IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Farmton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975-FL097-S49_032
  • User Pedon ID: 1975-FL097-S49_032
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S49_032
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37877
  • 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: 27.7814522
  • Std. Longitude: -80.9172440
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T31S
  • Range: R34E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: on Russell Ranch 900 feet east of US 441 and 1200 feet south of poor motor road;
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL097—Osceola
  • MLRA: 155—Southern Florida Flatwoods
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL097—Osceola County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 27080-G8—Kenansville SW, Florida
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. A. Granger, A. J. Boning, FAES, and E. L. Readle, SCS.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Arenic Ultic Alaquods, sandy, siliceous, hyperthermic.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Farmton
  • Taxonomic Class - Arenic Ultic Alaquods, 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: 5/21/1975 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), dry; weak medium granular structure; friable; 7.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL4903201
    E—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; 11 percent medium mottles; single grain; loose; 3.0 medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL4903202
    Eg1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); 11 percent coarse mottles; single grain; loose; 3.0 medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL4903203
    Eg2—36 to 81 centimeters (14.2 to 31.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1); single grain; loose; 0.9 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL4903204
    Bh1—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), black (N 2/),, dry; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL4903205
    Bh2—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); 1 percent medium mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL4903206
    Btg/Bh—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3); 1 percent medium mottles; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL4903207
    Btg1—119 to 130 centimeters (46.9 to 51.2 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; 1 percent fine mottles; weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.9 medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL4903208
    Btg2—130 to 203 centimeters (51.2 to 79.9 inches);, gray (5Y 6/1), dry; 11 percent medium mottles; massive; 0.9 medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL4903209