IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Espinosa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989PR027001
  • User Pedon ID: 89PR027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0401
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61505
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 18.4594440
  • Std. Longitude: -66.8730545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Camuy Municipal P.R.; Arecibo ss sheet #1; 2.1 mi S-SE on Hwy 119 from jct with Hwy 2 and 150 feet E of road in pasture
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • County: PR027—Camuy
  • MLRA: 272—Humid Coastal Plains
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PR682—Arecibo Area, Puerto Rico Northern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Williams, C. Santiago
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, isohyperthermic Typic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Copied 3-MAZ
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Espinosa
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/2018
  • Classifier - SRT/MMR
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Espinosa
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed Typic Paleudults
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey residuum weathered from limestone
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: karstic marine terrace, karst valley
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: D. Williams, C. Santiago
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other 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

    lithic contact

    0—315

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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

    2

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    112

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    180

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    0410

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; 9 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; 4.6 Bromcresol gree; extremely acid, pH 4.1, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02238. few earth worms; many fine roots throughout
    At—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 11 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; 4.6 Bromcresol gree; extremely acid, pH 4.1, cresol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02239. few earth worms; common fine and medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many fine roots throughout
    Bt1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy clay; 42 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 11 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses and 11 percent fine and medium platy iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02240. common fine and medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common fine and medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few fine roots throughout; common fine roots between peds
    Bt2—46 to 84 centimeters (18.1 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; 49 percent clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots between peds and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses and 11 percent fine and medium platy iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02241. common fine and medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common fine and medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; common fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 1657093; continuous - phpvsfiid 1657093
    Bt3—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay; 62 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine and medium platy iron-manganese masses and 11 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02242. common fine and medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common fine and medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1657092; continuous - phpvsfiid 1657092
    Bt4—107 to 150 centimeters (42.1 to 59.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay; 66 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium platy iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 89P02243. few worm casts, iron mag. mainly along cracks and prism faces; occasional slickensides; few fine and medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1657094; continuous - phpvsfiid 1657094
    Bt5—150 to 201 centimeters (59.1 to 79.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay; 77 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 15 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium platy iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 89P02244. iron mag. mainly along cracks and prism faces; occasional slickenside faces; few fine and medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1657095; continuous - phpvsfiid 1657095