IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bermeja
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002PR079002
  • User Pedon ID: 02PR079002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0293
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13942
  • 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: 17.9936104
  • Std. Longitude: -67.1076355
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • County: PR079—Lajas
  • MLRA: 271—Semiarid Mountains and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JLL, SRT
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, isohyperthermic, shallow Aridic Haplustepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bermeja
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, isohyperthermic, shallow Aridic Haplustepts
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 4
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: chert
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/25/2001 (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

    20

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    315

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    Ap—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 250-?-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N01475
    Bw—5 to 33 centimeters (2.0 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; extremely paragravelly clay loam; massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine and medium interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 70 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N01476
    Cr—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.
    R—48 centimeters (18.9 inches); fragments.