The Representative Soil of The United States Virgin Islands

The Victory soils are on summits and side slopes of volcanic hills and mountains. They are used mainly as rangeland, pasture, and small areas have been subdivided for residential developments.

A typical Victory soil profile consists of a 15 cm topsoil of brown loam and a dark yellowish brown, brown and very pale brown loam to very gravelly loam subsoil to a depth of 84 cm. The underlying parent material consists of weathered and unweathered igneous bedrock.

The Victory soils are formed in material weathered from extrusive igneous bedrock, mixed origin. These soils have a low to medium fertility and reaction ranges from slightly acid to neutral throughout the profile. These soils are unsuited to cultivated crops.

The word "Victory" was derived from a local Estate, Mount Victory near Annaly.

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