IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aibonito
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959PR009001
  • User Pedon ID: S1959PR009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0574
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33652
  • 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: 18.1355553
  • Std. Longitude: -66.2872238
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Kilometer marker 2.37, Highway 162, east road cut.
  • State: Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. A. Boccheciamp, K. W. Flach, R. E. Gierbolini, R. B. Grossman and 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 - Aibonito
  • PSC - 27 to 77 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/17/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/17/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    25

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior silty clay loam, silty clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04197. No macro pores in peds; the horizon extends in narrow tongues between peds into the B&A horizon.
    B&A—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04198. Blanched silt-rich areas occur on ped surfaces.
    B21T—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior clay; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04199. No macro pores in peds; roots are restricted to ped faces; no slickensides; few sand-size grains, possibly chert.
    B22T—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) exterior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior clay; 21 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04200. No macro pores in peds; roots are restricted to ped faces; no slickensides; few sand-size grains, possibly chert.
    B3—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; 1 percent white (10YR 8/1) medium prominent and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent and 21 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 0.1 roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04201. Some prism faces from the B22t extending into the upper part.
    C1—109 to 165 centimeters (42.9 to 65.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; 3 percent white (10YR 8/1) medium prominent mottles; massive; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A04202
    C2—165 to 264 centimeters (65.0 to 103.9 inches); 50 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 50 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 1 percent white (5YR 8/1) mottles; extremely firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04203. The red material commonly is immediately next to the white mottles; evidence of rock structure present.
    C2—264 to 279 centimeters (103.9 to 109.8 inches); 50 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 50 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 1 percent white (5YR 8/1) mottles; extremely firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04204. The red material commonly is immediately next to the white mottles; evidence of rock structure present; split from the above for sampling purposes.