IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dwarf
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S10PR119003
  • User Pedon ID: S2010PR119003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1053
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55626
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 18.3084000
  • Std. Longitude: -65.7945889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Puerto Rico
  • MLRA: 270—Humid Mountains and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: PR700—El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: TPR0022—El Yunque, Puerto Rico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: SRT/JLL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, isothermic Humic Haplaquox
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dwarf
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, kaolinitic, isothermic Humic Haplaquox
  • Classificaton Date - 5/6/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum
  • Landscape: Luquillo mountain range
  • Landform: mountain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Barranza Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/6/2010 (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

    40

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    1010

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    140

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) mucky clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 1 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) iron depletions and 3 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N05144; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 2 percent greenish gray (10GY 5/1) iron depletions and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N05145; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 2 percent greenish gray (10Y 5/1) iron depletions and 3 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N05146; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 2 percent greenish gray (10Y 5/1) iron depletions and 3 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N05147; observed in pit, small
    Bw4—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N05148; observed in pit, small
    BC1—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam; massive; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog.; observed in pit, small
    BC2—86 to 127 centimeters (33.9 to 50.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; fragments.; observed in auger, screw
    Cr—127 to 185 centimeters (50.0 to 72.8 inches); dark red (7.5R 3/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and yellow (2.5Y 7/6) and white (5Y 8/1) and reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3) and pale red (10R 6/2) clay loam; massive; fragments.; observed in auger, screw