IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharpsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987MO005010m
  • User Pedon ID: 1987MO005010m
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M8700510
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36542
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 40.4599991
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1947250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T65N
  • Range: R38
  • Section: 9
  • Location Description: 2,500 feet north and 450 feet east of the southwest corner of sec. 9, T. 65 N., R. 38 W
  • Map Unit: 10124—Sharpsburg silty clay loam, loess hill, 2 to 5 percent slopes20006—Sharpsburg silty clay loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO005—Atchison
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-GAL—Gallatin, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO005—Atchison County, MissouriMO075—Gentry County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: PK and FY
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharpsburg
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/13/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharpsburg
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1987 (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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU031278
    AB—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) rubbed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU031279
    Bt1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 60 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU031280
    Bt2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 10 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay depletions and 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU031281
    Bt3—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 10 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films and 30 percent distinct iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses and 10 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay depletions and 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU031282
    BC11—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay depletions and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU031283
    BC12—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # MU031284
    C—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 10 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay depletions and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # MU031285