IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Daguey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988PR097001
  • User Pedon ID: 88PR097001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988PR097001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0375
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60493
  • 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: 18.2222214
  • Std. Longitude: -67.1505585
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Municipio, University of Puerto Rico Research Farm.
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • County: PR097—Mayaguez

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. William, G. Acevedo and F. Beinroth
  • 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 #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Daguey
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed Typic Palehumults
  • PSC - 39 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    COFFE

    Coffea

    coffee

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—19

    19—192

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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

    17

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    35

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    225

    190

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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior, light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) interior, dry; clay; 45 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01922; dry when described;. common fine roots throughout
    1A2—5 to 19 centimeters (2.0 to 7.5 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, dry; clay; 50 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01923; dry when described;. common fine roots; few medium roots throughout
    1Bw—19 to 39 centimeters (7.5 to 15.4 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, dry; clay; 60 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01924; dry when described;. common medium roots; common fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—39 to 68 centimeters (15.4 to 26.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, dry; clay; 70 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01925; dry when described;. Few old root channels.; common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common fine roots; few medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923523; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923523
    1Bt2—68 to 108 centimeters (26.8 to 42.5 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior, red (2.5YR 4/8) interior, dry; clay; 70 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01926; dry when described;. Few old root channels; few insect casts; few 2-3 cm clay balls.; common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common fine roots; few medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923524; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923524
    1Bt3—108 to 150 centimeters (42.5 to 59.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior, red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, dry; clay; 45 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01927; dry when described;. Few old root channels filled with darker material; few 2-3 cm clay balls.; common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923525; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923525
    1Bt4—150 to 192 centimeters (59.1 to 75.6 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior, red (2.5YR 5/8) interior, dry; clay; 45 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 88P01928; dry when described;. Few old root channels filled with darker material; 5% (10YR 7/4) small fragments of saprolite (highly weathered).; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923526; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923526
    1BC—192 to 220 centimeters (75.6 to 86.6 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior, red (2.5YR 4/8) interior, dry; clay loam; 37 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 88P01929; dry when described;. 40% (10YR 7/4) medium and large highly weathered fragments of saprolite.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923527; continuous - phpvsfiid 1923527