IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tabecheding
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S79PB935004
  • User Pedon ID: S79PB935004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0096
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47326
  • 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: 7.3731972
  • Std. Longitude: 134.5438972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Palau; 3060 feet E and 590 feet S of SE end of dam at Ngerime Reservoir; proceed N on the Rd to Nekken about mi.

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.W. Smith, N.R. Babik, S. Shiro
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, halloysitic, isohyperthermic Aquic Kandiperox
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tabecheding
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - perudic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tabecheding
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: marine deposits
  • Landscape: island, hills
  • Landform: marine terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for very brief periods begining in jan
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 365
  • Geology: Airai Clay group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, savanna
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    5

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    90

    3685

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    365

    27

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); 70 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, 70 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00450. Upper 3 cm is moderate fine granular structure. 2 to 4 percent angular 1 mm uncoated quartz sand. Pressure faces.; common very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    Bto1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior clay; 20 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 60 percent clay; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 5.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 15 percent , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 80P00451. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few pressure faces surface features on faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    Bto2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior clay; 20 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 60 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds and faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots; many fine distinct 10YR72 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR58 mottles; few fine distinct 5YR46 mottles
    BC—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior clay; 20 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 60 percent clay; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) coarse prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00452. few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots; common medium distinct 10YR58 mottles; few coarse prominent 2.5YR46 mottles
    CB—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2) interior clay; 20 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 60 percent clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 11 percent 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0) medium mottles; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular pores; , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lignite.; few very fine and fine roots; common medium distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; common medium 7.5YR20 mottles
    2Cg—104 to 157 centimeters (40.9 to 61.8 inches); 60 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior and 40 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior clay; 20 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 60 percent clay; moderate medium platy, and strong fine platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.2, hellige-truog. Finely inter-bedded clay and lignite. Iron stains. Lignite bed tilted at 6 degrees down dipping south and 14 degrees down on ENE dip.; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common very fine and fine roots; few medium roots