IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Sharpsburg
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1989KS013023
User Pedon ID:
89KS013023
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
90P0415
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
62348
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:
39.8738899
Std. Longitude:
-95.4469452
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
2S
Range:
18E
Section:
18
PLSS Details:
1300 feet E and 1200 feet N of SW corner
State:
Kansas
County:
KS013—Brown
MLRA:
106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
PEDON
Describers Name:
Cecil Palmer
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
23
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Sharpsburg
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Argiudolls
PSC -
38 to 97 cm.
Classificaton Date -
11/1/1989
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Geomorphic Component Hills:
interfluve
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
11/1/1989 (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
argillic horizon
0—38
38—97
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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
2
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180
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Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02264
BA—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02265
Bt1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02266. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224898; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224898
Bt2—56 to 97 centimeters (22.0 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02267. few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224899; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 224899
BC—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. common medium faint 2.5Y52 mottles
C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog. common medium faint 10YR56 mottles