IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1967IN027004
  • User Pedon ID: 1967IN027004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - DA6704
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22350
  • 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: 38.5602722
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0503389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 120 feet west and 265 feet south northeast corner NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN027—Daviess

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sanders and Franzmeier
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mesic
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: loess hill
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsin Illinois formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/9/1967 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # DA67041
    A2—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium granular parts to weak platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # DA67042
    B1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DA67043
    B21T—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats and 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # DA67044
    A'2—66 to 69 centimeters (26.0 to 27.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # DA67045
    BX1—69 to 117 centimeters (27.2 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent , moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # DA67046
    BX2—117 to 178 centimeters (46.1 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 70 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent , moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # DA67047
    B3—178 to 216 centimeters (70.1 to 85.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent gray (5YR 6/1), moist, clay films; 10 percent , moist, iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7. Lab sample # DA67048