IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aimeliik
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S03PW002002
  • User Pedon ID: S03PW002002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0697
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16152
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 7.4318472
  • Std. Longitude: 134.5229639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Palau
  • County: PW002—Aimeliik
  • MLRA: 193—Volcanic Islands of Western Micronesia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gavenda
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, halloysitic, isohyperthermic Humic Haploperox
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aimeliik
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - perudic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aimeliik
  • Classificaton Date - 4/16/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: saprolite derived from basalt over andesite over tuff breccia over bedded tuff
  • Landscape: island, upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Aimeliik formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/16/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - tropical
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    23

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    330

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    90

    3685

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    365

    27

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dry; silt loam; 20 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 15 percent clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very coarse roots between peds and 2.0 medium roots between peds and 3.0 fine roots between peds and 1.0 coarse roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N03374
    A2—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 40 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 40 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; 20 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 15 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots between peds and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N03375
    Bt1—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate fine and medium, and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots between peds and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N03376. patchy - phpvsfiid 348768; patchy - phpvsfiid 348768
    Bt2—30 to 50 centimeters (11.8 to 19.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N03377. continuous - phpvsfiid 348769; continuous - phpvsfiid 348769
    Bt3—50 to 86 centimeters (19.7 to 33.9 inches); 77 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 8 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 2 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 03N03378. patchy - phpvsfiid 348770; patchy - phpvsfiid 348770