IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93IL087027E
  • User Pedon ID: 93IL087027E
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 93IL087027E
  • User Site Association ID: ECS_1_Ecological Classification System Study_CCA
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0176
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67194
  • 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: 37.3728475
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9428348
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: MLRA 120. CCA# 12. Wildcat Bluff Ridgetop. Lesser Shawnee Hills - 222Di. SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 24, T. 13. S., R. 2. E. Dana's pedon# S93IL087-002-7; Lincoln pedon# 93IL0870027; Pedon# 93IL087027
  • State: Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dana Grantham, SCS and Max Hutchison, TNC.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Vegplot Text Note(s): NASIS Site Name (MLRA06_Morgantown) was transferred over (MLRA12_Amherst) to align with the new USDA-NRCS SPSD Regional Office boundaries. The MLRA12-Amherst NASIS Site will eventually be renamed as the Northeast NASIS Site.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CAGL8

    QUAL

    QUVE

    Carya glabra

    Quercus alba

    Quercus velutina

    pignut hickory

    white oak

    black oak

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    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    164

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    345

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3); moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01187
    Oi—3 to 0 centimeters (1.2 to 0.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P01186
    E—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); weak medium platy parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01188
    Bt1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01189. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87693; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87693
    Bt2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P01190. continuous - phpvsfiid 87694; continuous - phpvsfiid 87694
    Bt3—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P01191. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87695; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87695
    Btx—91 to 132 centimeters (35.8 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 coarse roots between peds; 10 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans; 3 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P01192. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87696; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 87696