IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Garrochales
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973PR001002
  • User Pedon ID: S1973PR001002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1262
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34871
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Atlantico SCD, Cano Tiburones Area, 0.5 kilometers east of junction with dirt road, 1.4 kilometers north of kilometers marker 10.7 of Highway 682.
  • State: Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Luis H. Rivera
  • 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 - Garrochales
  • PSC - 0 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2003
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - GARROCHALES
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/7/1973 (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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    OAP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (N 2/0); moderate fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09608. about 5 percent fiber, less than 5 percent rubbed; low mineral content.
    OA2—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2); friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09609. broken face and rubbed colors; about 60 percent fiber and 10 percent rubbed layers of sedges intact which are almost completely destroyed upon rubbing; low mineral content.
    OA3—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1); massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09610. broken face and rubbed colors; about 40 percent fiber and 10 percent rubbed, layers of sedges intact which are completely destroyed upon rubbing; low mineral content.
    OA4—67 to 117 centimeters (26.4 to 46.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2); massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09611. broken face and rubbed colors; about 60 percent fiber and 15 percent rubbed; low mineral content.
    2C1—117 to 119 centimeters (46.1 to 46.9 inches); bluish gray (5B 5/1) silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A09612. layer between the organic and marl layers.
    2LCA1—119 to 142 centimeters (46.9 to 55.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) silt loam; massive; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09613
    OA5—142 to 188 centimeters (55.9 to 74.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2); massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A09614. broken face and rubbed colors; about 60 percent fiber and 15 percent rubbed; low mineral content.