IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Astatula
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966-FL009-S05_001
  • User Pedon ID: 1966-FL009-S05_001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S05_001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37587
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 28.4760437
  • Std. Longitude: -80.7788086
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T23S
  • Range: R35E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: about 7.5 miles north of Cocoa, 1/2 mile south of Port St. John and 0.4 mile west of US 1;
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL009—Brevard
  • MLRA: 155—Southern Florida Flatwoods
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL009—Brevard County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 28080-D7—Sharpes, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.E. Caldwell, V.W. Carlisle, R.G. Leighty, L.C. Hammond, FAES; and J.R. Moore, J.L. Sullivan, O.C. Lewis, N.F. Law; SCS.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Typic Quartzipsamments, uncoated, hyperthermic.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Astatula
  • Taxonomic Class - Typic Quartzipsamments, uncoated, hyperthermic.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/20/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); variegated gray (10YR 6/1) and light gray (N 7/),; single grain, and very fine granular; loose; 7.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL0500101
    Bw1—13 to 46 centimeters (5.1 to 18.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3); 11 percent medium faint mottles; single grain; loose; 7.0 medium roots; 1 percent medium distinct ; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL0500102
    Bw2—46 to 102 centimeters (18.1 to 40.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6); single grain, and weak fine granular; very friable; 7.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL0500103
    Bw3—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4); single grain; loose; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL0500104
    Bw4—152 to 229 centimeters (59.8 to 90.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4); faint mottles; single grain; loose; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL0500105
    Bw5—229 centimeters (90.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4); single grain; loose; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # FL0500106