IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharkey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997MS143003
  • User Pedon ID: 97MS143003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0098
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10370
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 34.6558342
  • Std. Longitude: -90.3087463
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: Northwest Mississippi, about 3 miles east of Tunica in central Mississippi. It is in the SE 1/4
  • Location Description: bounded by Little Texas Road on the east and Fishpond Road on the south.
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS143—Tunica
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS143—Tunica County, Mississippi
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34090-F3—Hollywood, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Chromic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharkey
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Chromic Epiaquerts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/6/1997
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: meander belt
  • Landform: backswamp
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for very long periods begining in dec
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/6/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 98P00629. Litter.
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; firm; slow permeability; 4.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 1.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 8 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00630; moist when described;. Yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of iron accumulations are on faces of some peds.
    Bg1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) interior clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; very slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 1.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 8 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00631; moist when described;. The brown (7.5YR 5/4) masses of iron accumulations are lining some pores.
    Bg2—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) interior clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses throughout and 8 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00632; moist when described;. The brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of iron accumulations are in the matrix, on faces of some peds and lining some pores. The black (10YR 2/1) masses of manganese accumulations are on faces of some peds.
    Bssg1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 3.0 medium roots throughout; 1.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 7 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00633; moist when described;. Common intersecting slickensides; angle of slickensides is typically 30-50 degrees from the horizontal. The brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of iron accumulations are in the matrix, on faces of some peds and lining some pores.
    Bssg2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) interior clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; very slow permeability; 1.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 1.0 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 98P00634; moist when described;. common intersecting slickensides, angle of slickensides is typically 30 to 50 degrees from the horizontal. The brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of iron accumulations is in the matrix, on faces of some peds and lining some pores.