IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lares
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963PR011001
  • User Pedon ID: S1963PR011001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0573
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33651
  • 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: 18.2961102
  • Std. Longitude: -67.1583328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Oeste SCD, Puerto Rico, 1.8 kilometers northwest from town of Anasco, 300 feet southeast of kilometer marker 143.6 on new highway 2.
  • State: Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. H. Rivers.
  • 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 - Lares
  • PSC - 35 to 50 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2003
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lares
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04190
    B1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent clay films; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark nodules; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04191. patchy - phpvsfiid 197196; patchy - phpvsfiid 197196
    B2T—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay; 1 percent dark red (10R 3/6) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 3 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04192. Common fine and medium partially weathered rock fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 197197; continuous - phpvsfiid 197197
    B3—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 1 percent dark red (10R 3/6) fine distinct and 1 percent red (10R 4/8) fine distinct and 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04193. Many weathered rock fragments; few hard angular rock fragments.; patchy - phpvsfiid 197198; patchy - phpvsfiid 197198
    C1—74 to 114 centimeters (29.1 to 44.9 inches); dark red (10R 3/6) and greenish gray (5GY 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and red (10R 5/6) crushed clay; massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent medium noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04194
    C2—114 to 180 centimeters (44.9 to 70.9 inches); red (10R 4/6) and greenish gray (5GY 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A04195. Common fine rock fragments; auger sample, weathered transported rock fragments of variegated colors.
    C3—180 to 203 centimeters (70.9 to 79.9 inches); red (10R 4/6) and greenish gray (5GY 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A04196. Common fine rock fragments; weathered transported rock fragments of variegated colors.