IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Susannaberg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991VI020015
  • User Pedon ID: 91VI020015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1203
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64239
  • Print Date: 5/4/2025

    • 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: 18.3549995
  • Std. Longitude: -64.7508316
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Cinnamon Bay watershed, St. John, US VI, about 150 feet upslope from SVI91-020-014, 40 feet upslope from America Hill Trail.
  • State: Virgin Islands
  • County: VI020—St. John
  • MLRA: 271—Semiarid Mountains and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Acevedo, J. Davis, H. Mount, R. Hudson, and W.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, smectitic, isohyperthermic, shallow Typic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Susannaberg
  • PSC - 8 to 23 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cramer
  • 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: 70.00 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—23

    8—23

    23—46

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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

    50

    —

    —

    98

    —

    270

    117

    —

    —

    26

    27

    25

    26

    27

    25

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described;. loose leaves and twigs
    A—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; gravelly clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 5.5 fine and medium tubular and 5.5 fine and medium void between rock fragments pores; 11 percent coarse cylindrical worm casts and 30 percent fine and medium cylindrical worm casts; 15 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P07991; dry when described;. size code "C" is for 20 to 75 mm fragments; most of gravel concentrated on surface of horizon; many fine and medium worm casts concentrations; common coarse worm casts concentrations; few coarse roots throughout; common fine and medium roots throughout
    Bt—11 to 26 centimeters (4.3 to 10.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; gravelly clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 fine and medium tubular and 5.5 fine and medium void between rock fragments pores; 15 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent coarse cylindrical worm casts and 30 percent fine and medium cylindrical worm casts; 20 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P07992; dry when described;. size code "C" is for 20 to 75 mm fragments; many fine and medium worm casts concentrations; common coarse worm casts concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium and coarse roots throughout; common fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234617; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234617
    Crt—26 to 49 centimeters (10.2 to 19.3 inches); weathered bedrock; massive; 0.5 fine and medium roots in cracks; 37 percent prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on rock fragments; 30 percent medium and coarse irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments.; dry when described;. bedrock highly fractured but hard, dug with difficulty with spade; many medium and coarse soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on rock fragments; few fine and medium roots in cracks; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234618; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234618