IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharkey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988LA047002
  • User Pedon ID: 88LA047002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0047
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61152
  • 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: 30.2769451
  • Std. Longitude: -91.0897217
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Iberville Parish, LA. St. Gabriel exp. station, LSU. 1.14 km NNE of St. Gabriel 1.85 km NE of Miss. R. 1.10 km NE of LA30. Deltaic basin between distributary channels
  • State: Louisiana
  • County: LA047—Iberville
  • MLRA: 131—Southern Mississippi Valley Alluvium
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. McDaniel, D. Deugereaux
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, nonacid, thermic Vertic Haplaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharkey
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharkey
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, montmorillonitic, nonacid, thermic Vert
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—30

    30—180

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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

    1

    —

    —

    4

    —

    147

    —

    —

    20

    27

    12

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron stains; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P00530. Anthropic gravel; very few iron stains surface features; few medium roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 232879; patchy - phpvsfiid 232879
    A—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00531. plow pan appearance; very few intersecting slickensides surface features; common very fine and fine roots throughout; common coarse distinct 10YR44 mottles
    Bg1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00532. Few pressure faces; very few intersecting slickensides surface features; common very fine and fine roots throughout; common medium distinct 10YR44 mottles
    Bg2—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, very plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 2 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00533. many pressure faces; very few intersecting slickensides surface features; common very fine and fine roots; common coarse distinct 10YR44 mottles
    Bg3—86 to 132 centimeters (33.9 to 52.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 11 percent gray (5Y 5/1) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00534. Many pressure faces; few very fine roots; common coarse distinct 5Y51 mottles
    Bgss1—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00535. few intersecting slickensides surface features; few very fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR54 mottles
    Bgss2—157 to 180 centimeters (61.8 to 70.9 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) clay; 11 percent olive (5Y 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P00536. Common pressure faces; few intersecting slickensides surface features; few fine roots; common coarse distinct 5Y56 mottles
    BCg—180 to 213 centimeters (70.9 to 83.9 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) clay, silt loam; 11 percent olive (5Y 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2 percent faint , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments. Lab sample # 89P00537. silt loam texture and stratified; very few clay films surface features between sand grains; common medium distinct 5Y56 mottles