IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bayamon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998PR013001
  • User Pedon ID: S1998PR013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0558
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10828
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 18.4294453
  • Std. Longitude: -66.6055527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.7 mile southeast of Sabana Hoyos community from the intersection of P.R. Hwy. 2 and 639; 600 feet west of paved road.
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • County: PR013—Arecibo
  • MLRA: 272—Humid Coastal Plains
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-MAZ—Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PR682—Arecibo Area, Puerto Rico Northern Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: TPR0006—Barceloneta, Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jorge L. Lugo, Carmen L. Santiago, Greg Brannon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, isohyperthermic Typic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bayamon
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bayamon
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, kaolinitic, isohyperthermic Typic Hapludox
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/2/1998
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: unconsolidated sediments derived from limestone
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: coastal plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/2/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 13
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    oxic horizon

    0—25

    25—224

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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

    3

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    95

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    346

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; sandy clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many (50.0) very fine and fine roots throughout; common (3.0) very fine tubular and few (0.5) fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P03276
    Bo1—25 to 81 centimeters (9.8 to 31.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (3.0) very fine and fine roots throughout and few (0.5) medium roots throughout; many (50.0) very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P03277
    Bo2—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 4/8), dry; clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent and 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) coarse prominent and 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (3.0) very fine and fine roots throughout; many (50.0) very fine and fine interstitial and common (3.0) fine tubular pores; 50 percent organic stains; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P03278
    Bo3—107 to 170 centimeters (42.1 to 66.9 inches); red (10R 4/8), red (2.5YR 4/8), dry; clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.5) very fine to medium roots throughout; many (50.0) very fine interstitial and common (3.0) fine interstitial pores; 30 percent organic stains; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P03279
    Bo4—170 to 224 centimeters (66.9 to 88.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; sandy clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; many (50.0) very fine interstitial pores; 25 percent pressure faces; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P03280