IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Teresa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997PR023001
  • User Pedon ID: 97PR023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0478
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10161
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 18.0091667
  • Std. Longitude: -67.1469421
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 5.4 miles south of Cabo Rojo downtown; 1.1 miles south of Las Arenas on P.R. Hwy. 301 from the intersection of P.R. Hwy. 101; 0.2 mile east on pasture field.
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • MLRA: 273—Semiarid Coastal Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PR787—San German Area, Southwestern Puerto Rico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: TPR0047—Puerto Real, Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jorge L. Lugo, Carmen L. Santiago and Greg Brannon
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Teresa
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2003
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Teresa
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, isohyperthermic Aquic Salustert
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/1997
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: alluvial flat
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/16/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5B
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    slickensides

    salic horizon

    mottles with chroma 2 or less

    25—198

    97—216

    112—216

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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

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 50.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 50.0 very fine interstitial pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02864
    Bss1—25 to 66 centimeters (9.8 to 26.0 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 50.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.1 medium tubular pores; 90 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic) throughout; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02865. continuous - phpvsfiid 202835; continuous - phpvsfiid 202835
    Bss2—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; strong coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 50.0 very fine tubular and 0.1 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 90 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) throughout; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02866. continuous - phpvsfiid 202836; continuous - phpvsfiid 202836
    Bssz—97 to 102 centimeters (38.2 to 40.2 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 50.0 very fine tubular and 0.1 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) throughout; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent carbonate concretions throughout and 1 percent salt masses throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02867. continuous - phpvsfiid 202837; continuous - phpvsfiid 202837
    Bssgz1—102 to 158 centimeters (40.2 to 62.2 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; clay; 5 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 50.0 very fine tubular and 0.1 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) throughout; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions throughout; 10 percent salt masses throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02868. continuous - phpvsfiid 202838; continuous - phpvsfiid 202838
    Bssgz2—158 to 198 centimeters (62.2 to 78.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent and 5 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine to medium roots throughout; 50.0 very fine tubular and 0.1 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) throughout; 50 percent iron-manganese concretions throughout; 50 percent salt masses throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02869. continuous - phpvsfiid 202839; continuous - phpvsfiid 202839
    Bgz—198 to 216 centimeters (78.0 to 85.0 inches);, dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist; clay; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 50.0 very fine tubular and 0.1 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent salt masses throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 97P02870