IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SHARPSBURG
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957NE177004
  • User Pedon ID: S1957NE177004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957NE177004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2309
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37006
  • 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: 41.5830574
  • Std. Longitude: -96.2900009
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 350 feet north and 100 feet west of southeast corner of southwest quarter
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE177—Washington
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE177—Washington County, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.A. Elder and H.L. Kollmorgen
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SHARPSBURG
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/2001
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharpsburg
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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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
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    A1p—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18102
    A12—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18103
    B1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; 21.0 roots; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18104
    B21—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm; 21.0 roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18105
    B22—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 3.0 roots; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18106
    B3—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 roots; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18107
    C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 1 percent fine dark brown (10YR 3/3) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A18108