IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arawak

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1992VI010008

User Pedon ID: 92VI010008

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 92P0466

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64705

Print Date: 9/24/2024

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: 17.7366676

Std. Longitude: -64.7316666

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: From intersection of VI-708 and VI-811 (Constitution Hill), 1/10 mile NW on VI-811, 1/10 mile E on sideslope.

State: Virgin Islands

MLRA: 27—Fallon-Lovelock Area

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VI690—Virgin Islands of the United States

PEDON

Describers Name: J.R. Davis, C.L. Santiago, W.C. Lynn, B.C. Dubee

Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, isohyperthermic, shallow Typic Calciustolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 8

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Arawak

PSC - 0 to 35 cm.

Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007

Moisture Class - ustic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Arawak

Classificaton Date - 3/4/1992

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: hills

Landform: hillside

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Shape Across: convex

Runoff: very low

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 3/4/1992 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

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 calcic horizon paralithic contact	0—28 28—122 35—0	—- —- —-

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
22	107	30	110	—	225	1092	—	—	26.7	27.8	25.6	—	—	—	—	—	4820	—	—

A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly clay; 3 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine and medium faint mottles; strong medium and coarse granular structure; very hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 21.0 fine and medium high-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3) carbonate coats and 75 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate nodules and 3 percent fine and medium cylindrical worm casts and 3 percent fine and medium spherical insect casts; 5 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02829; dry when described;. matrix less effervescent than coatings or concentrations of carbonate; continuous - phpvsfiid 174594; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174595; continuous - phpvsfiid 174594; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174595

ABk—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; extremely gravelly clay; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) medium faint and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine and medium faint mottles; strong medium granular structure; very hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 21.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/3) carbonate coats and 75 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent fine and medium cylindrical worm casts and 3 percent fine and medium spherical insect casts and 3 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate nodules; 10 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02830; dry when described;. matrix less effervescent than coatings or concentrations of carbonate; continuous - phpvsfiid 174596; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174597; continuous - phpvsfiid 174596; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174597

CBk—28 to 35 centimeters (11.0 to 13.8 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; extremely gravelly silt loam; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine and medium distinct and 3 percent pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 21.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3) carbonate coats; 21 percent coarse and very coarse irregular carbonate nodules and 3 percent fine and medium cylindrical worm casts and 1 percent fine and medium spherical insect casts; 10 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02831; dry when described;. structureless with evidence of biological alteration; continuous - phpvsfiid 174599; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174598; continuous - phpvsfiid 174599; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 174598

Cr1—35 to 58 centimeters (13.8 to 22.8 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; 3 percent pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 21.0 medium and coarse moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 75 percent faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3) carbonate coats; 21 percent very coarse and extremely coarse irregular carbonate nodules; limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02832; dry when described;. paralithic rock fragments; bulk density clods not collected; contains high percentage of fossil corals; continuous - phpvsfiid 174600; continuous - phpvsfiid 174600

Cr2—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; extremely gravelly silt loam; 3 percent pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 21.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 75 percent faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3) carbonate coats; 21 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate nodules; 10 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02833; dry when described;. bulk density clods not collected; contains high percentage of fossil corals; continuous - phpvsfiid 174601; continuous - phpvsfiid 174601

Cr3—76 to 122 centimeters (29.9 to 48.0 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; 3 percent pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine and medium low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 75 percent faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3) carbonate coats; 21 percent very coarse and extremely coarse irregular carbonate nodules; limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 92P02834; dry when described;. paralithic rock fragments; contains high percentage of fossil corals; continuous - phpvsfiid 174602; continuous - phpvsfiid 174602