IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL157037
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IL157037
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL157037
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21062
  • 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: 38.1920701
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6937149
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 2800 feet E & 400 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL157—Randolph
  • MLRA: 114—Southern Illinois and Indiana Thin Loess and Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL157—Randolph County, Illinois
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38089-B6—Tilden, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MEL, VAK
  • 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 #: 37
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ava
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess over Roxana loess
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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 -
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

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    79 - 152

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—8

    15—74

    79—152

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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

    8

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    143

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26101; observed in push tube
    B1—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26102; observed in push tube
    B21t—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots between peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26103; observed in push tube
    B22t—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots between peds; prominent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26104; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480904; continuous - phpvsfiid 480904
    B23t—38 to 74 centimeters (15.0 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 roots between peds; distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26105; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480903; continuous - phpvsfiid 480903
    IIB3—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots between peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26106, IL26107; observed in push tube. Horizon split for sampling: IL26106 79 to 91 cm, IL26107 97 to 109 cm.
    IIC—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; structureless massive; firm; 0.6 roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL26108; observed in push tube