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: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 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