IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Southgate
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991VI020004
  • User Pedon ID: 91VI020004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991VI020004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1192
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64228
  • Print Date: 4/14/2025

    • 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: 18.3388882
  • Std. Longitude: -64.7247238
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lameshur Bay watershed, St. John, USVI; 600 feet S. of Bordeaux Mtn. pond and Lameshur Bay trail junction. About 1800 feet SE of Bordeaux Mtn. as referenced from Western St. John Quad. dated 1958.
  • State: Virgin Islands
  • MLRA: 27—Fallon-Lovelock Area
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VI690—Virgin Islands of the United States

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GA,BD,JD,HM,BH,WL,
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, isohyperthermic, shallow Typic Ustropepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Southgate
  • PSC - 0 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Victory
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, isohyperthermic, shallow Ty
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/4/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/4/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 91052
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ANPA12

    CASEA

    CROTO

    PIMEN

    Anthurium palmatum

    Casearia

    Croton

    Pimenta

    anthurium

    casearia

    croton

    pimenta

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—76

    20—76

    76—168

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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

    20

    32

    30

    342

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    55

    1168

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    26.1

    27.2

    25

    26.1

    27.2

    25

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—1 to 9 centimeters (0.4 to 3.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; hard, friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout and 6.0 coarse roots throughout and 6.0 roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine void between rock fragments pores; 10 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, noncalcareous fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P07952; dry when described;
    Bw—9 to 31 centimeters (3.5 to 12.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very channery clay loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; hard, friable; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine void between rock fragments pores; 5 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter siltstone, noncalcareous fragments and 35 percent by volume angular siltstone, noncalcareous fragments and 50 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, noncalcareous fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07953; dry when described;
    Cr—31 to 67 centimeters (12.2 to 26.4 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), yellow (10YR 7/6) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; weathered bedrock; massive; 85 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) coats on rock fragments; fragments. Lab sample # 91P07954; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 173143; continuous - phpvsfiid 173143