IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gitam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 80TQ639003
  • User Pedon ID: 80TQ639003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0246
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48024
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 9.4963884
  • Std. Longitude: 138.0819397
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Rull Municipality, Yap Island. Federated States of Micronesia, .47 mi NE of intersection of main road and
  • Country: FM—Federated States of Micronesia
  • MLRA: 193—Volcanic Islands of Western Micronesia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Christopher Smith
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, isohyperthermic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • 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 - Gitam
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gitam
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1980 (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

    41

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    180

    310

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    27

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    1A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior very gravelly silty clay loam; strong very fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01341. 50% 2-10 mm spherical iron concretions; about 10% small gravel of coated subangular shist.; many very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots
    1Bw—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay; 30 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) fine distinct and 30 percent greenish gray (5GY 6/1) fine prominent mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 0.5 very fine and fine interstitial and 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 80P01342. Cr intrusion at 80 degree tilt to within 28 cm of surface 28 cm thick at base and 15 cm thick at top; 4% 1x1 to 7x7 mm subangular shist gravel and in the upper 5 cm 2 to 10 mm iron spherical concretions 13%.; many very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots; many fine distinct 7.5YR76 mottles; many fine prominent 5GY61 mottles
    1C—36 to 89 centimeters (14.2 to 35.0 inches); greenish gray (5GY 6/1) interior silty clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains and 55 percent , moist, pressure faces; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 80P01343. Saprolite shist.; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; many pressure faces surface features; common very fine and fine roots; few coarse roots; common medium prominent 7.5YR46 mottles
    1Cr—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); greenish gray (5GY 6/1) interior silty clay; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P01344. (5GY 5/2) is closer estimate if allowed 2 m (7.5YR 4/6) iron stains on shist planes; (7.5YR 2/0) manganese stains also along planes; fractures allow slow water sepage 1 to 5 cm apart; 80 degree tilt of shist.