IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chelsea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1971IN181002
  • User Pedon ID: 1971IN181002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WH7102
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22291
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024
  • 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: 40.8539917
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6290056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 30 feet west and 20 feet south of the northeast corner northwest 1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN181—White
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Karl H. Langlois Jr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Lamellic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chelsea
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/29/2020
  • Classifier - Jonathan Diaz Cruz
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chelsea
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 2


  • SITE

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

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1971 (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

    lamellae

    0—94

    94—203

    —94—

    —109—

    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

    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WH71021
    E1—13 to 66 centimeters (5.1 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # WH71022
    E2—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WH71023
    E and Bt (B)—94 to 203 centimeters (37.0 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # WH71025
    E and Bt (E)—94 to 203 centimeters (37.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1. Lab sample # WH71024