IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chalmers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IN157003
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IN157003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - TI8403
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23845
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.4784472
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9942861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 1810 feet east and 980 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Schulze and Fernandez
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chalmers
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chalmers
  • Classificaton Date - 5/10/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flat on till plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/10/1984 (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 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; weak subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1. Lab sample # TI84031
    BA—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # TI84032
    BG1—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # TI84033
    BG2—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # TI84034
    BC—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # TI84035
    C1—122 to 150 centimeters (48.0 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; massive; firm; 25 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # TI84036
    C2—150 to 180 centimeters (59.1 to 70.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; massive; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # TI84037
    C3—180 to 196 centimeters (70.9 to 77.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; massive; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # TI84038
    C4—196 to 229 centimeters (77.2 to 90.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) loam; massive; firm; 25 percent olive (5Y 5/3), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # TI84039