IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990IL189003
  • User Pedon ID: 90IL189003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0536
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62469
  • 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: 38.3583336
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1575012
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 1280 feet E and 1700 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Washington County, Illinois.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL189—Washington

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    32

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    154

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    270

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03054. few fine roots; many very fine roots
    E—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate fine platy structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03055. few medium roots; common fine roots
    BE—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03056. few fine roots; few coarse roots
    Bt1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) faint mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03057. few very fine roots; common faint 7.5YR44 mottles
    2Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) faint mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03058. few very fine roots; common faint 7.5YR44 mottles
    2Btg1—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03059. few very fine roots; common faint 7.5YR44 mottles
    2Btg2—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03060. few very fine roots; common fine prominent 7.5YR44 mottles
    2BCg—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay loam; 11 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 90P03061. common medium prominent 10YR71 mottles
    2Cr—124 to 140 centimeters (48.8 to 55.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6); 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P03062. soft weathered sandstone; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    R—300 to 310 centimeters (118.1 to 122.0 inches); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03063. hard platy ss and extremely hard massive ss