IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chalmers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1980IN007033
  • User Pedon ID: 1980IN007033
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - BE8033
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23502
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 40.5488583
  • Std. Longitude: -87.1083833
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1560 feet east and 110 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN007—Benton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Heltsley and Barnes
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 33
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chalmers
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chalmers
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: rise on moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/1980 (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
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    AP—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE80331
    B21G—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent light red (2.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE80332
    B22G—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 21 percent distinct olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # BE80333
    B23G—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # BE80334
    CG—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) loam; massive; friable; 21 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 19-47-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # BE80335