LOCATION BATTLEGROUND            IN

Established Series
Rev. TRZ-BC-TJE
11/2021

BATTLEGROUND SERIES

The Battleground series consists of very deep, well drained soils that formed in silty alluvium and are on flood plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 2 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 914 mm (36 inches), and mean annual temperature is about 10.0 degrees C (50 degrees F).

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Fluventic Hapludolls

TYPICAL PEDON: Battleground silt loam, on a nearly level slope in a cultivated field at an elevation of about 158 meters (520 feet) above mean sea level. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)

Ap--0 to 25 cm (10 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam, brown (10YR 5/3) dry; moderate medium granular structure; friable; common fine roots; slightly effervescent; moderately alkaline; abrupt smooth boundary.

A--25 to 48 cm (10 to 19 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam, brown (10YR 5/3) dry; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common very fine roots; common very fine vesicular pores; common distinct black (10YR 2/1) organic coatings on faces of peds; slightly effervescent; moderately alkaline; gradual smooth boundary. [Combined thickness of the A horizon is 25 to 61 cm (10 to 24 inches).]

Bw1--48 to 86 cm (19 to 34 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam, pale brown (10YR 6/3) dry; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; common very fine vesicular pores; common distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic coatings on faces of peds; slightly effervescent; moderately alkaline; gradual smooth boundary.

Bw2--86 to 132 cm (34 to 52 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam, pale brown (10YR 6/3) dry; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine vesicular pores; common distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic coatings on faces of peds; slightly effervescent; moderately alkaline; gradual smooth boundary.

Bw3--132 to 203 cm (52 to 80 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine vesicular pores; few distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic coatings on faces of peds; strongly effervescent; moderately alkaline. [Combined thickness of the Bw horizon is 127 to 190 cm (50 to 75 inches).]

TYPE LOCATION: Tippecanoe County, Indiana; 2 miles south and 3 miles west of Lafayette; 1,475 feet south and 560 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 34, T. 23 N., R. 5 W.; USGS Lafayette West, Indiana topographic quadrangle; lat. 40 degrees 23 minutes 53.5 seconds N. and long. 86 degrees 57 minutes 49.1 seconds W., NAD 27; UTM Zone 16, 503085 easting and 4471958 northing, NAD 83.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the base of the cambic horizon: 152 cm (60 inches) to more than 203 cm (80 inches)
Thickness of the mollic epipedon: 25 to 61 cm (10 to 24 inches)
Reaction: slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline throughout the series control section
Carbonates: present throughout the series control section; some pedons are not effervescent at depths of 0 to 25 cm (10 inches)
Calcium carbonate equivalent: 5 to 25 percent below 25 cm (10 inches)

Ap or A horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 2 or 3
Chroma: 1 to 3
Texture: silt loam or silty clay loam

Bw horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 3 or 4
Chroma: 3 or 4
Texture: silt loam or silty clay loam
Clay content: 15 to 35 percent
Sand content: 10 to 30 percent

COMPETING SERIES: These are the Armiesburg, Bismarckgrove, Dozaville, Dungan (T), and Omadi series. Armiesburg, Bismarckgrove, Dozaville, and Dungan soils do not have carbonates in all parts of the series control section. Omadi soils have sola less than 152 cm (60 inches) in thickness.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: The Battleground soils are on flood plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 2 percent. Battleground soils formed in recent, calcareous silty alluvium. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 914 to 1092 mm (36 to 43 inches). Mean annual temperature ranges from 8.9 to 12.2 degrees C (48 to 54 degrees F). Frost-free period is 150 to 180 days. Elevation is 152 to 274 meters (500 to 900 feet) above mean sea level.

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Allison, Ross, and Tice soils. The Allison and Ross soils are on slightly higher lying positions on flood plains. The somewhat poorly drained Tice soils are on slightly lower lying positions.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Well drained. Potential for surface runoff is negligible to low. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high or high. Permeability is moderate. These soils are subject to flooding.

USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are used to grow corn and soybeans. A few areas are used for hayland, pasture or woodland. Native vegetation is deciduous forest.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: MLRAs 111C and 111D in west-central Indiana. The type location is in MLRA 111D. The series is of small extent.

SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Tippecanoe County, Indiana, 1993.

REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Mollic epipedon: from the surface to a depth of 48 cm (Ap, A horizons).
Cambic horizon: from a depth of 48 to 203 cm (Bw horizon).
Organic carbon at 127 cm is 1.70 percent.

A representative NASIS data mapunit is DMU ID 153338 in MO 11.

ADDITIONAL DATA: Lab data is available for pedon S86IN157-6 from Purdue University.

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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.