Chalmers soils formed in loess and silty glacial till. These are the Lisbon , Saybrook , Toronto , and Wingate soils. Lisbon and Toronto soils have argillic horizons with chroma of 3 or more on nearby nearly level slopes. Saybrook and Wingate soils have argillic horizon and are on higher lying gently sloping and moderately sloping areas. The potential for surface water runoff is low or negligible.
Permeability is moderate in the solum and moderately slow in the underlying material.
Most of the Chalmers soils are cultivated. Corn and soybeans are the principal row crops. Native vegetation is prairie grasses. Series is of moderate extent. Newton County, Indiana, l948.