IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL119074
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IL119074
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL119074
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21045
  • 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: 38.9950915
  • Std. Longitude: -90.1585030
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6N
  • Range: 10W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 590 feet W & 230 feet S of the NE 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: 38090-H2—Alton, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DBR, PWY
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 74
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess
  • Landform: hill, ridge
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1978 (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 -
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

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    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

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    0—33

    33—180

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    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3.5

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    190

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # IL25963
    A2—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear boundary. Lab sample # IL25964
    B21t—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots between peds; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear boundary. Lab sample # IL25965. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480878; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480878
    B22t—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots between peds; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # IL25966. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480881; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480881
    Bt+A—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.6 medium roots between peds; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # IL25967. continuous - phpvsfiid 480880; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480879; continuous - phpvsfiid 480880; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480879
    B'21t—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.6 medium roots between peds and 3.0 fine roots between peds; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25968. continuous - phpvsfiid 480882; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480883; continuous - phpvsfiid 480882; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480883
    B'22t—119 to 150 centimeters (46.9 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL25969. patchy - phpvsfiid 480885; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480884; patchy - phpvsfiid 480885; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480884
    B'23t—150 to 180 centimeters (59.1 to 70.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.6 very fine roots between peds; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # IL25970. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480886; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480886