IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mabi
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963PR063002
  • User Pedon ID: S1963PR063002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0247
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32775
  • 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: 18.2574997
  • Std. Longitude: -65.6594467
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1/2 kilometers west of town of Gurabo, 800 feet north and 600 feet west of Gurabo Experiment Station headquarters. Photo No. GS-LR-15-72.
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. H. Rivera
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mabi
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2003
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mabi
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: GSLR-1572
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    2

    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine granular structure; hard when dry, very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, coats in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark nodules; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01833. Few fine volcanic fragments; field moisture 42.1 percent.
    A12—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed clay; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 75 percent pressure faces; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01834. Few fine volcanic fragments; field moisture 45.1 percent.
    C1—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed clay; 21 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; coats in root channels and/or pores and 75 percent pressure faces; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark nodules; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01835. Few fine volcanic fragments; many slickensides.
    C2—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine distinct and 1 percent greenish gray (5GY 6/1) fine distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent pressure faces; 3 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark nodules; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A01836. Many slickensides; few fine volcanic fragments.
    C3—97 to 135 centimeters (38.2 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; 1 percent greenish gray (5GY 6/1) fine distinct and 3 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent pressure faces; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark nodules; 1 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A01837. Common slickensides; few fine volcanic fragments.
    C4—135 to 170 centimeters (53.1 to 66.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; 1 percent greenish gray (5GY 6/1) fine distinct and 3 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent pressure faces; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark nodules; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A01838. Few slickensides; few fine and medium volcanic fragments.
    C5—170 to 230 centimeters (66.9 to 90.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and greenish gray (5GY 6/1) clay; massive; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark nodules; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A01839. Auger sample
    C6—230 to 285 centimeters (90.6 to 112.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 1 percent greenish gray (5GY 6/1) medium distinct mottles; massive; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A01840