IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1985IL193039
  • User Pedon ID: 1985IL193039
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85IL193039
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21923
  • 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: 37.9479167
  • Std. Longitude: -88.2292556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1540 feet S & 440 feet W of the NE corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL193—White
  • MLRA: 113—Central Claypan Areas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL193—White County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37088-H2—New Haven, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 39
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rural transportation
  • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32372
    E—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine platy, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32373
    Bt1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak fine platy, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32374
    Bt2—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; 10 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32375
    B\E—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 very fine roots; white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # IL32376
    Btx—76 to 127 centimeters (29.9 to 50.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots; 25 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and 25 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on surfaces along root channels and 25 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent coarse masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32377
    2BC—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 10 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent prominent white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL32378