IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Prieto
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993PR119006
  • User Pedon ID: 93PR119006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0436
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65779
  • 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: 18.3257504
  • Std. Longitude: -65.8163910
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 50 cm west and 180 cm north of 06.11.11 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 #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Prieto
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, nonacid Typic Tropaquepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • 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: backslope
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 50.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/24/1993 (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—8

    8—120

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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

    18

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    370

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    315

    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 broken boundary. Lab sample # 93P03317; moist when described;. common 2-4 cm diameter live roots on top of horizon.
    AB—1 to 9 centimeters (0.4 to 3.5 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay; 1 percent gray (N 5/0) medium prominent and 10 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains throughout and 20 percent prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03318; moist when described;
    Bog—9 to 32 centimeters (3.5 to 12.6 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay; 10 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) fine faint and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 10 percent gray (N 5/0) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coats throughout; 5 percent coarse very dark brown (10YR 2/2) worm casts throughout; fragments; 1 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 1 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03319; moist when described;
    Bo2—32 to 96 centimeters (12.6 to 37.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) clay; 10 percent yellow (2.5Y 7/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent coarse very dark brown (10YR 2/2) worm casts throughout; fragments; 1 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 1 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03320; moist when described;
    BC—96 to 121 centimeters (37.8 to 47.6 inches); 90 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) clay; 10 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) medium faint and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; 1 percent irregular very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; 1 percent krotovinas (volume percent); 1 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03321; moist when described;