IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991VI010001
  • User Pedon ID: 91VI010001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0068
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63115
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 17.7266674
  • Std. Longitude: -64.7341690
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: .2 mile NE from intersection of Rt. 70 and 62, 50 yards S in church playyard.
  • State: Virgin Islands
  • County: VI010—St. Croix

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, carbonatic, isohyperthermic Typic Calciustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sion
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sion
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, carbonatic, isohyperthermic, shallow Typic
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1991 (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
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00413
    B—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; 11 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/3) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00414. common medium faint 10YR83 mottles
    Ck—33 to 127 centimeters (13.0 to 50.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) silty clay; 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) medium faint and 11 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/3) medium faint mottles; massive; soft; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P00415. marl - there are shells on it, we couldn't dig beneath 50", assumed paralithic contact; few medium faint 10YR82 mottles; common medium faint 10YR83 mottles
    Cr—127 centimeters (50.0 inches); fragments. not sampled; assumed paralithic contact