IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956IN083002
  • User Pedon ID: S1956IN083002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5250
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42497
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of NW 1/4
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN083—Knox
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN083—Knox County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: O. C. Rogers
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Classificaton Date - 11/2/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/2/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine granular, and moderate medium platy structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39457
    A2—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39458
    B1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39459
    B21—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate and strong medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm; 75 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 75 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 75 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, coats and 75 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, coats; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39460
    B22—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, coats and 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats and 75 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39461
    A2B2x—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 75 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, coats on vertical faces of peds and 75 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39462
    B21tx—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky, and massive; firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, coats and 75 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39463
    B22x—112 to 147 centimeters (44.1 to 57.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; firm; light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, coats on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39464
    B3x—147 to 185 centimeters (57.9 to 72.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light gray (10YR 7/2) silt loam; massive; friable; light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, on vertical faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A39465