IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Naranjito
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988PR069002
  • User Pedon ID: 88PR069002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0366
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60484
  • 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: 18.1872215
  • Std. Longitude: -65.7991638
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Puerto Rico, Humacao Municipio, 5.o km NE of Humacoa, 80 meters N of HWY 927.
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • County: PR069—Humacao
  • MLRA: 272—Humid Coastal Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Williams and G. Acevedo
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Naranjito
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Typic Haplohumults
  • PSC - 9 to 59 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1988 (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—9

    9—141

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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

    20

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    40

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    270

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    1Ap—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, cresol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01856. many fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—9 to 31 centimeters (3.5 to 12.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; 35 percent clay; 1 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, cresol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01857. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 2.5YR58 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 232578; continuous - phpvsfiid 232578
    1Bt2—31 to 52 centimeters (12.2 to 20.5 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; 47 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01858. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 5YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 232579; continuous - phpvsfiid 232579
    1Bt3—52 to 75 centimeters (20.5 to 29.5 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; 47 percent clay; 1 percent light gray (5Y 7/2) medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01859. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; few medium distinct 5Y72 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 232580; continuous - phpvsfiid 232580
    1Bt4—75 to 115 centimeters (29.5 to 45.3 inches); red (10R 4/8) interior clay; 47 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01860. common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common fine roots between peds; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 232581; continuous - phpvsfiid 232581
    1Bt5—115 to 141 centimeters (45.3 to 55.5 inches); dark red (10R 3/6) interior clay; 47 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 11 percent light gray (5Y 7/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01861. common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 5Y72 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 232582; continuous - phpvsfiid 232582
    1Bw—141 to 188 centimeters (55.5 to 74.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) interior clay loam; 28 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct and 11 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) medium distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent prominent , moist, coats on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, cresol red. Lab sample # 88P01862. few coats surface features on horizontal faces of peds; common medium distinct 10YR54 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR73 mottles