IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IL119008
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IL119008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 76IL119008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20843
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 38.6751713
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6534364
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 660 feet west and 1835 feet north of southeast corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL119—Madison
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL119—Madison County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38089-F6—Highland, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2009
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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 grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.6 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24530
    A2—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine distinct mottles; weak thin platy, and weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.6 medium tubular pores; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24531. patchy - phpvsfiid 464983; patchy - phpvsfiid 464983
    B21—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 medium tubular pores; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24532
    B22—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 fine tubular pores; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24533. continuous - phpvsfiid 464985; continuous - phpvsfiid 464985
    B+A-A'2—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine tubular pores; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24534. continuous - phpvsfiid 464986; continuous - phpvsfiid 464986
    Bx1—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.6 very fine tubular pores; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24535. continuous - phpvsfiid 464987; continuous - phpvsfiid 464987
    Bx2—99 to 135 centimeters (39.0 to 53.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL24536. continuous - phpvsfiid 464988; continuous - phpvsfiid 464988
    C—135 to 178 centimeters (53.1 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) mottles; massive; friable; 10 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # IL24537