IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cabo Rojo

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: D04PR023005

User Pedon ID: D04PR023005

Transect:

User Transect ID - 2004-007T

Transect Stop Number - 1

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - NSSL

Lab Pedon # - 05N0805

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17708

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: 18.0838889

Std. Longitude: -67.1688889

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Cabo Rojo clay, 2 to 12 percent slopes; approximately 1.5 miles southwest of downtown Cabo Rojo; about 0.65 mile northwest from the intersection of P.R. Hwy. 307 and P.R. Hwy. 308; about 0.25 mile northwest of P.R. Hwy. 308 in native pasture. Cabo Rojo Municipality. (USGS Puerto Real topographic quadrangle (1966); lat. 18 degrees 05 minutes 02 seconds N. and long. 67 degrees 10 minutes 08 seconds W.)

Map Unit: CaC—Cabo Rojo clay, 2 to 12 percent slopesCaC2—Cabo Rojo clay, 2 to 12 percent slopes, erodedCaC—Cabo Rojo clay, 2 to 12 percent slopes

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PR684—Mayaguez Area, Puerto Rico Western PartPR787—San German Area, Southwestern Puerto Rico

PEDON

Describers Name: Samuel Rios

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, isohyperthermic Vertic Paleudults

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 5

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Cabo Rojo

PSC - 5 to 55 cm.

Classificaton Date - 2/27/2009

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Cabo Rojo

Classificaton Date - 7/29/2003

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: fine textured colluvium

Landscape: hills

Landform: hillslope

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Pattern: parallel

Runoff: medium

Drainage Class: moderately well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Geology: Miocene (tertiary) member of the Guanajibo Formation formation in the Tg group.

Surface Fragments: 12.00 percent 25- to 76-millimeter igneous, unspecified,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 7/29/2003 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 5A

Surface Water Kind: none observed

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

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon	0—5 5—55	5—10—20 30—45—60

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
12	—	—	40	—	120	1256	—	365	25.4	26.5	23.9	—	—	—	—	—	667492	Puerto Real	Weather (NOAA)

Ap—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, dry; clay loam; 20 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 40 percent clay; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine irregular and 5.0 fine irregular pores; 12 percent by volume 2-10-15 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in cut

Bt1—5 to 12 centimeters (2.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, dry; clay; 5 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 85 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium irregular and 2.0 fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in cut. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 350656; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 350656

Bt2—12 to 48 centimeters (4.7 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face, dry; clay; 5 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 85 percent clay; strong very coarse subangular blocky, and strong coarse subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium irregular and 0.5 fine irregular pores; 70 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described; observed in cut. continuous - phpvsfiid 350657; continuous - phpvsfiid 350657

Bt3—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); 95 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face, 95 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, dry; clay; 5 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 85 percent clay; 5 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium irregular and 2.0 fine irregular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in cut. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 350658; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 350658

BC—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); 80 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, 80 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face, dry; clay loam; 5 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8) fine prominent and 15 percent light gray (5Y 7/2) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine vesicular and 2.0 fine vesicular pores; 20 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries on faces of peds and 20 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in cut

C—91 to 183 centimeters (35.8 to 72.0 inches); 80 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, 80 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face, dry; silty clay loam; 5 percent light greenish gray (5GY 7/1) fine prominent and 15 percent light gray (5Y 7/2) fine prominent mottles; massive; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine irregular and 0.5 fine irregular pores; 1 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries on faces of peds and 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog.; dry when described; observed in cut