IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Placid
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968FL049013
  • User Pedon ID: 1968-FL049-S25_013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S25_013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37619
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 27.4414463
  • Std. Longitude: -81.8159714
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T35S
  • Range: R24E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: southwest corner of Field #46 on Range Cattle Station near Ona;
  • Map Unit: 21—Placid fine sand, depressional
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL049—Hardee
  • MLRA: 155—Southern Florida Flatwoods
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL049—Hardee County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 27081-D7—Zolfo Springs, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. E. Caldwell and R. G. Leighty, FAES
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Typic Humaquepts, sandy, siliceous, hyperthermic.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Placid
  • Taxonomic Class - Typic Humaquepts, 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: 4/23/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    A1—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches);, black (N 2/0), dry; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # FL2501301
    A2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), dry; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL2501302
    A3—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL2501303
    Bw1—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; single grain; loose; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL2501304
    Bw2—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL2501305
    Bw3—127 to 132 centimeters (50.0 to 52.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2); massive, and moderate angular blocky; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # FL2501306
    Eg1—132 to 137 centimeters (52.0 to 53.9 inches);, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; massive, and weak subangular blocky; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL2501307
    Eg2—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; massive; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL2501308