IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Palm
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987PR003004
  • User Pedon ID: 87PR003004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28177
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 18.3058338
  • Std. Longitude: -66.7958298
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Puerto Rico; Caribbean National Forest; Noroeste SWCD.
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • County: PR003—Aguada
  • MLRA: 270—Humid Mountains and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Loren Huffaker and Dewayne Williams
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Palm
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—18

    18—144

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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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    —

    900

    —

    270

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    16

    18

    15

    18

    20

    17

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    Oa—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior mucky loam; 1 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P1553
    Bw1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); black (5Y 2/2) interior loam; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial and tubular and 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, coats on all faces of peds; 3 percent coarse worm casts; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P1554. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 473059; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 473059
    Bw2—41 to 72 centimeters (16.1 to 28.3 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior cobbly clay; 55 percent clay; 11 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, pressure faces on horizontal faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P1555. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 473060; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 473060
    Bw3—72 to 144 centimeters (28.3 to 56.7 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) interior very cobbly clay; 55 percent clay; 1 percent greenish gray (5GY 5/1) medium distinct and 11 percent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) coarse distinct mottles; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green. Lab sample # 87P1556