IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Welaka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975-FL111-S56_003
  • User Pedon ID: 1975-FL111-S56_003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S56_003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37880
  • 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: 27.4355412
  • Std. Longitude: -80.3195114
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T35S
  • Range: R40E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: St. Lucie County, approximately 1 mile south of Ft. Pierce, 0.85 mile south of Citrus Avenue, 100 feet west of Indiana River Drive;
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL111—St. Lucie
  • MLRA: 155—Southern Florida Flatwoods
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL111—St. Lucie County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 27080-D3—Fort Pierce, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: V. W. Carlisle, M. A. Granger, FAES, and F. C Watts, D. L. Stankey, SCS.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Spodic Quartzipsamments, hyperthermic, uncoated.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Welaka
  • Taxonomic Class - Spodic Quartzipsamments, hyperthermic, uncoated.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/10/1975 (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);, black (10YR 2/1), dry; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 0.9 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # FL5600301
    E1—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches);, gray (10YR 5/1), dry; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # FL5600302
    E2—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches);, light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.9 coarse roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL5600303
    Bw—46 to 53 centimeters (18.1 to 20.9 inches); single grain; loose; 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # FL5600304
    Bw/Bh—53 to 89 centimeters (20.9 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); single grain; loose; 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # FL5600305
    Bw1—89 to 140 centimeters (35.0 to 55.1 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # FL5600306
    Bw1—140 to 193 centimeters (55.1 to 76.0 inches);, yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # FL5600307
    Bw2—193 to 244 centimeters (76.0 to 96.1 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; single grain; loose; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # FL5600308