IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saipan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 83GQ066013
  • User Pedon ID: 83GQ066013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0220
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53914
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 13.2958336
  • Std. Longitude: 144.7583313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Guam. Southern Malojloj village E of highway and N of abandoned poultry farm on A. Flores property.
  • State: Guam
  • MLRA: 181—Arctic Foothills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. J. Young and J. L. Demeterio
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, isohyperthermic Kandiustalfic Eutrustox
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saipan
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saipan
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, kaolinitic, isohyperthermic Tropeptic E
  • 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
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    14—150

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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

    3

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    95

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    270

    181

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    1Ap—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01153. Common irregular pieces of Bo1 horizon.; many very fine and fine roots
    1Bo1—14 to 50 centimeters (5.5 to 19.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01154. About 5% a horizon material in wormholes and pores.; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bo2—50 to 75 centimeters (19.7 to 29.5 inches); 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and 50 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01155. Colors mixed in a fine pattern. Few fine patches of dark brown as wormcasts and filling pores.; common very fine roots
    1Bo3—75 to 100 centimeters (29.5 to 39.4 inches); 40 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01156. Colors mixed in medium to coarse irregular patches. Few organic stains in pores.; few very fine roots
    1Bo4—100 to 127 centimeters (39.4 to 50.0 inches); 40 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and 40 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P01157. Colors in fine to medium irregular patches.; few very fine roots
    1Bo5—127 to 150 centimeters (50.0 to 59.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 84P01158. 2 cm band of yellowish red 5YR 5/6 containing many very fine black sand sized grains or concretions at upper horizon boundary.; few very fine roots
    1R—150 to 170 centimeters (59.1 to 66.9 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments. White argillaceous limestone. very porous. Stained strong brown to reddish yellow 7.5YR 5/6, 6/6 and 7/6 in fissures. Some Bo5 horizon material in interstices.