IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1982IN051009
  • User Pedon ID: 1982IN051009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - GB8209
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23774
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 38.2890556
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3212667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1340 feet west and 290 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN051—Gibson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mcwilliams and Jones
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Classificaton Date - 11/16/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/16/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB82091
    BT1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # GB82092
    BT2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very pale brown (10YR 7/4), moist, silt coats and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GB82093
    BX1—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GB82094
    BX2—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # GB82095
    BX2—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # GB82096
    BX3—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # GB82097
    BX3—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # GB82098
    BX3—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5. Lab sample # GB82099