IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mucara
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986PR113002
  • User Pedon ID: 86PR113002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0300
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58105
  • Print Date: 11/13/2025

    • 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: 18.1541672
  • Std. Longitude: -66.6541672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Puerto Rico 16 mi N Ponce 3.4 mi E on HWY 143 from junction with HWY 10 then 0.6 mi S and 250 feet E.
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • County: PR113—Ponce
  • MLRA: 270—Humid Mountains and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Williams L. rivera J. Torres G. Acevedo W. Lynn
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mucara
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Eutropepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—15

    15—88

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    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

    55

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    670

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    135

    254

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    20

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    1A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01770. few worm casts concentrations; many fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout
    1Bw1—15 to 29 centimeters (5.9 to 11.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 37 percent faint , moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01771. Few worm casts filled with A material.; common organic coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220204; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220204
    1Bw2—29 to 45 centimeters (11.4 to 17.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine spherical dark concretions; 1 percent worm casts; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 86P01772. few fine dark concretions concentrations; few worm casts concentrations; few organic coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; few fine roots throughout; few medium distinct 10YR62 mottles; few medium faint 10YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 220205; patchy - phpvsfiid 220205
    1Bw3—45 to 58 centimeters (17.7 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint and 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical dark concretions; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01773. few fine dark concretions concentrations; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few medium faint 10YR56 mottles; few medium distinct 10YR62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220206; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220206
    1Bw4—58 to 88 centimeters (22.8 to 34.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint and 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical dark concretions and 11 percent masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, bromthymol blue; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 86P01774. few fine dark concretions concentrations; common soft masses of iron concentrations; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few medium faint 10YR56 mottles; few medium distinct 10YR62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231374; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231374
    1Bw5—88 to 120 centimeters (34.6 to 47.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 37 percent distinct , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 86P01775. common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 231375; continuous - phpvsfiid 231375
    1Bw6—120 to 163 centimeters (47.2 to 64.2 inches); loam; fragments.