IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharpsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995NE131001
  • User Pedon ID: 95NE131001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0461
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67479
  • 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: 40.5374718
  • Std. Longitude: -95.9141388
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE131—Otoe
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE131—Otoe County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Kimble, S. Samson, L. Brown, B. Brasher
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharpsburg
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/24/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/24/1995 (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—39

    20—75

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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

    5

    150

    40

    345

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    90

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine high-continuity vesicular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03385
    Ap2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine high-continuity vesicular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03386
    Ad—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, dry; silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine low-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03387
    Bt1—20 to 39 centimeters (7.9 to 15.4 inches); 90 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) broken face and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, dry; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine to medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03388
    Bt2—39 to 58 centimeters (15.4 to 22.8 inches); 90 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face and 10 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, dry; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine to medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03389
    Bt3—58 to 75 centimeters (22.8 to 29.5 inches); 90 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, 90 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face and 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine to medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03390
    BC1—75 to 100 centimeters (29.5 to 39.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; 5 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) medium prominent spherical mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03391
    BC2—100 to 120 centimeters (39.4 to 47.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) medium and coarse prominent spherical mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 very fine to medium high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03392
    BCg—120 to 145 centimeters (47.2 to 57.1 inches); 70 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine to medium high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03393
    C—145 to 200 centimeters (57.1 to 78.7 inches); 40 percent weak red (2.5YR 5/2) broken face and 60 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed, light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face, dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to medium high-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P03394