IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chelsea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975IL103009
  • User Pedon ID: 1975IL103009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 75IL103009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20788
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 41.6942261
  • Std. Longitude: -89.3376517
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 895 feet west and 295 feet north of center
  • Location Description: Amboy Township
  • 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: SEZ
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Lamellic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chelsea
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chelsea
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sand
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1975 (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 -
    • 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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24089
    A12—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); variegated dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24090
    A21—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; single grain, and weak fine subangular blocky; loose; 0.6 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24091
    A22—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and single grain; loose; 0.6 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24092
    A+B—76 to 76 centimeters (29.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # IL24093