IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Sharpsburg
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1984IA0030031
User Pedon ID:
84IA0030031
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
85P0497
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
56763
Print Date:
11/12/2024
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:
41.1375008
Std. Longitude:
-94.8874969
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
73N
Range:
35W
Section:
9
PLSS Details:
530 feet N and 1425 feet E of SW corner
Location Description:
G. Boswell farm.
State:
Iowa
County:
IA003—Adams
MLRA:
108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
PEDON
Describers Name:
MW & RL
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
3
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Sharpsburg
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
7/11/2007
Moisture Class -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Nira
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludoll
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
11/1/1984
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
3
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
upland slope
Geomorphic Component Hills:
head slope
Hill Slope Profile:
backslope
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
11/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Site Erosion Accelerated:
water erosion
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
cambic horizon
0—15
15—61
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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
11
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0
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1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; cloddy, and weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02451. few fine roots
1Bw1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak fine prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02452. few fine roots; few fine and medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
1Bw2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02453. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; common fine and medium distinct 7.5YR46 mottles; common fine and medium distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 218761; patchy - phpvsfiid 218761
1BC—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.1 fine and medium roots; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02454. few iron-manganese concretions concentrations; very few fine and medium roots; few fine distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; few fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles
1C1—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; massive; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02455. few iron-manganese concretions concentrations; very few fine roots
1C1—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; massive; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02456. few iron-manganese concretions concentrations; very few fine roots
1C2—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) silt loam; massive; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent coarse iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02457. few coarse iron-manganese concretions concentrations; very few fine roots
1C3—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silt loam; massive; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent coarse iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; few coarse iron-manganese concretions concentrations; very few fine roots