IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962IL003001
  • User Pedon ID: S1962IL003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1992
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36150
  • 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: 37.2794456
  • Std. Longitude: -89.3352814
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: SW 160, NE 40, SE 10, about 100 feet southeast of woods line.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL003—Alexander
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL003—Alexander County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G.O. Walker, J.B. Fehrenbacher, and W.D. Parks
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/1962
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/22/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak thin platy, and weak medium platy parts to weak fine structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A15854
    A2—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15855
    B1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15856
    B21—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam, silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15857
    B22—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15858
    A'2-B'2—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam, silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15859
    B'2—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15860
    B'31—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam, silty clay loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 21 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 3 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A15861
    B'32—140 to 173 centimeters (55.1 to 68.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam, silty clay loam; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) medium prominent and 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A15862. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194168; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194168
    B'33—173 to 208 centimeters (68.1 to 81.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam, silty clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine pores; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films; 21 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A15863. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194169; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194169
    B'44—208 to 224 centimeters (81.9 to 88.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam, silty clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine pores; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films; 21 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A15864. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194170; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194170