IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pavaiai
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 81AS603014
  • User Pedon ID: 81AS603014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0549
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49393
  • 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: -14.3511111
  • Std. Longitude: -170.7511111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Mapusagafou, 0.4 mi north of Pavaiai; intersection on cut at M&J Enterprise.
  • State: American Samoa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Nakamura
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Medial-skeletal, amorphic, isohyperthermic Eutric Fulvudands
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pavaiai
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pavaiai
  • 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

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    124

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    380

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    1A11—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior stony clay loam; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 roots; 5.5 tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03251. 2 percent gravel size fragments; 5 to 10 percent stones.; many roots
    1A12—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior stony clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03252. 35 to 45 percent gravel and cobbles.; common roots
    1C1—30 to 66 centimeters (11.8 to 26.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior extremely stony sandy loam, sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03253. 35 to 45 percent gravel and cobbles.; common roots
    1C2—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior extremely stony sandy loam, sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03254. 45 to 55 percent gravel, cobbles and stones.; few roots
    2R—97 to 100 centimeters (38.2 to 39.4 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Hard pahoehoe lava.