IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Takpochao Variant
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 91MP100002
  • User Pedon ID: 91MP100002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1170
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64206
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 14.1930552
  • Std. Longitude: 145.2263947
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 3 kilometers north of Coconut Village and 30m east of road.
  • State: Northern Mariana Islands

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Drew, Base
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Takpochao Variant
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic Lithic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 0 to 20 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/14/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—20

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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

    5

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    270

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, black (10YR 2/1) crushed, moist; very gravelly sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine to coarse roots and 21.0 very coarse roots; 15 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P07786
    A2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; extremely gravelly sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine to coarse roots and 3.0 very coarse roots; 25 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 91P07787