IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN109001
  • User Pedon ID: 2015IN109001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MR7601
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22869
  • 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: 39.3503889
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4244694
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 1585 feet west and 1150 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN109—Morgan

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kluess
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/2015
  • Classifier - Domenech, Angel
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/1976
  • Classifier - Kluess
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/10/1976 (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, lithic

    strongly coherent

    117 - 152

    - 35 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithic contact

    0—8

    30—117

    91—152

    117—152

    —8—

    —87—

    —61—

    —35—
    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

    4

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments, pH indicator solutions.
    A—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; many (5.0) medium roots and many (5.0) fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MR76011
    E—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium granular parts to weak medium platy structure; friable; many (5.0) medium roots and many (5.0) coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR76012
    BE—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR76013. patchy - phpvsfiid 1430121; patchy - phpvsfiid 1430121
    Bt1—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) medium roots and common (3.0) fine roots; 35 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR76014. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1430122; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1430122
    Bt2—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) fine roots; 15 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 35 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR76015. patchy - phpvsfiid 1430124; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1430123; patchy - phpvsfiid 1430124; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1430123
    2Bt3—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) fine roots; 15 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-31-64 millimeter quartz fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MR76016. patchy - phpvsfiid 1430126; continuous - phpvsfiid 1430125; patchy - phpvsfiid 1430126; continuous - phpvsfiid 1430125
    2BC—119 to 127 centimeters (46.9 to 50.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) fine roots; 70 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 5 percent by volume , 6 percent by weight nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-35-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH indicator solutions; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # MR76017
    2R—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.