IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HOSMER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980IL157129
  • User Pedon ID: S1980IL157129
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0039
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48339
  • 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: 37.9742279
  • Std. Longitude: -89.7939758
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 535.5 meters S and 457.5 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, W. Kreznor, D. Fielding, R. Schoepple, and G. Hamilton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 129
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - HOSMER
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/2006
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landform: crest interfluve
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; strong medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00239
    A2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary.
    B1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent thin brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 325234; patchy - phpvsfiid 325234
    Bt21—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent thin dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00240. patchy - phpvsfiid 325235; patchy - phpvsfiid 325235
    Bt22—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent thick brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent thick very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds; 75 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00241. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325237; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325237
    Bx1—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 75 percent thick brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent thin very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds; 75 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00242. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325238; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325239; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325238; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 325239
    B3—114 to 153 centimeters (44.9 to 60.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; deformable; 30 percent thick brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent thin very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium and coarse iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7.