IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Naniak
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S79PB935023
  • User Pedon ID: S79PB935023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0336
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47069
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 7.4070028
  • Std. Longitude: 134.5086722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Island of Ponape, Kitti Municipality, Pehleng Village 47 meters NW of boathouse in lot of Reikapw.

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Smith
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, nonacid, isohyperthermic Typic Sulfaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 42
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Naniak
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Naniak
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: coastal plain, island
  • Landform: tidal marsh
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: dip
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: very frequent flooding for very long periods begining in jan
  • 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: 11/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - swamp
  • 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

    0

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    0

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    0

    3685

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    365

    27

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    Oi—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, dry; mucky silt loam; 20 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 15 percent clay; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very coarse roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01754. About 10 percent basalt pebbles.; few coarse roots; few very coarse roots
    Oa—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior mucky silt loam; 20 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 15 percent clay; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.2 very coarse roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01755. When gentle hand pressure is applied, the material escapes readily between the fingers; slight odor of sulfur; about 5 percent basalt pebbles.; few coarse roots; very few to few very coarse roots
    AC—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior mucky loam; 41 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 18 percent clay; massive; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 coarse roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01756. When gentle hand pressure is applied, the material escapes readily between fingers; moderate odor of sulfur; about 5 percent basalt pebbles.; few coarse roots
    C1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior mucky loam; 41 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 18 percent clay; massive; slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01757. When gentle hand pressure is applied, the material escapes readily between the fingers; moderate odor of sulfur; about 10 percent basalt pebbles.
    C2—61 to 127 centimeters (24.0 to 50.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior gravelly loam; 41 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 18 percent clay; massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01758. Strong odor of sulfur; about 25 percent basalt pebbles.
    C3—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) interior very gravelly loam; 41 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 18 percent clay; massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P01760. Strong odor of sulfur; about 40 percent weathered basalt pebbles.