IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chelsea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN169003
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN169003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - WB7603
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22680
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 2250 feet east and 1900 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN169—Wabash

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ruesch and Walker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic Alfic Udipsamments
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chelsea
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chelsea
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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
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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB76031
    A21—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB76032
    A22—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # WB76033
    C1—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76034
    C2—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # WB76035
    C&B—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/4) loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # WB76036
    B—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt; massive; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # WB76037