IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957PR023002
  • User Pedon ID: S1957PR023002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0569
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33097
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 18.0172215
  • Std. Longitude: -66.9655533
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 30 yards north of Highway No. 306 at kilometer marker 4. Puerto Rico, Lajas Valley, Suroeste Soil Conservation District.
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PR687—Lajas Valley Area, Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. J. Koch.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • PSC - 22 to 72 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/5/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/5/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04163. Few small iron-impregnated volcanic fragments.
    B21T—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04164. Streaks of very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) from Ap; many iron-impregnated volcanic fragments.
    B22T—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04165. Many iron-impregnated volcanic fragments.
    C1—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; 3 percent white (7.5YR 8/1) medium prominent and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; massive; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A04166
    C2CS—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and white (7.5YR 8/1) clay; massive; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04167. Zone of concentration of gypsum crystals. The high concentration of crystals is unusual, although adjacent areas of this soil appear to have disseminated gypsum.