IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Daguey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987PR007005
  • User Pedon ID: 87PR007005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0296
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59591
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 18.3274994
  • Std. Longitude: -67.1374969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Puerto Rico; Noroeste SWCD, .7 mi E on HWY 110 from Junction of HWY 2 & .7 mi N on paved Rd .2 mi NE on private Rd.
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • County: PR007—Aguas Buenas
  • MLRA: 270—Humid Mountains and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Williams, L. Rivera, W. Lynn, G. Acevedo
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, kaolinitic, isohyperthermic Inceptic Hapludox
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Daguey
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, kaolinitic Typic Kandiudox
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1987 (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

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—200

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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

    12

    —

    —

    150

    —

    225

    —

    —

    —

    24

    25

    22

    27

    28

    25

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    1Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01485. Few black shiny masses. Few insect casts.; many fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01486. Few root channels.; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923517; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923517
    1Bt2—48 to 88 centimeters (18.9 to 34.6 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P01487. Few insect tunels filled with material from A horizon, few old roots.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923518; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923518
    1Bt3—88 to 118 centimeters (34.6 to 46.5 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P01488. Few root channels. Few weathered (yellowish brown) fragments of saprolite.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923519; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923519
    1Bt4—118 to 147 centimeters (46.5 to 57.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P01489. Common (4-5%) yellowish brown weathered fragments of saprolite.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923520; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923520
    1Bt5—147 to 205 centimeters (57.9 to 80.7 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01490. Mottles along root channels. Many (20%) yellowish brown weathered fragments of saprolite.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923521; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923521
    1Bw—205 to 270 centimeters (80.7 to 106.3 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green. Lab sample # 87P01491. 20-30% of volume has rock structure and is dark red (2.5YR 3/6), yellowish red (10YR 5/6) and very pale brown (10YR 8/3).; many clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923522; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923522