The Sharpsburg series consists of deep, moderately well drained soils formed in loess on uplands and high benches.
Permeability is moderately slow in the upper part and moderate in the lower part.
Slope ranges from 0 to 18 percent. Mean annual temperature is about 51 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation is about 32 inches. Sharpsburg silty clay loam with a convex slope of 8 percent - cultivated. Solum thickness typically is 36 to 72 inches thick. Thickness of the A horizon, depth to clay maximum, maximum percent clay, thickness of the Bt horizon, depth to grayish mottles, and solum thickness decrease as gradient increases on convex slopes.