IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Malabar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977FL111029
  • User Pedon ID: 1977-FL111-S56_029
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S56_029
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38041
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 27.3807411
  • Std. Longitude: -80.3634338
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T36S
  • Range: R40E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4, NW1/4
  • Location Description: St. Lucie County, 5 miles south-southeast of Ft. Pierce, 0.2 mile east of Selvitz Road, 0.4 mile north of Midway Road, 500' south of canal, 6 citrus rows east of small ditch;
  • 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, S.C. Hodges, C.G. Manos (IFAS) and F.C. Watts (SCS).
  • Current Taxonomic Class: GROSSARENIC ENDOAQUALFS, LOAMY, SILICEOUS, ACTIVE, HYPERTHERMIC
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Malabar
  • Taxonomic Class - GROSSARENIC ENDOAQUALFS, LOAMY, SILICEOUS, ACTIVE, 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: 1/3/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); weak medium granular structure; very friable; 7.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # FL5602901
    Eg—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2); single grain; loose; 3.0 medium roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # FL5602902
    Bw1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; single grain; loose; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL5602903
    Bw2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), dry; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL5602904
    Eg'—61 to 107 centimeters (24.0 to 42.1 inches);, light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL5602905
    Btg—107 to 183 centimeters (42.1 to 72.0 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1); weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # FL5602906
    Cg—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1); single grain; loose; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # FL5602907