IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oloava
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 81AS603010
  • User Pedon ID: 81AS603010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0548
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49392
  • Print Date: 2/19/2025

    • 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: -14.3113889
  • Std. Longitude: -170.7730556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Aoloaufou area, 300 feet south of farmer's house at end of road.
  • State: American Samoa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Nakamura
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial, ferrihydritic, isohyperthermic Typic Hydrudands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oloava
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oloava
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1981 (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

    19

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    404

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    1A1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); 7.5YR 3/ (7.5YR 3/), interior silty clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03247. 3 percent weathered cinders; common worm holes; irreversibly dries to very hard sand size aggregates.; many roots
    1B21—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) interior clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; weakly smeary; 5.5 roots; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03248. 30 percent weathered cinders.; many roots
    2B3—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior loamy coarse sand; weak very fine and fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately smeary; 5.5 roots; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03249. 30 percent weathered cinders.; many roots
    2C—43 to 152 centimeters (16.9 to 59.8 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 81P03250. Soft weathered black cinders that crushes to reddish brown coarse sand.