IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Humatas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004PR047001
  • User Pedon ID: S2004PR047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0611
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17515
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 18.3189449
  • Std. Longitude: -66.3628082
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • County: PR047—Corozal
  • MLRA: 270—Humid Mountains and Valleys
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-MAZ—Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PR686—San Juan Area, Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Samuel Rios, Carmen Santiago, and Dewayne Mays
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, parasesquic, isohyperthermic Typic Haplohumults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Humatas
  • Classificaton Date - 1/26/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: highly weathered residuum weathered from volcanic rock
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/26/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    12

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    10

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    2188

    Corozal

    SCAN
    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); 2 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine irregular pores; black (7.5YR 2.5/1) organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N03392
    Ap2—10 to 40 centimeters (3.9 to 15.7 inches); 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 medium irregular and 21.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N03393
    Bt1—40 to 56 centimeters (15.7 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 medium irregular and 21.0 fine irregular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N03394. continuous - phpvsfiid 1121274; continuous - phpvsfiid 1121274
    Bt2—56 to 82 centimeters (22.0 to 32.3 inches); 60 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 21.0 very coarse irregular and 21.0 medium irregular pores; 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains and 75 percent prominent pressure faces on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N03395. continuous - phpvsfiid 1121276; continuous - phpvsfiid 1121276
    Bt3—82 to 116 centimeters (32.3 to 45.7 inches); 80 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 20 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 3.0 medium irregular and 3.0 coarse irregular pores; 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains and 10 percent prominent pressure faces on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N03396. continuous - phpvsfiid 1121278; continuous - phpvsfiid 1121279; continuous - phpvsfiid 1121278; continuous - phpvsfiid 1121279
    BC—116 to 158 centimeters (45.7 to 62.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular and 21.0 fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N03397
    C—158 to 200 centimeters (62.2 to 78.7 inches); 12 percent light reddish brown (2.5YR 7/4) and red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.5. Lab sample # 04N03398. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1121280; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1121280