IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chalmers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IN157014
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IN157014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - TI8414
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23748
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 40.3974583
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7966306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet east and 640 feet north of the center of the
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ziegler and Wolf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chalmers
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chalmers
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/1983 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84141
    A—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent prominent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84142
    BG1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84143
    BG2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84144
    BG3—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84145
    BG4—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 21 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI84146
    C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent prominent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; 6 percent by volume 2-10-19 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # TI84147