IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hosmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976IN083004
  • User Pedon ID: S1976IN083004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0126
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46859
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 3N
  • Range: 9W
  • PLSS Details: 1340 feet east and 435 feet south of the northwest corner of donation 68
  • Location Description: in a cultivated field.
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN083—Knox
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IN083—Knox County, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hosmer
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1976
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1976 (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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00617
    B1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00618
    B21t—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; thin brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P00619. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 263314; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 263314
    B22t—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; thin brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 75 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00620. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 263315; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 263315
    B&A—71 to 76 centimeters (28.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, bromcresol green; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 79P00621
    Bx1—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; thick brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds and thin light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P00622. continuous - phpvsfiid 263316; continuous - phpvsfiid 263321; continuous - phpvsfiid 263316; continuous - phpvsfiid 263321
    Bx2—114 to 163 centimeters (44.9 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; thin brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds and thick light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 79P00623. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 263317; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 263317
    C—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; friable; thick gray (5YR 5/1) clay films on all faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol green. Lab sample # 79P00624