IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharkey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2005MO201001
  • User Pedon ID: 2005MO201001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0520101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30922
  • 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: 37.1273193
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4961395
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 86057a—Sharkey silty clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO201—Scott
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO201—Scott County, Missouri
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37089-B4—Thebes, Illinois

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BK, KG, RT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Epiaquolls
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharkey
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Epiaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/30/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—43

    43—167

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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

    0.5

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    97.5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; strong very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027028
    A—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; strong very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; 10.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027029
    Bg1—43 to 70 centimeters (16.9 to 27.6 inches); dark bluish gray (5B 4/1) clay; strong very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027030
    Bg2—70 to 91 centimeters (27.6 to 35.8 inches); dark bluish gray (5B 4/1) clay; strong very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027031
    Bg3—91 to 124 centimeters (35.8 to 48.8 inches); bluish gray (5B 5/1) clay; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027032
    Bg4—124 to 150 centimeters (48.8 to 59.1 inches); bluish gray (5B 5/1) silty clay; strong very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 7 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027033
    Bg5—150 to 167 centimeters (59.1 to 65.7 inches); greenish black (10Y 2.5/1) silty clay; strong very coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027034
    Ab—167 to 218 centimeters (65.7 to 85.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; structureless massive; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU027035
    Cg1—218 to 231 centimeters (85.8 to 90.9 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) silty clay loam; structureless massive; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU64752
    Cg2—231 to 284 centimeters (90.9 to 111.8 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) silty clay loam; structureless massive; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.0 fine tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # MU64751