IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1950IL101003
  • User Pedon ID: S1950IL101003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1950IL101003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1995
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36153
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 38.7286110
  • Std. Longitude: -87.7208328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: NW 160, NW 40, SW 10 acres.
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL101—Lawrence
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL101—Lawrence County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.B. Fehrenbacher and A.A. Klingebiel
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • PSC - 25 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/1950
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/8/1950 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    POCO

    Poa compressa

    Canada bluegrass

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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

    4

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15884
    A2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15885
    B1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15886
    B2m1—58 to 66 centimeters (22.8 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; firm; pale brown (10YR 6/3) coats and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, coats; 1 percent iron concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15887
    B2m2—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 21 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint mottles; strong medium and coarse angular blocky parts to subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films; 1 percent iron concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15888
    B3m1—89 to 127 centimeters (35.0 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 21 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint mottles; weak very coarse angular blocky parts to massive; very firm; brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films; 1 percent iron concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A15889
    C—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 21 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint mottles; firm; 1 percent iron concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A15890