IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharkey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2003MO143002
  • User Pedon ID: 2003MO143002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2003MO143002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0314302
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 31080
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 36.6952896
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6939316
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Charter Oak quad
  • Map Unit: Sh—Sharkey silty clay loam, rarely flooded86055a—Sharkey silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO143—New Madrid
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO143—New Madrid County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36089-F6—Charter Oak, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KG, BB, RT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Fluvaquentic Epiaquepts
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharkey
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, thermic Fluvaquentic Epiaquepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/8/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: lowland
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/8/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—14

    14—192

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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

    0

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    87

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    Ap—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 8.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 fine and medium vesicular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025156
    Bg1—14 to 33 centimeters (5.5 to 13.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 8.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 very fine and fine vesicular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025157
    Bg2—33 to 72 centimeters (13.0 to 28.3 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.1 very fine and fine roots; 1.0 very fine tubular and 10.0 very fine vesicular pores; 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025158
    Bg3—72 to 116 centimeters (28.3 to 45.7 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 1.0 very fine tubular and 10.0 very fine vesicular pores; 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025159
    Bg4—116 to 143 centimeters (45.7 to 56.3 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 10.0 very fine to medium vesicular pores; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 20 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU025160
    Bg5—143 to 173 centimeters (56.3 to 68.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 10.0 very fine to medium vesicular pores; 5 percent fine faint black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 15 percent fine and medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) masses of reduced iron and 20 percent fine and medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU025161
    2Bg6—173 to 192 centimeters (68.1 to 75.6 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to medium vesicular pores; 5 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU025162
    2BCg—192 to 210 centimeters (75.6 to 82.7 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) coarse sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; 5 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter. Lab sample # MU025163