IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Catalina
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959PR019008
  • User Pedon ID: S1959PR019008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0166
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32695
  • 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: 18.2391663
  • Std. Longitude: -66.2838898
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Torrecillas Soil Conservation District, Puerto Rico, Barranquitas Soil Study Area; 45 feet east of field road and 470 feet south of house at kilometer marker 8.8, Highway 152; S59PR-10-9 is approximately 160 feet to the south.
  • State: Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. A. Boccheciamp, K. W. Flach, R. E. Gierbolini, R. B. Grossman and T. U. Yager.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, ferruginous, isohyperthermic Typic Hapludox
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Catalina
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Catalina
  • Classificaton Date - 12/16/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/16/1959 (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

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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay; massive parts to weak fine granular; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01218. many sand-size aggregates; Second LSL No. refers to an additional sample taken several feet away along the pit face; the data are given at the end of the regular sequence
    B21—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A01219. fails semiplastically to abruptly; many soft black sand-size aggregates
    B22—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay; weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; 3.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01220. fails abruptly to semiplastically; few sand-size aggregates; no reflective or pressure surfaces
    B23—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; weak fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 10 percent clay films and 30 percent pressure faces; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01221. fails abruptly; very few sand-size aggregates; moderate reflective or pressure surfaces common with a few surfaces striated; patchy - phpvsfiid 186953; patchy - phpvsfiid 186953
    B24—86 to 115 centimeters (33.9 to 45.3 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 roots; 21.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; clay films and 30 percent pressure faces; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A01222. fails abruptly; very few sand-size aggregates; moderate reflective or pressure surfaces common with a few surfaces striated and possibly some thin patchy clay films; patchy - phpvsfiid 186948; patchy - phpvsfiid 186948
    B25—115 to 150 centimeters (45.3 to 59.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; clay films and 30 percent pressure faces; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01223. fails abruptly; very few sand-size aggregates; moderate reflective or pressure surfaces common with a few surfaces striated and possibly some thin patchy clay films; patchy - phpvsfiid 186950; patchy - phpvsfiid 186950
    C1—150 to 185 centimeters (59.1 to 72.8 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and 21.0 fine pores; clay films and 30 percent pressure faces; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A01224. fails abruptly; very few sand-size quartz grains; 2 percent saprolite; patchy - phpvsfiid 186943; patchy - phpvsfiid 186943
    C2—185 to 215 centimeters (72.8 to 84.6 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; firm, nonsticky, moderately plastic; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A01225. 25 percent saprolite
    C3—215 to 305 centimeters (84.6 to 120.1 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; firm, nonsticky, moderately plastic; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A01226. 75 percent saprolite
    C4—305 to 335 centimeters (120.1 to 131.9 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; firm, nonsticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A01227. Saprolite