IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharpsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IA1210061
  • User Pedon ID: 86IA1210061
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0355
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59650
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 41.2036095
  • Std. Longitude: -94.1636124
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 74N
  • Range: 29W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 1125 feet N and 580 feet E of SW corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA121—Madison

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharpsburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1986 (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
    • 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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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01800
    1Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 37 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01801. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common organic coats surface features on faces of peds
    1Bt2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 37 percent faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01802. common fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine distinct 10YR54 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221735; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221735
    1Bt3—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 37 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01803. common fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine distinct 2.5Y54 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    1BC—76 to 122 centimeters (29.9 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01804. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common fine distinct 2.5Y54 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    1C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 11 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments. common fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles