IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Togcha
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 83GQ066014
  • User Pedon ID: 83GQ066014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0221
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53915
  • 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: 13.2749996
  • Std. Longitude: 144.7144470
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Guam. Ija Experiment Station near future pond site.
  • State: Guam
  • MLRA: 181—Arctic Foothills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. J. Young and J. L. Demeterio
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, superactive, isohyperthermic Udertic Haplustepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Togcha
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Togcha
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, kaolinitic, isohyperthermic Fluventic Ustrop
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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

    12—70

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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

    8

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    90

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    45

    260

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    1A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior silty clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01159. many very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    1Bw1—12 to 27 centimeters (4.7 to 10.6 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior and 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 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P01160. Few black sand sized concretions. Colors in a fine, reticulate pattern.; many very fine roots; common fine roots
    1Bw2—27 to 35 centimeters (10.6 to 13.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior silty clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P01161. Dark red in fine to medium patches and yellowish red in a fine elongated reticulate pattern.; common very fine roots; few fine roots
    1Bw3—35 to 70 centimeters (13.8 to 27.6 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 15 percent , moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01162. Few sand sized saprolitic flecks.; few pressure faces surface features on vertical faces of peds; common very fine roots
    1C1—70 to 80 centimeters (27.6 to 31.5 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay; massive; very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01163. Material is 95% sand sized saprolitic flecks which rub down.; few very fine roots
    1C2—80 to 105 centimeters (31.5 to 41.3 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior silty clay; massive; very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; 15 percent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P01164. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots
    1C3—105 to 150 centimeters (41.3 to 59.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior silty clay; massive; very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 84P01165. Material is 90% sand sized and 3% fine gravel sized saprolitic flecks all rub down. Weak stratification present slight changes in color of saprolitic flecks one strata containing black grains.; few very fine roots