IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Sharpsburg
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1984IA0030032
User Pedon ID:
84IA0030032
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
85P0498
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
56764
Print Date:
11/23/2024
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:
500 feet N and 1412 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:
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
ochric epipedon
cambic horizon
0—18
18—64
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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
13
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315
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1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; cloddy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02458. few fine and medium roots
1Bw1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 15 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02459. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine and medium roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218763; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218763
1Bw2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 15 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02460. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; very few fine roots; common fine faint 7.5YR54 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218764; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218764
1BC—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02461. few iron-manganese concretions concentrations; very few fine roots; common fine faint 7.5YR44 mottles
1C1—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; massive; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 11 percent fine and medium iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02462. common fine and medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; very few fine roots
1C1—76 to 86 centimeters (29.9 to 33.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; massive; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 11 percent fine and medium iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02463. common fine and medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; very few fine roots
1C2—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silt loam; massive; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent medium iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02464. few medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; very few fine roots
1C3—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; massive; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; few coarse prominent 7.5YR58 mottles