IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Naranjo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973PR145004
  • User Pedon ID: S1973PR145004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973PR145004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1270
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 34879
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Norte SCD, Puerto Rico, 350 meters south of kilometer marker 3.2 of highway 646, municipality of Vega Baja, Arecibo Soil Survey Area.
  • State: Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Luis H. Rivera
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, carbonatic, isohyperthermic Inceptic Haprendolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Naranjo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - NARANJO
  • Classificaton Date - 1/14/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/14/1974 (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

    15

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    150

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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay; moderate fine granular structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09653. many fine soft limestone fragments; few sea shell fragments.
    B1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A09654. many fine soft limestone fragments; few sea shell fragments.
    B2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09655. many fine soft limestone fragments; strong effervescence with dilute HCl.
    B3—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09656. common medium lime splotches.
    C1—56 to 104 centimeters (22.0 to 40.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) prominent mottles; massive; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A09657. many lime splotches.
    C2—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and pink (7.5YR 7/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and light gray (10YR 7/1) clay; massive; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A09658. many lime splotches.