IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sanibel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972-FL011-S06_012
  • User Pedon ID: 1972-FL011-S06_012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S06_012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37696
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 26.0313168
  • Std. Longitude: -80.2793503
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T51S
  • Range: R41E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 1.5 miles north of Hollywood Blvd. and 0.1 mile west of WGMA Radio station on Palm Avenue; SW 1/2,
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL011—Broward
  • MLRA: 156A—Florida Everglades and Associated Areas
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL606—Broward County, Florida, East Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 26080-A3—Cooper City, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. G. Calhoun, FAES; and R. F. Pendleton, 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: 2/16/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
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    Oa1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches);, black (N 2/0), dry; weak medium granular structure; friable; 7.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # FL0601201
    Oa2—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # FL0601202
    A—23 to 25 centimeters (9.1 to 9.8 inches); variegated black (10YR 2/1); weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # FL0601203
    Cg1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; 1 percent fine faint mottles; single grain; loose; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # FL0601204
    Cg2—48 to 152 centimeters (18.9 to 59.8 inches); 11 percent medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # FL0601205