IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chelsea
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IA005008
  • User Pedon ID: S1986IA005008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X3-63E2-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75198
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 43.3458478
  • Std. Longitude: -91.4657538
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 99N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1520 feet north and 1400 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA005—Allamakee
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA005—Allamakee County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Vobora, Pat Abel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Lamellic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.0B
  • Pedon #: 46
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chelsea
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1986
  • Classifier - Pat Abel
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chelsea
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Lamellic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1986
  • Classifier - Pat Abel
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits
  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Pat Abel
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

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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

    16

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    —

    225

    899

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    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    00134624

    LANSING 4 SE, IA US

    NOAA
    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; common very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01727
    A2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01728
    AB—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01729. Few 10YR4/3 mixings, LS?
    Bw1—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01730
    Bw2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01731
    Bw3—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01732
    2Bw1—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01733. high in sand
    2Bw2—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats and black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01734
    2Bw3—142 to 170 centimeters (55.9 to 66.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01735. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1181082; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1181082
    2Bw4—170 to 191 centimeters (66.9 to 75.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; few fine roots; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU01736. few fine Mn oxides; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1181084; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1181084