IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Delicias
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961PR023003
  • User Pedon ID: S1961PR023003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961PR023003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0592
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33670
  • 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: 18.1247215
  • Std. Longitude: -67.1602783
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.5 kilometers south (on narrow road) from kilometer marker 5.6 on Puerto Rico Highway 311, 50 feet east of fence. Photo No. GS-LR-9-160.
  • State: Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. E. McKinzie
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Delicias
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2003
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Delicias
  • Classificaton Date - 12/7/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/7/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: GSLR9160
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    MEMI2

    Melinis minutiflora

    molassesgrass

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    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

    20

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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04321
    B21—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark red (10R 3/6) clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 21 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04322
    B22—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); dark red (10R 3/6) clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04323
    B23—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04324
    B24—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 fine roots; 3 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A04325
    B25—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04326