IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956IN173001
  • User Pedon ID: S1956IN173001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5251
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42498
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: NW 160, NE 40; 120 feet south of middle of road to west; 20 feet east of center of north-south road.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN173—Warrick
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN173—Warrick County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: O. C. Rogers
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1956
  • 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: 11/1/1956 (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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39466
    A2—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39467
    B1t—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39468
    B21t—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films and 10 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, coats on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39469
    B22t—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; massive, and weak very coarse angular blocky; firm; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, coats and 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39470
    A2B2x—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; massive, and weak very coarse angular blocky; friable; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, coats on all faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39471
    B21tX—117 to 155 centimeters (46.1 to 61.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; very hard, very firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, coats and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39472
    B22x—155 to 201 centimeters (61.0 to 79.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; very hard, very firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, coats; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39473
    B3x—201 to 244 centimeters (79.1 to 96.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (10YR 5/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; massive; very hard, firm; 30 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39474
    D—244 centimeters (96.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments. Partially weathered sandstone and shale.