IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharkey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999MS151009
  • User Pedon ID: 99MS151009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0490
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11995
  • 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: 33.3295822
  • Std. Longitude: -91.0166931
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS151—Washington
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS151—Washington County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharkey
  • Classificaton Date - 9/30/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/30/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay; strong fine and medium granular, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 00P03073. many fine interstitial pores between the granular peds and common fine tubular pores in subangular blocky peds; few very fine and few fine roots (current year soybean plants) between peds and in desiccation cracks; many trans-horizon desiccation cracks 1 to 5 cm wide that extends through horizon (observed from surface).
    A—15 to 29 centimeters (5.9 to 11.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; strong very thick platy parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 00P03074. roots between plates and in desiccation cracks; common trans-horizon desiccation cracks 1 to 4 cm wide extending through horizon (observed from surface); few fine and medium prominent irregular shaped dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) masses of iron accumulation with sharp boundaries in matrix and between some plates; few fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix.
    Bssg1—29 to 95 centimeters (11.4 to 37.4 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 00P03075. roots between prisms, in desiccation cracks and on slickenside faces; common trans-horizon desiccation cracks 1 to 4 cm wide and extending through horizon (observed from surface); common slickensides, dip of slickensides typically 45-60 degrees from the horizontal; slickenside surfaces are polished and grooved and have shiny very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay accumulations 1-3 mm thick on faces; common fine and few medium prominent irregular shaped brown (7.5YR 4/4) and few medium prominent irregular shaped reddish brown (5YR 4/4) masses of iron accumulations with diffuse boundaries in matrix; few fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix. Split at 62 cm 00P3076.
    Bssg2—95 to 148 centimeters (37.4 to 58.3 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 00P03077. roots between peds, in desiccation cracks and on slickenside faces; few desiccation cracks about 1 cm wide to 108 cm; common slickensides, dip of slickensides typically 45-60 degrees from the horizontal; slickenside surfaces are polished and grooved and have shiny very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay accumulations 1-3 mm thick on faces; few fine distinct dark brown organic accumulations along old root channels; common fine and few fine irregular shape brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of iron accumulations with diffuse boundaries in matrix; few fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix.
    Bssg3—148 to 190 centimeters (58.3 to 74.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 00P03078. common slickensides, dip of slickensides typically 45-60 degrees from the horizontal, slickenside surfaces are polished and grooved and have shiny very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay accumulations 1-3 mm thick on faces; few fine and medium prominent irregular shaped strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulations with diffuse boundaries in matrix and on faces of most peds; few fine black and brown Fe-Mg nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; few fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix.
    Bsskg—190 to 232 centimeters (74.8 to 91.3 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 00P03079. common slickensides, dip of slickensides typically 45-60 degrees from the horizontal, slickenside surfaces are polished and grooved and have shiny dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay accumulations 1-3 mm thick on faces; very few medium and coarse light gray-white (10YR 7/1-8/1) calcium carbonate nodules with diffuse boundaries in matrix that effervesce violently with 10% HCL; common fine and medium distinct irregular shaped brown (10YR 4/4) and few medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation with diffuse boundaries in matrix and on faces of most peds; few fine black and brown Fe-Mg nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; few fine black(10YR 2/1) manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix