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Mayaguez, PR, Hydric Soils List

Updated July 01, 2008

Map symbol and map unit name Component Percent of map unit Landform Hydric rating Hydric criteria
An:
Alluvial land 		Alluvial land 100 Flood plains Yes 2B3, 3, 4
Ba:
Bajura clay 		Bajura 100 Flood plains Yes 2B3
CcB:
Camaguey clay, 2 to 5 percent slopes 		Bajura 10 Flood plains Yes 2B3
Cd:
Catano sand 		Reparada 3 Coastal plains Yes 2B3, 4
Ce:
Catano sandy clay loam 		Reparada 3 Coastal plains Yes 2B3, 4
Ch:
Coastal beach 		Hydraquents 5 Tidal flats Yes 2B3, 3, 4
Cn:
Coloso silty clay loam 		Bajura 5 Flood plains Yes 2B3
Cr:
Corcega silty clay loam 		Bajura 2 Flood plains Yes 2B3
Du:
Dique silt loam 		Bajura 2 Flood plains Yes 2B3
Ig:
Igualdad clay 		Igualdad 100 Flood plains Yes 2B3
JoB:
Jobos sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent

slopes 		Igualdad 2 Coastal plains Yes 2B3
Lc:
Leveled clayey land 		Hydraquents 5 Flood plains Yes 2B3, 3, 4
Le:
Leveled clayey land, shallow 		Hydraquents 5 Flood plains Yes 2B3, 3, 4
Lf:
Leveled land, frequently flooded 		Hydraquents 10 Flood plains Yes 2B3, 3, 4
MaB:
Mabi clay, 2 to 5 percent slopes 		Bajura 3 Flood plains Yes 2B3
MaC2:
Mabi clay, 5 to 12 percent slopes, eroded 		Bajura 1 Flood plains Yes 2B3
Mh:
Mani silty clay loam, overwash 		Bajura 3 Flood plains Yes 2B3
Mn:
Mani clay 		Bajura 3 Flood plains Yes 2B3
MvC:
Montegrande clay, 2 to 12 percent slopes 		Bajura 1 Depressions Yes 2B3
PeD2:
Perchas clay, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded 		Bajura 2 Depressions Yes 2B3
Re:
Reilly gravelly loam 		Bajura 3 Flood plains Yes 2B3
Rr:
Riverwash 		Hydraquents 10 Flood plains Yes 2B3, 3, 4
Sn:
Santoni clay 		Bajura 5 Flood plains Yes 2B3
Ta:
Talante loam 		Fortuna 5 Flood plains Yes 3
Td:
Tidal swamp 		Tidal swamp 100 Tidal marshes Yes 2B3, 3, 4
ToA:
Toa silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes 		Bajura 2 Flood plains Yes 2B3
Ts:
Toa silty clay 		Bajura 2 Flood plains Yes 2B3
Explanation of hydric criteria codes:
  1. All Histels except for Folistels, and Histosols except for Folists.
  2. Soils in Aquic suborders, great groups, or subgroups, Albolls suborder, Historthels great group, Histoturbels great group, Pachic subgroups, or Cumulic subgroups that:
A. are somewhat poorly drained and have a water table at the surface (0.0 feet) during the growing season, or

B. are poorly drained or very poorly drained and have either:

1.) a water table at the surface (0.0 feet) during the growing season if textures are coarse sand, sand, or fine sand in all layers within a depth of 20 inches, or coarse sand, sand, or fine sand in all layers within a depth of 20 inches, or 2.) a water table at a depth of 0.5 foot or less during the growing season if permeability is equal to or greater than 6.0 in/hr in all layers within a depth of 20 inches, or 3.) a water table at a depth of 1.0 foot or less during the growing season if permeability is less than 6.0 in/hr in any layer within a depth of 20 inches.
  1. Soils that are frequently ponded for long or very long duration during the growing season.
  2. Soils that are frequently flooded for long or very long duration during the growing season.

For additional information on Caribbean Area Soils, please contact: Carmen L. Santiago

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