IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chalmers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1984IN157098
  • User Pedon ID: 1984IN157098
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - TI8498
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23847
  • 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: 40.4759917
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0067528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1625 feet west and 50 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN157—Tippecanoe

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mc ghee
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 98
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chalmers
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chalmers
  • Classificaton Date - 11/26/1984
  • 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: 11/26/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; strong medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84981
    AB—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 70 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84982
    BG1—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 70 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # TI84983
    BG2—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains; 2 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI84984
    BC—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains; 2 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # TI84985
    CB—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); loam; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # TI84986