IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HOSMER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980IL157128
  • User Pedon ID: S1980IL157128
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0036
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48336
  • 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: 37.9808350
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8108368
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 234 meters N and 320.4 meters W of center
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL157—Randolph
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL157—Randolph County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Miles, R. Schoeppel, D. Fielding, G. Hamilton, and W. Kreznor
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 128
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HOSMER
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/2006
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or till
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    11

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt21—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent thin dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00228. patchy - phpvsfiid 325246; patchy - phpvsfiid 325246
    Bt22—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent thin pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds and 30 percent thin brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 325247; continuous - phpvsfiid 325248; patchy - phpvsfiid 325247; continuous - phpvsfiid 325248
    Btx1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium faint mottles; strong medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent thin brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent thin pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00229. continuous - phpvsfiid 325249; continuous - phpvsfiid 325250; continuous - phpvsfiid 325249; continuous - phpvsfiid 325250
    Btx2—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent thin pink (7.5YR 7/4), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds and 30 percent thin brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00230. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325252; patchy - phpvsfiid 325251; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325252; patchy - phpvsfiid 325251
    Bt3—91 to 124 centimeters (35.8 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent thin brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00231. patchy - phpvsfiid 325254; patchy - phpvsfiid 325254
    2CB—124 to 157 centimeters (48.8 to 61.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent thick brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 13 percent by volume 3-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. continuous - phpvsfiid 325256; continuous - phpvsfiid 325256