IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1929IL077003
  • User Pedon ID: 1929IL077003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 29IL077003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20371
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 37.7322330
  • Std. Longitude: -89.3251360
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet W & 80 feet N of SE corner
  • Location Description: 200 FT W of center of Rt 127 & 80 FT N of center of gravel road to W
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL077—Jackson
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL077—Jackson County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JBF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1929
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1929 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13720
    A2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13721
    B1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13722
    B21—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine pores; brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13723. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429498; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429498
    B22—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine pores; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13724. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429497; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429497
    A'2—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine pores; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, and light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions between peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13725. continuous - phpvsfiid 429499; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429500; continuous - phpvsfiid 429499; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429500
    B'2—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent and 25 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine pores; reddish gray (5YR 5/2), moist, and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent iron-manganese concretions between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13726. continuous - phpvsfiid 429501; continuous - phpvsfiid 429501
    B'31—122 to 155 centimeters (48.0 to 61.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent and 25 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.6 fine pores; reddish gray (5YR 5/2), moist, and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent iron-manganese concretions between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13727. continuous - phpvsfiid 429503; continuous - phpvsfiid 429503
    B'32—155 to 191 centimeters (61.0 to 75.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent mottles; weak very coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine pores; reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13728. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429502; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429502
    C—191 to 229 centimeters (75.2 to 90.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse prominent mottles; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # IL13729