IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chelsea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IL103009
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IL103009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79IL103009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21077
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 41.6457765
  • Std. Longitude: -89.3599301
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 1204 feet N & 876 feet E of the SW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL103—Lee
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL103—Lee County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41089-F3—Amboy, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: HWG, SEZ
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Lamellic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chelsea
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chelsea
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    0—102

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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

    11

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    262

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose; 0.6 fine roots between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26417; observed in push tube
    A21—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; weak medium platy structure; loose; 0.6 fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26418; observed in push tube
    A22—15 to 66 centimeters (5.9 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose; 0.6 fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26419, IL26420; observed in push tube. Horizon split for sampling: IL26419 25 to 36 cm, IL26420 43 to 56 cm.
    A23—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26421; observed in push tube
    A+B—102 to 165 centimeters (40.2 to 65.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # IL26422; observed in push tube