IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Susannaberg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991VI020008
  • User Pedon ID: 91VI020008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1196
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64232
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 18.3527775
  • Std. Longitude: -64.7574997
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Cinnamon Bay watershed, St. John, US VI; 150 feet upslope from jeep trail.
  • State: Virgin Islands
  • County: VI020—St. John
  • MLRA: 271—Semiarid Mountains and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Davis, G. Arevedo, H.R. Mount
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, vermiculitic, isohyperthermic, shallow Typic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Susannaberg
  • PSC - 5 to 23 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Descalabrado
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed, isohyperthermic, shallow Typic Argi
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: with <10
  • Surface Fragments: 1.45 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—38

    5—23

    38—51

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    —-

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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

    43

    —

    —

    91

    —

    0

    117

    —

    —

    26

    27

    25

    26

    27

    25

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium tubular and 2.5 fine and medium void between rock fragments pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P07969; moist when described;. few coarse roots throughout; common fine roots throughout
    Bt—8 to 26 centimeters (3.1 to 10.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium tubular and 2.5 fine and medium void between rock fragments pores; 15 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07970; moist when described;. many fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few coarse roots throughout; common fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 228076; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 228076
    BC—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) gravelly clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine and medium void between rock fragments and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent medium and coarse irregular iron-manganese masses; 1 percent fine and medium cylindrical worm casts; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P07971; moist when described;. many medium and coarse soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few fine and medium worm casts concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 228077; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 228077
    Cr—41 to 54 centimeters (16.1 to 21.3 inches); 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 85 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) weathered bedrock; massive; 0.5 fine roots around fragments; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P07972; moist when described;. few fine roots matted around stones