IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ingenio
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963PR069001
  • User Pedon ID: S1963PR069001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963PR069001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0583
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33661
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 4.9 kilometers southwest form Humacao, 1.0 kilometers south southwest from Surillo school, Tejas ward. Photo GS-LR-13-105.
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PR689—Humacao Area, Puerto Rico Eastern Part

    • 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 - Ingenio
  • PSC - 17 to 67 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2003
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ingenio
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: GSLR13105
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    DIER

    Digitaria eriantha

    digitgrass

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    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

    30

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04269; moist when described;. few fine black grains; few fine quartz grains.
    B21T—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) coats on vertical faces of peds and coats on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04270; moist when described;. few krotovinas 5 millimeters in diameter.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 187567; continuous - phpvsfiid 187566; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 187567; continuous - phpvsfiid 187566
    B22T—38 to 79 centimeters (15.0 to 31.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) coats on vertical faces of peds and coats on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04271; moist when described;. few krotovinas 2 to 5 millimeters in diameter.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 196924; continuous - phpvsfiid 187568; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 196924; continuous - phpvsfiid 187568
    B3—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04272; moist when described;. small pieces fail abruptly upon slight pressure between fingers; few krotovinas one inch in diameter with a thick clay coating; field moisture 30.1 percent.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 196925; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 196925
    C1—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04273. horizon consists of 50 percent saprolite.
    C2—130 to 193 centimeters (51.2 to 76.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04274. many fine weathered feldspar grains; few dead roots with clay and organic coatings in root channels.
    C3—193 to 279 centimeters (76.0 to 109.8 inches); white (10YR 8/1) silt loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A04275. many fine feldspar grains.