IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharpsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993NE131001
  • User Pedon ID: 93NE131001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993NE131001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0127
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66315
  • 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: 40.6511116
  • Std. Longitude: -96.0376358
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2350 feet west and 1000 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Nebraska
  • County: NE131—Otoe
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE131—Otoe County, Nebraska
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40096-F1—Dunbar, Nebraska

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GAB and SCB
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharpsburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 18 to 50 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/15/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/15/1993 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    SOBIB

    Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor

    grain sorghum

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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
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    2

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    352

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    338

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 34 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00838
    A—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); 60 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face and 40 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, dry; silty clay; 5 percent sand; 41 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00839
    Bt1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; silty clay; 5 percent sand; 43 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00840. 94P0841; continuous - phpvsfiid 179250; continuous - phpvsfiid 179250
    Bt2—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silty clay; 5 percent sand; 43 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical dark concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179251; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 179251
    Bt3—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; silty clay; 5 percent sand; 41 percent clay; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium distinct irregular and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint irregular mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical dark concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 179255; patchy - phpvsfiid 179255
    BC—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 38 percent clay; 3 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium distinct irregular and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct irregular mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 3 percent medium spherical dark concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.
    C1—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 34 percent clay; 3 percent gray (10YR 5/1) coarse distinct irregular and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct irregular mottles; massive; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent medium spherical dark concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary.
    C2—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 28 percent clay; 3 percent gray (10YR 5/1) coarse distinct irregular and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct irregular mottles; massive; hard, firm; 3 percent fine spherical dark concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent.