IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN101002
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN101002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - MT7902
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23527
  • 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: 38.7449444
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9052278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 165 feet west and 330 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN101—Martin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mcelrath
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/29/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT79021
    A2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT79022
    B21T—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT79023
    B22T—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT79024
    B23T—58 to 66 centimeters (22.8 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MT79025
    BX1—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MT79026
    BX2—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MT79027
    BX3—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MT79028
    B3—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MT79029
    C—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9. Lab sample # MT790210