IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sanibel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969-FL009-S05_049
  • User Pedon ID: 1969-FL009-S05_049
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S05_049
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37625
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 28.2859364
  • Std. Longitude: -80.8050156
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: south of Rockledge on Duda Ranch, 1/8 mile south of north dike, 3/4 mile east of west dike between pasture and marsh, on east side of ditch.
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL009—Brevard
  • MLRA: 156B—Southern Florida Lowlands
  • 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. R. G. Leighty, T. C. Mathews, FAES; and H. F. Huckle, SCS.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Histic Humaquepts, sandy, siliceous, hyperthermic.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sanibel
  • Taxonomic Class - Histic Humaquepts, sandy, siliceous, hyperthermic.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/11/1969 (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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    Oap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # FL0504901
    Oa—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # FL0504902
    A1—33 to 69 centimeters (13.0 to 27.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and ; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium structure; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # FL0504903
    A2—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1); single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL0504904
    Cg—79 to 89 centimeters (31.1 to 35.0 inches);, gray (10YR 5/1), dry; single grain; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL0504905
    Ab—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; 1 percent fine faint and 33 percent coarse faint mottles; subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # FL0504906
    Cg'—117 to 140 centimeters (46.1 to 55.1 inches);, gray (10YR 5/1), dry; 1 percent coarse faint mottles; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # FL0504907