IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Palm
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971-FL009-S05_050
  • User Pedon ID: 1971-FL009-S05_050
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S05_050
  • 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: 28.0496330
  • Std. Longitude: -80.5494843
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T28S
  • Range: R38E
  • Section: 17
  • Location Description: Spessard Holland Park approximately 2 miles south of Melbourne Beach;
  • 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-A5—Melbourne East, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. E. Caldwell and L. C. Hammond, FAES.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Typic Quartzipsamments, uncoated, hyperthermic.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Palm
  • Taxonomic Class - Typic Quartzipsamments, uncoated, hyperthermic.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/15/1971 (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);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 coarse roots; 7.0 medium pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL0505001
    E1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); single grain; loose; 7.0 coarse roots; 7.0 medium pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL0505002
    E2—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1); single grain; loose; 7.0 coarse roots; 7.0 medium pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL0505003
    Bw1—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; single grain; 7.0 coarse roots; 7.0 medium pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL0505004
    Bw2—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; single grain; loose; 0.9 medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 7.0 medium pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL0505005
    Bw3—102 to 142 centimeters (40.2 to 55.9 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), dry; single grain; loose; 0.9 coarse roots; 7.0 medium pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL0505006
    2Cg1—142 to 198 centimeters (55.9 to 78.0 inches); variegated, gray (10YR 6/1), dry; single grain; loose; 7.0 medium pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # FL0505007
    2Cg2—198 centimeters (78.0 inches); variegated, gray (10YR 6/1), dry; single grain; loose; 7.0 medium pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # FL0505008