IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carrizales
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973PR065001
  • User Pedon ID: S1973PR065001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1267
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34876
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Atlantico SCD, Puerto Rico, 0.6 km. on municipal paved road, southeast of kilometer marker 87.1 of highway 2, municipality of Hatillo, Arecibo Soil Survey Area.
  • 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 #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Carrizales
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2003
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CARRIZALES
  • Classificaton Date - 11/28/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: coastal plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • 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
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    25

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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09641
    C1—20 to 53 centimeters (7.9 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09642
    C2—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09643
    C3—81 to 127 centimeters (31.9 to 50.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09644
    C4—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A09645