IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Maunabo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963PR151005
  • User Pedon ID: S1963PR151005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0531
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33059
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 18.0766659
  • Std. Longitude: -65.8711090
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Este SCD, Puerto Rico, 5.0 kilometers northeast from town of Yubucoa, 1,500 feet northeast from intersection of highways 905 and 3. Photo GS-LR-9-19.
  • 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 #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Maunabo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2003
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Maunabo
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: GSLR-9-19
  • 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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03952. Few fine quartz grains; few fine black grains.
    A12—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03953. Few fine black grains.
    B1G—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, 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; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03954. Few fine quartz grains; few fine black grains.
    B2G—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; black (10YR 2/1), moist, coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03955. Few fine quartz grains.
    B3G—56 to 99 centimeters (22.0 to 39.0 inches); greenish gray (5G 6/1) silty clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 21 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A03956. Common fine quartz grains; common black grains.
    2CG—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); greenish gray (5BG 5/1) sandy loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A03957. Many fine shiny grains.