IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saipan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 83GQ066010
  • User Pedon ID: 83GQ066010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0217
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53911
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 13.3638887
  • Std. Longitude: 144.7555542
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Guam. About 1 km N of Talofofo village near the end of the paved road about 50 meters W of the Santos property.
  • State: Guam
  • MLRA: 181—Arctic Foothills

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1983 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    oxic horizon

    15—140

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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

    4

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    85

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    0

    260

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01132. Few fine coral pebbles. Many fine irregular pieces of Bo1 horizon.; many very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    1Bo1—15 to 45 centimeters (5.9 to 17.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior silty clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01133. Fine and medium pores with organic stains and wormcasts.; common clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; many very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bo2—45 to 70 centimeters (17.7 to 27.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01134. Fine and medium pores with organic stains and some wormcasts.; common clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; common very fine roots
    1Bo3—70 to 100 centimeters (27.6 to 39.4 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; diffuse broken boundary. Lab sample # 84P01135. Fine and medium pores with organic stains and few wormcasts. Few vertical fracture planes with yellowish red 5YR 4/6 clay skins. Other vertical fracture planes with pressure faces.; common pressure faces surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots
    1Bo4—100 to 140 centimeters (39.4 to 55.1 inches); clay; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P01136. Morphologically similar to Bo3 but no medium pores and peds are difficult to rub down. Separated for sampling purposes.
    1Bo5—105 to 140 centimeters (41.3 to 55.1 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) interior clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds and , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments. Lab sample # 84P01137. Horizon occupies 15% of pedon at this depth.; few very fine roots