IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988IL189012
  • User Pedon ID: 1988IL189012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88IL189012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22141
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024
  • 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: 38.2344667
  • Std. Longitude: -89.5529056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 80 feet east and 500 feet north of southwest corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL189—Washington
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL189—Washington County, Illinois
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LS, MM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/2008
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or drift and/or residuum
  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1988 (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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—102

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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

    21

    161.5

    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34160
    E—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34161
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34162. patchy - phpvsfiid 428714; patchy - phpvsfiid 428714
    Bt2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34163. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428707; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428707
    2Bt3—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/4), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34164. patchy - phpvsfiid 428708; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428709; patchy - phpvsfiid 428708; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428709
    2Bt4—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) channery loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; angular weakly coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL34165. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428712; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428713; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428712; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428713
    2BC—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) channery loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 10 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and ; fine prominent iron-manganese masses in matrix; angular weakly coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, lamotte-morgan; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # IL34166. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428710; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 428710
    3Cr—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); pale yellow (5Y 7/3) very channery loam; structureless massive; angular weakly coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, lamotte-morgan.