IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Parasol
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1964VI010003
  • User Pedon ID: 64VI010003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0552
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33080
  • Print Date: 11/13/2025

    • 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: 17.7500000
  • Std. Longitude: -64.8191681
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 1.3 miles N of hard-surfaced road on the road to River and 100 feet S and 75 feet W of gate.
  • State: Virgin Islands
  • County: VI010—St. Croix

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.E. McKinzie
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, isohyperthermic Typic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Parasol
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Parasol
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    10

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    79

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    270

    119

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04056. and 20091; many sand grains; sampled for the Bureau of Public Roads; near field capacity; few roots
    A12—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04057. and 20092; many sand grains; near field capacity; the fine silt contains a small amount of interstratified 2:1 layer silicate minerals including montmorillonite and mica; the coarse silts include accessory epidote and glass or plant phytoli; few roots
    B2t—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 30 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04058. and 20093; many sand grains; sampled for Bureau of Public Roads; split for sampling as upper section appeared to contain more clay; approximately 50% of field capacity; the clays are well crystallized; hint of an interstratified chlorite mi; many worm casts concentrations; few roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 213153; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 213153
    B2t1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 30 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04059. and 20094; many sand grains; sampled for the Bureau of Public Roads; split for sampling as upper section appeared to contain more clay; approximately 50% of field capacity; clays are well crystallized; hint of an interstratified chlorite mi; many worm casts concentrations; few roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 213154; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 213154
    B3—61 to 102 centimeters (24.0 to 40.2 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04060. and 20095; many sand grains; many old root channels with very dark brown organic coatings; sampled for the Bureau of Public Roads; below the wilting point; few roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 213155; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 213155
    C1—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04061. and 20096; few feldspar crystals; below wilting point; few clay films surface features; patchy - phpvsfiid 213156; patchy - phpvsfiid 213156
    C2—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; sandy loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04062. and 20097; few partially weathered feldspar crystals; below the wilting point; two subspecies of montmorillonite clay are suggested by twin peaks at 11.9A and 10.0A when the sample is heated to 300 degrees C; a small amount of an interstrat
    2C3—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; loamy sand; massive; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A04063. and 20098; below the wilting point