IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limones
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963PR151002
  • User Pedon ID: S1963PR151002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963PR151002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0577
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33655
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 18.0805550
  • Std. Longitude: -65.9388885
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Este SCD, Puerto Rico, 3 kilometers west of the town of Yabucoa, 100 feet north of kilometer marker 14.2, highway 182, on pangola grass field. Photo GS-LR-9-25.
  • State: Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. A. Boccheciamp.
  • 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 - Limones
  • PSC - 22 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2003
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limones
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: interfluve
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: GSLR-9-25
  • 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

    35

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    AP—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 1 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04223. Few fine quartz grains.
    B1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04224. Few fine quartz grains; few fine black grains.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196914; patchy - phpvsfiid 196914
    B21T—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 21 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04225. Small pieces fail semiplastically upon slight pressure between fingers; common fine quartz grains.; continuous - phpvsfiid 196915; continuous - phpvsfiid 196915
    B22T—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; tubular pores; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04226. Small pieces fail semiplastically upon slight pressure between fingers; root and worm channels; few fine black grains; common fine quartz grains.; continuous - phpvsfiid 196916; continuous - phpvsfiid 196916
    B3—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04227. Small pieces fail semiplastically upon slight pressure between fingers; few fine quartz grains; few fine black grains; horizon consists of about 20 percent saprolite.; patchy - phpvsfiid 196917; patchy - phpvsfiid 196917
    C1—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) silty clay; massive; friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04228. Many weathered feldspar grains; many quartz grains; horizon consists of saprolite.
    C2—137 to 183 centimeters (53.9 to 72.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) rubbed silty clay; massive; friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04229. Many fine quartz grains; common fine soft black grains; many weathered feldspar grains; horizon consists of saprolite.
    C3—183 to 244 centimeters (72.0 to 96.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) rubbed silty clay loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04230. Many weathered feldspar grains; many fine quartz grains; horizon consists of saprolite.
    C4—244 to 305 centimeters (96.1 to 120.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) rubbed silty clay loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A04231. Many weathered feldspar grains; many fine quartz grains; horizon consists of saprolite.