IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1976IN077011
  • User Pedon ID: 1976IN077011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JF7611
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 22745
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 38.6986917
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4753417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet east and 1400 feet north of the southwest CORNER
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN077—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nickell and Koleszar
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Classificaton Date - 10/22/1976
  • 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: 10/22/1976 (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); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF76111
    B1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF76112
    B21T—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF76113
    B22T—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 35 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 70 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF76114
    BX1—79 to 119 centimeters (31.1 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF76115
    BX2—119 to 132 centimeters (46.9 to 52.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay loam; weak medium angular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF76116
    B23T—132 to 183 centimeters (52.0 to 72.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF76117
    B24—183 to 216 centimeters (72.0 to 85.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam; massive; firm; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats; 1 percent very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF76118
    C—216 to 279 centimeters (85.0 to 109.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay loam; massive; firm; 1 percent very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), moist, manganese coatings; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # JF76119