IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Limones
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963PR151009
  • User Pedon ID: S1963PR151009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963PR151009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0578
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 33656
  • 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: 18.0808334
  • Std. Longitude: -65.9386139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: This is a satellite site of Limones clay S63PR-12-2 and is located about 50 yards east of it.
  • State: Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. A. Boccheciamp.
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Limones
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/19/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/19/1963 (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
    • 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

    50

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    AP—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04232. Many fine quartz grains.
    B21T—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; 1 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04233. Small pieces fail semiplastically upon slight pressure between fingers; few fine white platy grains; few fine quartz grains.; patchy - phpvsfiid 187561; patchy - phpvsfiid 187561
    B22T—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) clay; 1 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04234. Small pieces fail semiplastically upon slight pressure between fingers; common fine quartz grains; few fine platy grains; common fine krotovinas filled with yellowish-brown soil.; patchy - phpvsfiid 187562; patchy - phpvsfiid 187562
    B3—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) silty clay; 3 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A04235. Common fine quartz grains; about 10 percent saprolite.
    C—84 to 84 centimeters (33.1 to 33.1 inches); 9 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) and red (2.5YR 5/6) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellow (10YR 8/6) silty clay; massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A04236. Many weathered feldspar grains; many fine dark grains.