IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Coto
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963PR099001
  • User Pedon ID: S1963PR099001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0596
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33674
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 18.4611111
  • Std. Longitude: -67.0608368
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Ten miles west of Quebradillas, 200 feet south of kilometer marker 115.0 on highway No. 2.
  • State: Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. E. Gierbolini
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Coto
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/26/1963 (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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A04368
    A12—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark nodules; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A04369. common fine quartz grains.
    B21—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots; clay films; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark nodules; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A04370. few fine quartz grains.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 187563; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 187563
    B22—43 to 63 centimeters (16.9 to 24.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark nodules; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A04371. patchy - phpvsfiid 196921; patchy - phpvsfiid 196921
    B23—63 to 91 centimeters (24.8 to 35.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04372
    B24—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and red (2.5YR 4/8) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A04373
    B25—127 to 163 centimeters (50.0 to 64.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and red (2.5YR 4/8) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A04374
    B26—213 to 305 centimeters (83.9 to 120.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04375
    B27—305 to 366 centimeters (120.1 to 144.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A04376