IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989PR079001
  • User Pedon ID: 89PR079001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0397
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61501
  • Print Date: 12/12/2024

    • 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: 18.0238895
  • Std. Longitude: -66.9725037
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lajas Municipal; Lajas s.s. sheet 4; 5 miles E of Lajas; 2.3 miles E on Hwy 117 from jct with Hwy 2; 1.1 miles S on unimproved road; 100 feet W of R.O.W. in pasture
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • County: PR079—Lajas
  • MLRA: 273—Semiarid Coastal Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Williams, Torres Maas, C. Santiago
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fe
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Chromusterts
  • PSC - 25 to 99 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountain valleys or canyons
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—117

    33—239

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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

    0

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    6

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    5097

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; clay; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02204. few fine and medium lime concretions concentrations; few fine roots throughout
    A2—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02205. Few volcanic pebbles; common fine and medium lime concretions concentrations; few fine roots throughout
    Bw1—33 to 89 centimeters (13.0 to 35.0 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) throughout and 15 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, pressure faces throughout; 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02206. Slickenside faces are thin and striated, few volcanic pebbles; common fine and medium lime concretions concentrations; few intersecting slickensides surface features throughout; few pressure faces surface features throughout; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 224041; patchy - phpvsfiid 224042; continuous - phpvsfiid 224041; patchy - phpvsfiid 224042
    Bw2—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) throughout; 1 percent fine and medium irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02207. Slickenside faces are thin and striated, few volcanic pebbles; few fine and medium gypsum crystals concentrations; few intersecting slickensides surface features throughout; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 224043; continuous - phpvsfiid 224043
    By1—117 to 140 centimeters (46.1 to 55.1 inches);, 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) and 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) throughout; 1 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent fine and medium irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02208. Slickenside faces are thin and striated, few volcanic pebbles; common fine and medium gypsum crystals concentrations; few fine and medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few intersecting slickensides surface features throughout; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 224044; continuous - phpvsfiid 224044
    By2—140 to 201 centimeters (55.1 to 79.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; clay; moderate coarse and very coarse angular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) throughout; 1 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02209. Slickenside faces are thin and polished. Ridges are 1 to 2 cm high and 2 to 4 cm wide. Few quartz grains, few dark splotches along slickenside faces from above; few fine and medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few intersecting slickensides surface features throughout; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 224045; continuous - phpvsfiid 224045
    Bw—201 to 239 centimeters (79.1 to 94.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; clay; moderate very coarse angular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) throughout; 1 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 89P02210. Slickenside faces are thin and striated, few quartz grains; few fine and medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few intersecting slickensides surface features throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 224046; continuous - phpvsfiid 224046