IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IL157046
  • User Pedon ID: 1978IL157046
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78IL157046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21069
  • 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: 38.2073807
  • Std. Longitude: -89.9997774
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet S & 310 feet W of NE 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-B8—Red Bud, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MEL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 46
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ruma
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess over Roxana silt loess
  • Landform: hillslope
  • 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 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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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    53 - 84

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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—13

    13—53

    53—84

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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

    7

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    143

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); 80 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26153; observed in push tube
    B21t—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26154; observed in push tube
    B22t—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silica coats on all faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26155; observed in push tube
    B23t—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26156; observed in push tube
    B24x—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26157; observed in push tube
    IIB3—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26158; observed in push tube
    IIC—117 to 147 centimeters (46.1 to 57.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium prominent mottles; structureless massive; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL26159; observed in push tube