IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Malabar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967-FL009-S05_015
  • User Pedon ID: 1967-FL009-S05_015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S05_015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37606
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024
  • 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: 28.3639393
  • Std. Longitude: -80.7961502
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T24S
  • Range: R35E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: about 100 yards north of Bennett Causeway beneath power transmission lines;
  • 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-C7—Lake Poinsett, Florida
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. E. Caldwell, T. C. Mathews, FAES; and H. F. Huckle, SCS.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Grossarenic Endoaqualfs, sandy, siliceous, hyperthermic.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Malabar
  • Taxonomic Class - Grossarenic Endoaqualfs, sandy, siliceous, hyperthermic.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/25/1967 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL0501501
    Eg—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; single grain; loose; 7.0 fine roots; 1 percent medium prominent ; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL0501502
    Bw1—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches);, very pale brown (10YR 7/4), dry; single grain; loose; 0.9 fine roots; 1 percent medium distinct ; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL0501503
    Bw2—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches);, brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dry; mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL0501504
    Bw3—51 to 58 centimeters (20.1 to 22.8 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; single grain; loose; 7.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL0501505
    Eg'—58 to 130 centimeters (22.8 to 51.2 inches);, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; structureless, and single grain; loose; 7.0 medium roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # FL0501506
    Btg—130 to 190 centimeters (51.2 to 74.8 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # FL0501507