IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cortada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986PR113003
  • User Pedon ID: 86PR113003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0301
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58106
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 17.9933338
  • Std. Longitude: -66.4391632
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Puerto Rico 13 mi E of Ponce 0.2 mi N on HWY 536 from junction with HWY 1 and 150 feet W of road.
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • County: PR113—Ponce
  • MLRA: 273—Semiarid Coastal Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Williams L. Rivera J. Torres G. Acevedo W. Lynn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, isohyperthermic Cumulic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cortada
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, isohyperthermic Cumulic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • 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 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    0—178

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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

    1

    —

    —

    10

    —

    180

    89

    —

    —

    26

    28

    24

    29

    31

    28

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    1Ap1—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01776. few worm casts concentrations; few fine roots throughout
    1Ap2—11 to 27 centimeters (4.3 to 10.6 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 2 percent faint , moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts and 1 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01777. Few very fine shell fragments.; few worm casts concentrations; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; very few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 231376; patchy - phpvsfiid 231376
    1Bw1—27 to 52 centimeters (10.6 to 20.5 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 2 percent faint , moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions and 1 percent fine spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01778. Few worm casts. Few very fine shell fragments. Crushed color (10YR 3/3).; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; very few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 231377; patchy - phpvsfiid 231377
    1Bw2—52 to 94 centimeters (20.5 to 37.0 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 2 percent faint , moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions and 1 percent fine spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01779. Few worm casts. Few very fine shell fragments. Crush color (10YR 3/3).; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; very few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 231378; patchy - phpvsfiid 231378
    1Bw3—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01780. Few shell fragments. Common root channels or worm holes.; few fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations
    1Bw4—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent irregular carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01781. Common root channels.; few soft masses of carbonate concentrations
    1Bw5—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 2 percent distinct , moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent irregular carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01782. Common root channels or worm holes. Crushed color (10YR 3/3); common soft masses of carbonate concentrations; very few organic coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 231379; patchy - phpvsfiid 231379
    1Bw6—178 to 254 centimeters (70.1 to 100.0 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 2 percent distinct , moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent irregular carbonate masses and 1 percent spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01783. Few channels filled with dark material. Few dark concretions. Sampled 178-210 cm.; common soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few carbonate concretions concentrations; very few organic coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; patchy - phpvsfiid 231380; patchy - phpvsfiid 231380
    2C—254 to 284 centimeters (100.0 to 111.8 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; loamy coarse sand; loose; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments.