IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 06KY101001
  • User Pedon ID: 06KY101001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 06KY-101-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46362
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 37.6538887
  • Std. Longitude: -87.6816635
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 2000 feet northwest of intersection of Ky 145 and Dixie #2 and 150 feet South from the back left corner of barn.
  • Map Unit: GrA—Grenada silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY101—Henderson
  • MLRA: 120A—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys, Southern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY101—Henderson County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37087-F6—Poole, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Eddie Tudor, Scott Aldridge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • PSC - 25 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2012
  • Classifier - David Gehring
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/12/2006
  • Classifier - Scott Aldrige
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: thick fine-silty loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Loess member.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/12/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    66 - 226

    - 160 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—25

    25—226

    66—226

    —25—

    —201—

    —160—
    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

    —

    —

    135.6

    —

    1136

    —

    197

    13.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    KY3762

    Henderson 7 SSW

    coop
    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0180; observed in push tube
    Bt1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0181; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 333033; continuous - phpvsfiid 333033
    Bt2—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses and 10 percent fine prominent noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent fine prominent noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0182; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 333034; continuous - phpvsfiid 333034
    Btx1—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 25 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent fine prominent noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium distinct noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0183; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 333035; continuous - phpvsfiid 333035
    Btx2—84 to 150 centimeters (33.1 to 59.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent noncoherent cemented manganese masses and 20 percent medium prominent noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium distinct noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0184; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 333036; continuous - phpvsfiid 333036
    Btx3—150 to 196 centimeters (59.1 to 77.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 20 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions and 20 percent coarse prominent noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent coarse distinct noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0185; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 333037; continuous - phpvsfiid 333037
    Btx4—196 to 226 centimeters (77.2 to 89.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses and 20 percent coarse prominent noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent coarse distinct noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 333062; continuous - phpvsfiid 333062
    BC—226 to 249 centimeters (89.0 to 98.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 25 percent coarse distinct noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments.; observed in push tube