IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pavaiai
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 81AS603058
  • User Pedon ID: 81AS603058
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0742
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49586
  • 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: -14.2261111
  • Std. Longitude: -169.4916667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Southwest of Loto Point, about 600 feet east of Faleiulu Stream road crossing.
  • State: American Samoa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Nakamura
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 58
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pavaiai
  • Taxonomic Class - Medial-skeletal Udic Eutrandepts
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • 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

    14

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    137

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    1Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior stony silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 roots; 5.5 tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04432. many roots
    1Ap2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 roots; 5.5 tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04433. many roots
    1Bw—20 to 56 centimeters (7.9 to 22.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04434. many roots
    1C—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior very stony clay loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04435. 50 percent Aa fragments.
    2R—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Dense lava bedrock.