IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Corozal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958PR047001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958PR047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0582
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33660
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 18.3286114
  • Std. Longitude: -66.3627777
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Cibuco Soil Conservation District, Puerto Rico. Corozal substation. 60 feet west of fence and approximately 0.2 miles west of main building. Photo GS-LR-14-185.
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • County: PR047—Corozal
  • MLRA: 270—Humid Mountains and Valleys
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PR686—San Juan Area, Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. U. Yager
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Corozal
  • PSC - 30 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 4
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from volcanic rock
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: low hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/3/1958 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    5

    —

    —

    210

    —

    225

    1905

    —

    365

    24.5

    26

    22.7

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    662934

    Corozal Subst, Puerto Rico

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04260. patchy - phpvsfiid 1569480; patchy - phpvsfiid 1569480
    B1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04261. continuous - phpvsfiid 1569473; continuous - phpvsfiid 1569473
    B21T—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04262. Occasional streaks of strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) along root channels.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1569474; continuous - phpvsfiid 1569474
    B22T—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; strong medium subangular blocky parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04263. continuous - phpvsfiid 1569475; continuous - phpvsfiid 1569475
    B31—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A04264. continuous - phpvsfiid 1569476; continuous - phpvsfiid 1569476
    B32—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04265. patchy - phpvsfiid 1569477; patchy - phpvsfiid 1569477
    C1—119 to 142 centimeters (46.9 to 55.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) silty clay loam; 3 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine mottles; massive; firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04266. This horizon tends to retain some appearance (texture) of the parent rock.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1569478; patchy - phpvsfiid 1569478
    C2—142 to 170 centimeters (55.9 to 66.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) rubbed silty clay loam; massive; friable, nonsticky; 0.5 very fine pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04267. This very highly weathered horizon retains the texture of the parent rock which gives it a common white mottled appearance.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1569479; patchy - phpvsfiid 1569479
    C3—292 to 323 centimeters (115.0 to 127.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A04268. Sample of very highly weathered saprolite taken. This material first encountered at 97 inches.