IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S10KY149002
  • User Pedon ID: S10KY149002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S10KY149002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1056
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55345
  • 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: 37.5945816
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3385315
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Mauzy pits for water project.
  • Map Unit: LoC—Loring silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY149—McLean
  • MLRA: 120A—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: 18obsolete—Lexington, KY
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY631—McLean and Muhlenberg Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37087-E3—Calhoun, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matt McCauley and Steve Neyhouse and Dave Gehring
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • PSC - 19 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/16/2012
  • Classifier - David Gehring
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 19 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/2010
  • Classifier - Matt McCauley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria fine-silty noncalcareous loess over Roxanna fine-silty noncalcareous loess over silty and clayey pedisediment derived from sandstone and shale over clayey residuum weathered from clayey shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Mcleansboro Group group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • 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: 6/21/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    DAGL

    LOAR10

    TRPR2

    Dactylis glomerata

    Lolium arundinaceum

    Trifolium pratense

    orchardgrass

    tall fescue

    red clover

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    99 - 203

    - 104 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—19

    19—203

    99—203

    —19—

    —184—

    —104—
    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

    9

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    146

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    270

    1120

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    196

    14.4

    25.3

    2.8

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    KY6595

    Providence

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    Ap—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 4 percent sand; 79 percent silt; 17 percent clay; moderate medium platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N05168; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—19 to 42 centimeters (7.5 to 16.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 4 percent sand; 70 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 fine roots throughout; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-6-10 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; 2 percent krotovinas (volume percent); strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N05169; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 542284; continuous - phpvsfiid 542284
    Bt2—42 to 66 centimeters (16.5 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 53 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N05170; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 542285; patchy - phpvsfiid 542286; continuous - phpvsfiid 542285; patchy - phpvsfiid 542286
    Bt3—66 to 85 centimeters (26.0 to 33.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 6 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 60 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N05171; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 542288; continuous - phpvsfiid 542287; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 542288; continuous - phpvsfiid 542287
    Btx1—85 to 99 centimeters (33.5 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 6 percent sand; 70 percent silt; 24 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 60 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 65 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N05172; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 542289; continuous - phpvsfiid 542290; continuous - phpvsfiid 542289; continuous - phpvsfiid 542290
    Btx2—99 to 158 centimeters (39.0 to 62.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 8 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 23 percent clay; strong very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 60 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 65 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent irregular very weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N05173, 10N05174; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 542291; continuous - phpvsfiid 542292; continuous - phpvsfiid 542291; continuous - phpvsfiid 542292
    2Btx3—158 to 203 centimeters (62.2 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 64 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 15 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 65 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 10N05175, 10N05176; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 542294; continuous - phpvsfiid 542295; continuous - phpvsfiid 542293; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 542294; continuous - phpvsfiid 542295; continuous - phpvsfiid 542293
    3Bt1—203 to 222 centimeters (79.9 to 87.4 inches); 40 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 40 percent gray (5Y 6/1) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) gravelly clay; 2 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 78 percent clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 16 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-6-10 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; 15 percent stone line (volume percent); neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N05177; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 542296; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 542296
    3Bt2—222 to 240 centimeters (87.4 to 94.5 inches); 60 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 20 percent gray (5Y 6/1) and 20 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) clay; 2 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 78 percent clay; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 10N05178; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 542297; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 542297