IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Susannaberg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S11PR020001
  • User Pedon ID: S11PR020001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 12N7855
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56622
  • Print Date: 5/11/2025

    • 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: 18.3509440
  • Std. Longitude: -64.7585280
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Susannaberg clay loam, 40 to 60 percent slopes; extremmely stony; approximatelly 2.76miles northeast of downtown in Cruz Bay; 560 feet from the intercection of north shore road and Peters peak trail on dirt road, 150 feet southeast on forestland.
  • State: Virgin Islands
  • MLRA: 271—Semiarid Mountains and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PR690—Virgin Islands of the United States
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: TVI0009—Western St John, Virgin Islands

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S.Rios; J. Luo; C. Santiago
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, vermiculitic, isohyperthermic, shallow Typic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from igneous rock
  • Landscape: mountain system
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, center third
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated slight weathered igneous, unspecified at 74cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/6/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: S.Rios; J. Lugo; C.Santiago
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - native shrubs
  • 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

    42

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    550

    340

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    0

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    365

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    Ap—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; bouldery clay loam; moderate very fine granular, and moderate fine granular structure; many very fine roots throughout and many very coarse roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; many very fine interstitial and many fine interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 251-425-600 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 55 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 601-1800-3000 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 12N02201; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—5 to 38 centimeters (2.0 to 15.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; common very fine roots throughout and common very coarse roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; common very fine irregular and common fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat angular very strongly coherent cemented 2-40-76 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 12N02202; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1194901; continuous - phpvsfiid 1194901
    Bw2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face, moist; clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; few very coarse roots throughout and few medium roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; common very fine irregular and few very fine vesicular and common fine irregular pores; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular very strongly coherent cemented 2-40-76 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 8 percent by volume nonflat angular very strongly coherent cemented 77-164-250 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 12N02203; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1194902; continuous - phpvsfiid 1194902
    Cr—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches);, olive (5Y 5/3) broken face, moist; massive; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 12N02204; observed in pit, small
    R—74 to 74 centimeters (29.1 to 29.1 inches); fragments.; observed in pit, small