IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharpsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995NE131014
  • User Pedon ID: 95NE131014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0054
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68135
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 40.5269432
  • Std. Longitude: -95.8797226
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE131—Otoe
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE131—Otoe County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kimble, Brown, Bradshaw, Samson
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharpsburg
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/6/1995
  • 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
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/6/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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—25

    25—81

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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

    7

    80

    40

    249

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    270

    762

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00575
    Ap2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00576
    Ap3—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) rubbed silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P00577
    Bt1—25 to 34 centimeters (9.8 to 13.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00578
    Bt2—34 to 54 centimeters (13.4 to 21.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 10 percent prominent pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00579. continuous - phpvsfiid 194780; continuous - phpvsfiid 194780
    Bt3—54 to 81 centimeters (21.3 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) rubbed silty clay loam; 5 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct spherical and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium faint spherical mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine cylindrical noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00580
    BC—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed silty clay loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct spherical and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct spherical mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine cylindrical noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00581
    C1—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) rubbed silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct spherical and 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct spherical mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine cylindrical noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00582
    C2—130 to 160 centimeters (51.2 to 63.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) rubbed silt loam; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct spherical and 30 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct spherical mottles; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine cylindrical noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P00583
    C3—160 to 200 centimeters (63.0 to 78.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) rubbed silt loam; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct spherical and 30 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct spherical mottles; massive; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent fine cylindrical noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 96P00584