IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961PR055001
  • User Pedon ID: S1961PR055001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0526
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33054
  • Print Date: 12/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Lajas Valley, Puerto Rico. Land Authority farn at Fraternidad, 275 feet east of Cristales drainage ditch, 250 feet south of road on old railroad bed. Aerial photograph GS-LR-4-42.
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PR687—Lajas Valley Area, Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. H. Rivera
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fe
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/14/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/14/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: GSLR-4-42
  • 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
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    A11—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03917. Many fine sand-size aggregates.
    A12—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03918. Many fine sand-size lime aggregates.
    AC—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) clay; massive parts to moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent pressure faces; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03919. Few fine slickensides; many fine sand-size lime aggregates.
    C1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) and dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) clay; massive parts to weak fine angular blocky; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 30 percent pressure faces; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A03920. Common slickensides; common filaments of fine sand-size crystals (salt?).
    C2CS—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) and dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) clay; massive parts to weak fine subangular blocky; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03921. Few slickensides.
    C3—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) clay; massive parts to weak fine angular blocky; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A03922. Common slickensides less than 3 inches in width; arbitrary boundary.
    C4—109 to 145 centimeters (42.9 to 57.1 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) clay; massive parts to moderate fine angular blocky; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A03923. Many slickensides less than 3 inches; few fine flat sand-size crystals and shell fragments; few soft black aggregates.