IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chalmers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S06IN181003
  • User Pedon ID: S06IN181003
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - T05181100
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0651
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18430
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 40.5786193
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0555799
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet north and 580 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: Ca—Chalmers silty clay loam
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN181—White County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chalmers (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chalmers
  • Classificaton Date - 5/10/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/10/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 14
    • 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), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N02709; observed in pit, small
    A2—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N02710; observed in pit, small
    Btg1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.7 fine roots throughout; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N02711; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 359091; patchy - phpvsfiid 359091
    Btg2—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.7 fine roots throughout; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N02712; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 359092; continuous - phpvsfiid 359093; continuous - phpvsfiid 359092; continuous - phpvsfiid 359093
    2Btg3—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.7 fine roots throughout; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 6 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N02713; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 359094; continuous - phpvsfiid 359095; continuous - phpvsfiid 359094; continuous - phpvsfiid 359095
    2BC—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N02714; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 359096; patchy - phpvsfiid 359097; patchy - phpvsfiid 359096; patchy - phpvsfiid 359097
    2C—124 to 254 centimeters (48.8 to 100.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; massive; firm; 10 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # 06N02715; observed in pit, small