IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SHIOYA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 91MP110002
  • User Pedon ID: 91MP110002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1164
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64200
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 15.1625004
  • Std. Longitude: 145.7091675
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 350m east of the coastline.
  • State: Northern Mariana Islands

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Drew, Base
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Carbonatic, isohyperthermic Typic Ustipsamments
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SHIOYA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shioya
  • Taxonomic Class - Carbonatic, isohyperthermic Typic Ustipsamment
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/10/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: beach terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/10/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop trees
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    0—35

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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

    1

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    —

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    2000

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    28

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    A1—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, gray (10YR 5/1) crushed, dry; loamy sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07766
    A2—19 to 35 centimeters (7.5 to 13.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07767
    C1—35 to 80 centimeters (13.8 to 31.5 inches); 60 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed and 40 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/3) crushed sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P07768
    C2—80 to 117 centimeters (31.5 to 46.1 inches); 60 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed and 40 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/3) crushed sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, arenaceous fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P07769
    2Cr—117 to 117 centimeters (46.1 to 46.1 inches); sand; weakly cemented; fragments.