IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dechel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S03PW004001
  • User Pedon ID: S03PW004001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0701
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16156
  • 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: 7.3779333
  • Std. Longitude: 134.5550083
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 616—Dechel silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: PS—Palau
  • State: Palau
  • MLRA: 193—Volcanic Islands of Western Micronesia
  • Regional Office: SW—Southwest
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PB935—Islands of Palau, Republic of Palau

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gavenda
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, semiactive, acid, isohyperthermic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dechel
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - peraquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dechel
  • Classificaton Date - 4/24/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: dip
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for very long periods begining in jan
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/24/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    150

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    5

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    1

    3685

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    365

    27

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    A—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; 6 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 47 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N03391
    Ag—6 to 18 centimeters (2.4 to 7.1 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2) clay; 20 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 60 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to strong very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 90 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains; 4 percent medium prominent irregular strongly coherent cemented dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2.5/4) iron-manganese masses on faces of peds and 6 percent medium prominent irregular strongly coherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses on surfaces along pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N03392. continuous - phpvsfiid 348744; continuous - phpvsfiid 348744
    Cg—18 to 35 centimeters (7.1 to 13.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay; 20 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 60 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 2.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented iron-manganese masses in matrix and 15 percent fine prominent irregular strongly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses infused into matrix adjacent to pores; fragments. Lab sample # 03N03393