IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 65KY-199-007
  • User Pedon ID: 65KY-199-007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 65KY-199-007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 65KY-199-007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46490
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 23 miles south of Mt. Victory on KY Hwy 192; 2.1 miles east on Bee Rock.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY199—Pulaski
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY199—Pulaski County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/7/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CARYA

    PIEC2

    PIVI2

    Carya

    Pinus echinata

    Pinus virginiana

    hybrid hickory

    shortleaf pine

    Virginia pine

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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

    9

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0917
    A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable; 10.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0918
    BA—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0919
    Bt1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0920. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635058; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635058
    Bt2—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0921. continuous - phpvsfiid 635059; continuous - phpvsfiid 635059
    Bt3—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct and 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0922. continuous - phpvsfiid 635060; continuous - phpvsfiid 635060
    Bt4—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay; 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent and 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium prominent mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0923
    Bt5—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and light gray (10YR 7/2) clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse platy structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0924. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635062; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635062
    BC—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay; 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium prominent and 30 percent 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/ medium prominent and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0925
    C—142 to 165 centimeters (55.9 to 65.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) clay; 30 percent 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/ medium prominent and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; structureless massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # KY0926