coherent cemented shale, unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume angular strongly coherent cemented chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28452. continuous - phpvsfiid 460596; patchy - phpvsfiid 460597; continuous - phpvsfiid 460596; patchy - phpvsfiid 460597
    IICr—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/4) silty clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse platy structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; angular strongly coherent cemented shale, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL28453. patchy - phpvsfiid 460598; patchy - phpvsfiid 460599; patchy - phpvsfiid 460598; patchy - phpvsfiid 460599