IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharkey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005MS163
  • User Pedon ID: S2005MS163001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0874
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17712
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 32.8501944
  • Std. Longitude: -90.5167167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS163—Yazoo
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Chromic Epiaquerts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharkey
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Chromic Epiaquerts
  • Classificaton Date - 8/3/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/3/2007 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    Mayday

    SCAN
    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay; moderate medium granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent fine distinct masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 30 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04484
    Ap2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 30 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04485. few, fine fragments of wood and undecomposed organic matter.
    C—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; massive, and wedge; very firm, very sticky; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 30 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 30 percent medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04486. Some wedge structure from geogenic processes.
    Bgb—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 75 percent medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04487
    Bssgb1—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 30 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 75 percent medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04488
    Bssgb2—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and very coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 75 percent medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N04489
    Bkssb—127 to 203 centimeters (50.0 to 79.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky, and very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 30 percent medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 30 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 3 percent medium carbonate masses in matrix and 3 percent medium carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # 05N04490. Common medium grooved, intersecting slickensides. Common medium calcium carbonate masses and nodules in bands.