IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Prieto
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993PR119003
  • User Pedon ID: 93PR119003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0433
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65776
  • 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: 18.3243332
  • Std. Longitude: -65.8150024
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 208 cm west and 84 cm south of 08.03.33 on the El Verde LTER, Caribbean National Forest.
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • MLRA: 270—Humid Mountains and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PR700—El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Davis, Roy Vick, Warren Lynn, Bruce Dubee, and Henry Mount
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Prieto
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, nonacid Typic Tropaquepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/1993
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountainside
  • Microfeature: tree-tip mound
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 15.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/23/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 15
  • Plant Association Name: Tabanuco Forest
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    0—6

    6—130

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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

    15

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    391

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    280

    2032

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) Error; loose; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03301; wet when described;
    AB—1 to 7 centimeters (0.4 to 2.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 25 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03302; wet when described;
    Bg1—7 to 24 centimeters (2.8 to 9.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine faint and 10 percent gray (N 5/0) fine faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 25 percent coarse very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) worm casts throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03303; wet when described;
    Bg2—24 to 51 centimeters (9.4 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; 10 percent olive (5Y 5/4) fine faint and 10 percent gray (N 5/0) fine faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 25 percent coarse gray (N 5/0) worm casts throughout and 25 percent coarse light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) worm casts throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03304; wet when described;
    Bg3—51 to 101 centimeters (20.1 to 39.8 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) clay; 10 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) coats in root channels and/or pores; 25 percent coarse gray (N 5/0) worm casts throughout and 25 percent coarse olive gray (5Y 5/2) worm casts throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03305; wet when described;
    Bg4—101 to 131 centimeters (39.8 to 51.6 inches); greenish gray (5GY 6/1) clay; 10 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) coats in root channels and/or pores; 25 percent coarse gray (N 5/0) worm casts throughout and 25 percent coarse greenish gray (5GY 5/1) worm casts throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P03306; wet when described;