IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sabana Seca
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958PR137001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958PR137001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0238
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32767
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 18.3955555
  • Std. Longitude: -66.0613861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Municipio De Toa Baja, Barrio of Sabana Seca, San Juan Soil Conservation District, Puerto Rico. 400 meters east of kilometer marker 8.5, Highway No. 866 of approximately 1.5 kilometers east by northeast of Sabana Seca schools. Aerial photo GS-LR-4-12.
  • State: Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. U. Yager
  • 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 - Sabana Seca
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2003
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sabana Seca
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/1958 (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
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    1651

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    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01769
    B1T—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and coarse prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; clay films on faces of peds and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, in root channels and/or pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01770. 1:1 ratio of matrix to mottles; inclusions of Ap horizon do not exceed 5 to 10 percent.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196686; patchy - phpvsfiid 196686
    B21TG—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01771. 1:1 ratio of matrix to mottles.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196688; patchy - phpvsfiid 196688
    B22TG—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) and light gray (5Y 7/1) clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) medium and coarse prominent and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and coarse prominent mottles; weak very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01772. Mottles and perdigons nonsticky and nonplastic.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196689; patchy - phpvsfiid 196689
    B23TG—91 to 120 centimeters (35.8 to 47.2 inches); white (5Y 8/1) and pale yellow (5Y 8/2) clay; 21 percent dusky red (10R 3/4) fine and coarse prominent and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01773. patchy - phpvsfiid 196690; patchy - phpvsfiid 196690
    B24TG—120 to 140 centimeters (47.2 to 55.1 inches); white (5Y 8/1) clay; 3 percent dusky red (10R 3/4) coarse prominent and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and coarse mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01774. patchy - phpvsfiid 196682; patchy - phpvsfiid 196682
    B25TG—140 to 180 centimeters (55.1 to 70.9 inches); white (5Y 8/1) clay; 1 percent red (10R 4/8) fine and 21 percent dusky red (10R 3/4) coarse prominent and 21 percent dark red (7.5R 3/6) coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; 1 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A01775. patchy - phpvsfiid 196683; patchy - phpvsfiid 196683