IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colinas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973PR001007
  • User Pedon ID: S1973PR001007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1268
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34877
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Atlantico SCD, Puerto Rico, 0.6 km. NE of farm gate on paved road that is 0.3 km. N of kilometer marker 66.5 of highway 2, municipality of Arecibo, Arecibo Soil Survey Area.
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Luis H. Rivera
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, carbonatic, isohyperthermic Typic Haprendolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Colinas
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/2002
  • Classifier - Greg Brannon
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Colinas
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, carbonatic, isohyperthermic Eutropeptic Rendolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/6/1973
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: hill
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/28/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Bw

    BC

    C

    0

    20

    36

    53

    20

    36

    53

    152

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    Bw

    BC

    C

    0

    20

    36

    53

    20

    36

    53

    152

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    Bw

    BC

    C

    0

    20

    36

    53

    20

    36

    53

    152

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—20

    20—152

    —20—

    —132—

    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

    25

    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face very gravelly clay loam; weak fine granular structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; many fine roots; 60 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    Bw—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very gravelly clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many fine roots; 60 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.
    BC—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) gravelly clay loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary.
    C—53 to 152 centimeters (20.9 to 59.8 inches); fragments.