IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SHARKEY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1945MS143017
  • User Pedon ID: 45MS143017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4830
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41521
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Slightly west of and across road from tenant house.
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS143—Tunica
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS143—Tunica County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. C. Carter, W. A. Cole, and Frank Scott
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharkey
  • Classificaton Date - 4/2/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharkey
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1945
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1945 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36676
    A1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine granular structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36677
    A2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine and medium faint mottles; massive; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36678
    AB—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and gray (10YR 5/1) clay; massive; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36679
    Bssg1—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36680
    Bssg2—61 to 107 centimeters (24.0 to 42.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; 21 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A36681