IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vega Baja
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961PR127001
  • User Pedon ID: S1961PR127001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0179
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32708
  • 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: 18.3950005
  • Std. Longitude: -66.0530548
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Rio Piedras Experiment Station, Puerto Rico, 200 feet northwest on road to Foods Laboratory and 200 feet northeast of the entrance to the Experiment Station (Section north of highway).
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PR686—San Juan Area, 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vega Baja
  • PSC - 30 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2003
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vega Baja
  • Classificaton Date - 10/11/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/11/1961 (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
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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01325
    A1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 1 percent fine manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01326
    B21T—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; black (10YR 2/1) coats in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01327
    B22T—43 to 81 centimeters (16.9 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and gray (5Y 6/1) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; gray (N 6/0) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01328
    B3—81 to 125 centimeters (31.9 to 49.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and light gray (N 7/0) clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; manganese or iron-manganese stains in root channels and/or pores and 10 percent coats on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01329
    C1—125 to 140 centimeters (49.2 to 55.1 inches); light gray (N 7/0) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay; massive; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01330
    C2—140 to 150 centimeters (55.1 to 59.1 inches); light gray (N 7/0) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay; massive; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A01331