IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sugar Beach
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992VI010012
  • User Pedon ID: 92VI010012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992VI010012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0470
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64709
  • 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: 17.7500000
  • Std. Longitude: -64.6905594
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Near Altona, NE on road exiting VI-82, 3/10 mile W of the intersection of VI-82 and VI-62; 400 feet NE across drain to northern boundary of the drain; 1000 feet NW on foot trail following border of N and E boundary of drain/salt marsh; 100 feet NW in thickly vegetated salt marsh.
  • 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, W.C. Lynn, B.C. Dubee, C.L. Santiago
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, isohyperthermic Fluvaquentic Troposaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sugar Beach
  • PSC - 0 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sugar Beach
  • Taxonomic Class - Euic, isohyperthermic Fluvaquentic Troposaprist
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: salt marsh
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/5/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - wetlands
  • 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

    AVGE

    Avicennia germinans

    black mangrove

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

    histic epipedon

    0—10

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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

    1

    23

    15

    2

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    320

    1092

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    26.7

    27.8

    25.6

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    4820

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    Oa—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) Error; 21.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 92P02856; wet when described;. fiber: 35% unrubbed, 10% rubbed; dull reddish organic fibers (red mangrove) that change to duller red on exposure to air
    Cg—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) Error; 3 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine and medium faint mottles; 21.0 medium and coarse roots top of horizon; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 92P02857; wet when described;. may be organic with borderline % mineral content, largely composed of medium and coarse root mat
    Oa1—20 to 60 centimeters (7.9 to 23.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) Error; 3 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium and coarse distinct mottles; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 92P02858; wet when described;. fiber: 40% unrubbed, 10% rubbed; dull reddish organic fibers (red mangrove) that change to duller red on exposure to air
    Oa2—60 to 120 centimeters (23.6 to 47.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) Error; 3 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 92P02859; wet when described;. fiber: 40% unrubbed, 10% rubbed; 5% mineral content; probably as strata (auger dug); dull reddish organic fibers (red mangrove) that change to duller red on exposure to air