IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1928IL077003
  • User Pedon ID: 1928IL077003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 28IL077003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20362
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 37.9036719
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4471317
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 755 feet N of SW corner of SW 40
  • Location Description: 755 FT N of SW corner of SW 40 on E roadcut
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL077—Jackson
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL077—Jackson County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JBF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1928
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1928 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13043
    A2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13044
    B1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13045
    B2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine pores; 25 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13046. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429490; patchy - phpvsfiid 429489; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429490; patchy - phpvsfiid 429489
    A'2—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions between peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13047. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429494; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429494
    B'2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent and 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent and 25 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine pores; reddish gray (5YR 5/2), moist, and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13048. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429492; continuous - phpvsfiid 429491; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 429492; continuous - phpvsfiid 429491
    B'3—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.6 fine pores; reddish gray (5YR 5/2), moist, and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent iron-manganese concretions between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13049. continuous - phpvsfiid 429495; continuous - phpvsfiid 429495
    B'32—94 to 165 centimeters (37.0 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent mottles; weak very coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.6 fine pores; reddish gray (5YR 5/2), moist, and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent iron-manganese concretions between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL13050. continuous - phpvsfiid 429487; continuous - phpvsfiid 429487
    C—165 to 191 centimeters (65.0 to 75.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silt loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) prominent mottles; massive; firm; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions between peds; fragments.