IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharpsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 97KS045054k
  • User Pedon ID: 97KS045054k
  • User Site Association ID: 2229Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 10697KS045-7540-004
  • Transect Stop Number - 5
  • Transect Interval - 45.7
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 97KS045054K
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41128
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 13 S
  • Range: 21 E
  • Section: 7
  • Map Unit: Sc—SHARPSBURG SILT LOAM, 1 TO 4 PERCENT SLOPES7530—Sharpsburg silt loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS045—Douglas
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS045—Douglas County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38095-H2—Lawrence East, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans, R. Dyer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharpsburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/4/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 16
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—61

    41—122

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    —81—
    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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    262

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    270

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    A1—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 11 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1395
    A2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1396
    Bt1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 45 percent distinct clay films throughout; fragments. continuous - phpvsfiid 23684; continuous - phpvsfiid 23684
    Bt2—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 40 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments. continuous - phpvsfiid 23685; continuous - phpvsfiid 23685
    Bt3—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 35 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments. continuous - phpvsfiid 23686; continuous - phpvsfiid 23686
    Bt4—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 30 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments. continuous - phpvsfiid 23687; continuous - phpvsfiid 23687