IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wellston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972OH167005
  • User Pedon ID: S1972OH167005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - OHSTATE
  • Lab Pedon # - WS-005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69886
  • 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: 39.4576417
  • Std. Longitude: -81.6242917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: Watertown
  • Location Description: Typical pedon of Wellston silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, in a wooded area, SD1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4 sec. 8, Watertown Township, T. 4 N., R. 10 W., 0.85 mile south of State Route 676 on County Road (not named)2,100 feet north of junction of road and field lane.
  • Map Unit: WhC—Wellston silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Ohio
  • County: OH167—Washington
  • MLRA: 126—Central Allegheny Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-MAT—Marietta, Ohio
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: OH167—Washington County, Ohio
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39081-D5—Fleming, Ohio

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Heber Lessig
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wellston (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/14/2014
  • Classifier - Debby Cunningham
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty residuum weathered from sandstone
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated sandstone, unspecified at 114cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/13/2014 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    114 - 139

    - 25 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    lithic contact

    0—25

    25—64

    64—139

    91—114

    114—139

    —25—

    —39—

    —75—

    —23—

    —25—
    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

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    274.3

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; many (7.0) fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15055. In the manuscript, this horizon is described as having "many fine roots", which was interpreted as many (7) fine roots. There was no dry color described for this A horizon.
    E—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; many (6.0) fine roots; many (6.0) medium and many (6.0) fine and many (6.0) coarse pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15056. In the manuscript, this horizon is described as having "many fine roots", which was interpreted as many (6) fine roots.
    BE—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many (5.0) fine roots; many (5.0) medium and many (5.0) fine pores; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 70 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15057. In the manuscript, this horizon was described as having "thin, very patchy, 10YR 4/4 clay films; 10YR 5/3 silty coatings of variable thickness, mostly less than 1 millimeter, on more than 50 percent of vertical surfaces", which was interpreted as 15% faint 10YR 4/4 clay films and 70% distinct 10YR 5/3 silt coats on vertical faces of peds. In the manuscript, this horizon is described as having "many fine roots", which was interpreted as many (5) fine roots.
    Bt1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common (3.0) fine roots; few (0.5) coarse pores; 70 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15058. In the manuscript, this horizon was described as having "thin, continuous, 7.5YR 4/4 clay films", which was interpreted as 70% faint 7.5YR 4/4 clay films on all faces of peds. In the manuscript, this horizon is described as having "common fine roots", which was interpreted as common (3) fine roots.
    Bt2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common (2.0) fine roots; few (0.5) coarse pores; 70 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15059. In the manuscript, this horizon was described as having "thin continuous 7.5YR 4/4 clay films", which was interpreted as 70% faint 7.5YR 4/4 clay films on all faces of peds. In the manuscript, this horizon is described as having "common fine roots", which was interpreted as common (2) fine roots.
    Bt3—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common (1.0) fine roots; few (0.5) fine pores; 35 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-75-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15060. In the manuscript, this horizon is described as having "3 percent sandstone fragments", which was interpreted to be 3% flat, subangular, indurated sandstone fragments of channer sizes. In the manuscript, this horizon was described as having "thin, patchy, 7.5YR 4/4 clay films", which was interpreted as 35% faint 7.5YR 4/4 clay films on all faces of peds. In the manuscript, this horizon is described as having "common fine roots", which was interpreted as common (1) fine roots.
    2BC—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) channery loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) fine roots; few (0.5) fine pores; 15 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-75-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-75-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15061. In the manuscript, this horizon is described as having "20 percent sandstone and siltstone fragments", which was interpreted to be 10% flat, subangular, indurated sandstone fragments of channer sizes and 10% flat, subangular, indurated sandstone fragments of channer sizes. In the manuscript, this horizon was described as having "thin, very patchy, 10YR 6/3 clay films and few, thin, 10YR 5/1 silty coatings in lower part", which was interpreted as 15% distinct 10YR 6/3 clay films on all faces of peds and 15% distinct 10YR 5/1 silt coats on all faces of peds. In the manuscript, this horizon is described as having "few fine roots", which was interpreted as few (0.5) fine roots.
    2C—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) extremely channery loam; 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent irregular mottles; structureless massive; firm; few (0.2) fine roots; few (0.5) fine pores; 80 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-75-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 15062. In the manuscript, this horizon is described as having "80 percent siltstone fragments increasing to 90 percent in the lower part", which was interpreted to be 80% flat, subangular, indurated siltstone fragments of channer sizes. The texture modifier was described as "very channery", which was interpreted as extremely channery. Also described were "many, medium, 10YR 6/2 mottles or variegations", which were interpreted as 25% medium prominent 10YR 6/2 iron depletions. In the manuscript, this horizon is described as having "few roots", which was interpreted as few (0.2) fine roots.
    2R—114 to 139 centimeters (44.9 to 54.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) bedrock; fragments. In the manuscript, this horizon is described as "R—45 inches, 2.5Y 5/6, acid fine-grained sandstone; fractured; 7.5 YR 5/6 loam in cracks 2 mm wide that extend to about 52 inches; rock layers grade to hard and compact below 52 inches." The thickness of this horizon was interpreted to be 25 cm.