IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Machete
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963PR015001
  • User Pedon ID: S1963PR015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0563
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33091
  • Print Date: 12/12/2024

    • 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: 17.9902782
  • Std. Longitude: -66.0527802
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sudeste SCD, Puerto Rico, 3.3 kilometers north of town of Arroyo, 1200 feet east of kilometer marker 1.4, Highway 753 to iron stake and 50 feet east and 20 feet north.
  • State: Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. E. McKinzie.
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Machete
  • PSC - 35 to 85 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1962 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04126
    A12—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04127. Common fine sand grains.
    B21T—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent clay films; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04128. Many fine sand grains.; patchy - phpvsfiid 197199; patchy - phpvsfiid 197199
    B22T—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04129. Many fine sand grains; few fine rounded pebbles; few fine weathered rock fragments.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 197200; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 197200
    B23T—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04130. Few weathered rock fragments; few round pebbles.; patchy - phpvsfiid 197201; patchy - phpvsfiid 197201
    B3—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent clay films; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04131. patchy - phpvsfiid 197202; patchy - phpvsfiid 197202
    C1—152 to 152 centimeters (59.8 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) cobbly sandy clay loam; massive; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A04132