IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cartagena
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009PR123005
  • User Pedon ID: S2009PR123005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0824
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24692
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 17.9610271
  • Std. Longitude: -66.2459717
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • County: PR123—Salinas
  • MLRA: 273—Semiarid Coastal Plains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-MAZ—Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: TPR0016—Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JLL/SRT/CLS/EB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, isohyperthermic Sodic Haplusterts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cartagena
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, isohyperthermic Sodic Haplusterts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/26/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 32.64 percent of Average clay in control section and 38.25 percent of average coarse fragments in control section


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed alluvium and/or marine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain, coastal plain
  • Landform: alluvial flat, alluvial flat
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/26/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    3/26/2009

    50

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    27
    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

    0.5

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    8

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    170

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots between peds and 3.0 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 8 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5. Lab sample # 09N02824; observed in trench
    Bkss—23 to 67 centimeters (9.1 to 26.4 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 30 percent prominent pressure faces; 5 percent fine and medium very pale brown (10YR 7/3) carbonate masses; 3 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 09N02825; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 556939; continuous - phpvsfiid 556939
    2Btk—67 to 96 centimeters (26.4 to 37.8 inches);, 80 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine irregular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume flat 2-76-152 millimeter unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 09N02826; observed in trench. Stone line is 28 cm wide.; continuous - phpvsfiid 556940; continuous - phpvsfiid 556940
    3Btk—96 to 128 centimeters (37.8 to 50.4 inches);, 40 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium tubular and 3.0 fine and medium irregular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 12 percent iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 09N02827; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 556941; continuous - phpvsfiid 556941
    4Btk—128 to 148 centimeters (50.4 to 58.3 inches); sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine and medium irregular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 20 percent iron-manganese masses; 18 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 09N02828; observed in trench. Stone line is 3 cm wide.; continuous - phpvsfiid 556942; continuous - phpvsfiid 556942
    5Btk1—148 to 177 centimeters (58.3 to 69.7 inches);, 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 20 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium irregular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 10 percent iron-manganese masses; 8 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 09N02829; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 556943; continuous - phpvsfiid 556943
    5Btk2—177 to 200 centimeters (69.7 to 78.7 inches);, 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 20 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist; clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 fine and medium irregular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 15 percent iron-manganese masses and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4); 8 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 09N02830; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 556944; continuous - phpvsfiid 556944