IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959IL135002
  • User Pedon ID: S1959IL135002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959IL135002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1997
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36155
  • 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: 39.2183342
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6005554
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 490 feet east and 122 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Illinois
  • County: IL135—Montgomery
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IL135—Montgomery County, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F.J. Carlisle, R.B. Grossman, J.B. Fehrenbacher, C.E. Downey, and G.O. Walker
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/1959
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/1959 (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

    CARYA

    QUERC

    RUBUS

    Carya

    Quercus

    Rubus

    hybrid hickory

    oak

    blackberry

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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

    3

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    315

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    O1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A15903
    O2—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A15904
    A1—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A15905
    A2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; massive parts to weak subangular blocky; friable; 21.0 roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 21.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A15906
    B1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A15907. patchy - phpvsfiid 181322; patchy - phpvsfiid 181322
    B21—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots throughout; 21.0 fine tubular pores; distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A15908. patchy - phpvsfiid 181323; patchy - phpvsfiid 181323
    B22—48 to 63 centimeters (18.9 to 24.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; fine angular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; faint brown (7.5YR 5/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A15909. patchy - phpvsfiid 181324; patchy - phpvsfiid 181324
    B23&A'2—63 to 76 centimeters (24.8 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; 0.5 tubular pores; distinct brown (7.5YR 5/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A15910. patchy - phpvsfiid 181325; patchy - phpvsfiid 181325
    A'2&B'21—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; strong fine and medium angular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 roots; distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films and distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A15911
    B'22—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; strong fine and medium angular blocky, and medium prismatic structure; firm; distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A15912. continuous - phpvsfiid 181328; continuous - phpvsfiid 181328
    B'31m—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A15913. continuous - phpvsfiid 181329; continuous - phpvsfiid 181330; continuous - phpvsfiid 181329; continuous - phpvsfiid 181330
    B'32m—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 3 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine faint mottles; weak coarse and very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 75 percent brown (7.5YR 5/3) clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A15914
    IIB'33m—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 3 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; extremely firm*; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A15915