IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Yigo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 83GQ066007
  • User Pedon ID: 83GQ066007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0214
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53908
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 13.5555553
  • Std. Longitude: 144.8999939
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Guam. Northeastern part of Fred Quitiguas farm.
  • State: Guam
  • MLRA: 180—Brooks Range

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. J. Young and J. L. Demeterio
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, gibbsitic, isohyperthermic Lithic Eutrustox
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Yigo
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Yigo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, gibbsitic, isohyperthermic Tropeptic Eutrust
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateaus or tablelands
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    oxic horizon

    28—93

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    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

    2

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    160

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    260

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    1Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches);, dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; silty clay; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01112. Few fine limestone pebbles. Few irregular pieces of Bo1 horizon mostly in lower part.; few very fine roots
    1Bo1—28 to 50 centimeters (11.0 to 19.7 inches);, dusky red (10R 3/4) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; , moist, gibbsite coats on faces of peds and 15 percent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01113. Weak plowpan in upper 10 cm. Friable in upper part.; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots
    1Bo2—50 to 75 centimeters (19.7 to 29.5 inches);, dusky red (10R 3/4) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; , moist, gibbsite coats on faces of peds and 15 percent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01114. Separated for sampling purposes.; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots
    1Bo3—75 to 93 centimeters (29.5 to 36.6 inches);, dusky red (10R 3/4) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and 0.5 very fine tubular pores; , moist, gibbsite coats on faces of peds and 15 percent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P01115. Few small pockets of soil with strong very fine granular structure and soft, very friable consistence. Slightly darker color immediately adjacent to the limstone contact.; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots
    1R—93 to 98 centimeters (36.6 to 38.6 inches);, very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior, moist; weathered bedrock; reddish yellow (5YR 6/8), moist, black stains on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 84P01116. Very porous. Derived from coral. Surface can be chipped with difficulty.