IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharpsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990KS013001
  • User Pedon ID: 90KS013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0629
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62555
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 39.8730545
  • Std. Longitude: -95.4499969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 450 feet E and 1000 feet N of SW corner
  • Location Description: Brown County, KS
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS013—Brown
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Fortner, Cecil Palmer, Ken Bowell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharpsburg
  • PSC - 48 to 99 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharpsburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Argiudoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—48

    48—102

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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

    2

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    346

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    90

    89

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03715. common fine roots
    Ap2—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate fine and medium granular structure; hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03716. common fine roots
    A—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03717. common fine roots
    BA—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent faint clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03718. few clay films surface features; few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 225309; patchy - phpvsfiid 225309
    Bt1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03719. few streaks of (10YR 2/2) material; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine and medium roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 225310; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 225310
    Bt2—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; manganese or iron-manganese stains and 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03720. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR52 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 225311; continuous - phpvsfiid 225311
    Bt3—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 37 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 55 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03721. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few fine roots; common medium 2.5Y52 mottles; few medium 10YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 225313; continuous - phpvsfiid 225313
    BC—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium mottles; weak fine prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds and 37 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03722. few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few fine roots; common 10YR56 mottles; common medium 2.5Y52 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 225315; continuous - phpvsfiid 225315
    C1—119 to 160 centimeters (46.9 to 63.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine pores; 37 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 90P03723. common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few fine roots; common medium prominent 7.5YR46 mottles
    C2—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 50 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine pores; manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 90P03724. few fine roots
    C3—203 to 229 centimeters (79.9 to 90.2 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 50 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine pores; 15 percent , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03725. few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features
    C4—229 to 244 centimeters (90.2 to 96.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine pores; 15 percent , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03726. few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; common coarse 7.5YR56 mottles
    C5—244 to 257 centimeters (96.1 to 101.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine mottles; massive; hard, firm; 15 percent , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments. Lab sample # 90P03727. appears compacted; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; common fine 7.5YR56 mottles