IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharkey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960KY075008
  • User Pedon ID: S1960KY075008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4903
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41592
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 36.5092506
  • Std. Longitude: -89.3522949
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 500 feet west of Ky. 94, 1/2 mile north of Tennessee line. Photo ADV-4F-90.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY075—Fulton
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY075—Fulton County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. V. Huffman and W. H. Zimmerman
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharkey
  • Classificaton Date - 11/2/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/2/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ADV-4F-90
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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) silty clay; moderate and strong granular structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37167
    A12—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint mottles; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 1 percent noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37168
    C1G—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay; 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; medium angular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 1 percent noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37169
    C2G—36 to 71 centimeters (14.2 to 28.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 3 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37170
    C3G—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; 3 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine and medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 1 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37171
    C4G—109 to 165 centimeters (42.9 to 65.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; 3 percent very dark brown (7.5YR 2/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 75 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37172
    C5G—165 to 178 centimeters (65.0 to 70.1 inches); gray (N 5/0) and dark gray (N 4/0) clay; 3 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.0 roots; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A37173. Not sampled.