IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1981IL145045
  • User Pedon ID: 1981IL145045
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81IL145045
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21377
  • 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: 38.1875955
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1681259
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet south and 2045 feet east 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
  • 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 #: 45
  • 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 - 7/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: thin till over residuum over acid shale bedrock
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent shale, acid at 76cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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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    76 - 94

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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—76

    76—94

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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

    14

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    140

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28463. patchy - phpvsfiid 460574; patchy - phpvsfiid 460575; patchy - phpvsfiid 460574; patchy - phpvsfiid 460575
    IIB21t—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on top faces of peds and faint light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28464. patchy - phpvsfiid 460577; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460576; patchy - phpvsfiid 460577; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460576
    IIB22t—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28465. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460578; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460578
    IIB23t—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium distinct and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse platy structure; firm; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on top faces of peds and faint white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28466. patchy - phpvsfiid 460580; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460579; patchy - phpvsfiid 460580; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460579
    IIB3t—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; weak very coarse platy structure; firm; distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on top faces of peds and distinct white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL28467. patchy - phpvsfiid 460582; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460581; patchy - phpvsfiid 460582; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 460581
    IICr—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent and 25 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium prominent mottles; structureless massive; very firm; distinct white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on surfaces along pores; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # IL28468. patchy - phpvsfiid 460583; patchy - phpvsfiid 460583