IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1975IN083001
  • User Pedon ID: 1975IN083001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - KX7501
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22528
  • 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: 38.6987833
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4002972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 9W
  • PLSS Details: 1320 feet east and 310 feet south of northwest corner Grant 68
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN083—Knox

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kelly and Norton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: loess hill
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin Illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/13/1975 (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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KX75011
    A2—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX75012
    B1T—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX75013
    B2T—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX75014
    BX1—79 to 117 centimeters (31.1 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX75015
    BX2—117 to 157 centimeters (46.1 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KX75016
    C—157 to 190 centimeters (61.8 to 74.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; friable; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # KX75017