IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharpsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2012IA029001
  • User Pedon ID: S2012IA029001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 13N0541
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74317
  • 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: 41.1755595
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9483568
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 371D2—Sharpsburg-Nira silty clay loams, 9 to 14 percent slopes, eroded
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA029—Cass
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ATL—Atlantic, Iowa
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41094-B8—Grant, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Pulido, Dan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharpsburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/5/2012
  • Classifier - Pulido, Dan
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: dissected till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/12/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: MLRA SSO 11-ATL
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); 90 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face and 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02511; observed in push tube
    Bt1—16 to 30 centimeters (6.3 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 3 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films and 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02512; observed in push tube
    Bt2—30 to 73 centimeters (11.8 to 28.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 10 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; 2 percent fine masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02513; observed in push tube
    BC—73 to 94 centimeters (28.7 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 10 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; 1 percent iron depletions and 3 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02514; observed in push tube
    C1—94 to 136 centimeters (37.0 to 53.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face silt loam; structureless massive; 2 percent fine grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 5 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02515; observed in push tube
    C2—136 to 183 centimeters (53.5 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silt loam; structureless massive; 5 percent medium grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 8 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N02516; observed in push tube
    C3—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face silt loam; structureless massive; 7 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 8 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent coarse grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments. Lab sample # 13N02517; observed in push tube