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 11 degrees C, and mean annual precipitation is about 750 mm. Sharpsburg silty clay loam with a convex slope of 8 percent - cultivated. Solum thickness typically is 90 to 180 cm 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.