IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Pottsburg
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1978-FL001-S01_090
User Pedon ID:
1978-FL001-S01_090
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
UFL
Lab Pedon # -
S01_090
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
38049
Print Date:
4/26/2025
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:
29.8127575
Std. Longitude:
-82.2797546
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
T8S
Range:
R20E
Section:
10
PLSS Details:
SE 1/4, NE 1/4
Location Description:
0.25 mile east of State Road 225, 1.3 miles north of junction with State Road 340;
State:
Florida
County:
FL001—Alachua
MLRA:
155—Southern Florida Flatwoods
Regional Office:
7—Auburn, AL
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
FL001—Alachua County, Florida
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
29082-G3—Monteocha, Florida
PEDON
Describers Name:
C.T. Hallmark, C.R. Hunter (IFAS) and B.P. Thomas, E. Cummings, M.L. Weeks, W.H. Wittstruck (SCS)
Current Taxonomic Class:
Grossarenic Alaquods, sandy, siliceous, thermic.
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Pottsburg
Taxonomic Class -
Grossarenic Alaquods, sandy, siliceous, thermic.
Classificaton Date -
4/15/2011
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
11/7/1978 (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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Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches);, black (N 2/0), dry; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 0.1 medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL0109001
E/Eg—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches);, gray (10YR 5/1), dry; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.1 medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL0109002
Eg1—38 to 84 centimeters (15.0 to 33.1 inches);, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; single grain; loose; 0.1 medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL0109003
Eg2—84 to 132 centimeters (33.1 to 52.0 inches);, light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; single grain; loose; 0.1 medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL0109004
Bh1—132 to 183 centimeters (52.0 to 72.0 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; 1 percent fine faint and 1 percent medium and coarse faint mottles; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.1 medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL0109005
Bh2—183 to 218 centimeters (72.0 to 85.8 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; 11 percent medium and 11 percent fine faint mottles; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL0109006