IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharpsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994IA181001
  • User Pedon ID: S1994IA181001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0799
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66970
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.1916656
  • Std. Longitude: -93.6561127
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 74N
  • Range: 24W
  • Section: 19
  • Location Description: New Virginia Quad. T22W recorded on description changed to T24W
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA181—Warren
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA181—Warren County, Iowa
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41093-B6—New Virginia, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: AY, LEB
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharpsburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 37 to 87 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 72
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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—37

    37—112

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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

    3

    50

    10

    320

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; weak fine platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06280
    Ap2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium platy parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06281
    Ap3—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, pressure faces; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06282
    AB—23 to 37 centimeters (9.1 to 14.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) rubbed and brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) and 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 45 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06283
    Bt1—37 to 51 centimeters (14.6 to 20.1 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; 1 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06284
    Bt2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; 1 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06285
    Bt3—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; 41 percent clay; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct and 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 10 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06286
    Bt4—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches);, 40 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; silty clay loam; 39 percent clay; 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine faint and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine discontinuous tubular and 3.0 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 30 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; 15 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06287
    BC—112 to 134 centimeters (44.1 to 52.8 inches);, 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular and 0.5 medium discontinuous tubular pores; 30 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films; 15 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06288
    C1—134 to 163 centimeters (52.8 to 64.2 inches);, 60 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; silty clay loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular and 0.5 medium discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06289
    C2—163 to 200 centimeters (64.2 to 78.7 inches);, 60 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; silty clay loam; 27 percent clay; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses; fragments. Lab sample # 94P06290