IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharkey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016TN157001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016TN157001
  • User Site Association ID: Region 7 FY-16 NWCA Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0128
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87444
  • 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: 35.2836111
  • Std. Longitude: -90.0816667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: Sh—Sharkey clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN157—Shelby
  • MLRA: 131A—Southern Mississippi River Alluvium
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-MIL—Milan, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN157—Shelby County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Craig Harris
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Chromic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: dip
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for long periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/27/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: J. Craig Harris
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Microrelief Kind: microlow
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    slickensides

    cambic horizon

    15—51

    51—96

    —36—

    —45—
    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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    0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00744; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1); strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; few medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 10 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 17N00745; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1); strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common very fine roots between peds and few medium roots between peds; common medium tubular and coarse tubular pores; and 20 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1) slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine irregular gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron on faces of peds and 25 percent medium irregular brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N00746; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    51 to 96 centimeters (20.1 to 37.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3); moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few very fine roots between peds; many medium tubular and fine tubular pores; 4 percent fine distinct irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 25 percent coarse faint irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00747; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    96 to 200 centimeters (37.8 to 78.7 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2); strong medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent fine irregular dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 20 percent fine irregular grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 25 percent medium irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 17N00748, 17N00749, 17N00763; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket