IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IL157060
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IL157060
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - IL SCL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79IL157060
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 21161
  • 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: 38.2126920
  • Std. Longitude: -89.7110127
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 240 feet N & 400 feet E of center
  • 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: RWS, CCM
  • 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 #: 60
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ruma
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria loess over Roxana loess over Illinoian till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1979 (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
    cm

    fragipan

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    41 - 86

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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

    28—107

    41—86

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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

    10

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    155

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium granular parts to weak coarse platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 roots between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, lamotte-morgan; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26739; observed in push tube
    B1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots between peds; distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26740; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480896; patchy - phpvsfiid 480896
    B21t—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium faint and 10 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) medium faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots between peds; 50 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26741; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480900; continuous - phpvsfiid 480900
    IIB22tx—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse faint and 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse platy structure; firm; brittle; 0.6 roots between peds; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent prominent light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26742; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480894; continuous - phpvsfiid 480894
    IIB23tx—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 0.6 roots between peds; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 10 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26743; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480898; patchy - phpvsfiid 480898
    IIB24tx—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium faint mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; brittle; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 25 percent distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on top faces of peds; and 10 percent medium prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26744; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480889; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480891; continuous - phpvsfiid 480890; patchy - phpvsfiid 480889; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480891; continuous - phpvsfiid 480890
    IIB25t—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26745; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 480887; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480888; patchy - phpvsfiid 480887; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480888
    IIB3—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, lamotte-morgan; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26746; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480893; patchy - phpvsfiid 480892; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480893; patchy - phpvsfiid 480892
    IIIB21tb—130 to 142 centimeters (51.2 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent prominent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 25 percent prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume rounded strongly coherent cemented mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # IL26747; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480902; continuous - phpvsfiid 480901; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 480902; continuous - phpvsfiid 480901
    IIIB22tb—142 to 173 centimeters (55.9 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent prominent iron-manganese concretions in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, lamotte-morgan. Lab sample # IL26748; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 480897; continuous - phpvsfiid 480897