IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fort Meade
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978-FL105-S53_007
  • User Pedon ID: 1978-FL105-S53_007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S53_007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38661
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 27.7300472
  • Std. Longitude: -82.0208817
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T32S
  • Range: R23E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Max Sharpe's orange grove, State Road 37, 4 miles south of Bradley Junction, 1 mile west on Bethlehem Road;
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL105—Polk
  • MLRA: 155—Southern Florida Flatwoods
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL105—Polk County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 27082-F1—Duette NE, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.T. Hallmark, C.G. Manos (IFAS) and J.M. Robbins, R.D. Ford, W.D. Cowherd, J.T. Werner (SCS).
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Humic Psammentic Dystrudepts, siliceous, hyperthermic.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fort Meade
  • Taxonomic Class - Humic Psammentic Dystrudepts, siliceous, hyperthermic.
  • 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: 4/3/1978 (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);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; weak fine granular structure; friable; 7.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL5300701
    A—20 to 64 centimeters (7.9 to 25.2 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.9 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL5300702
    Bw1—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), dry; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.9 medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL5300703
    Bw2—89 to 147 centimeters (35.0 to 57.9 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.9 medium roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # FL5300704
    Bw3—147 to 206 centimeters (57.9 to 81.1 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; 1 percent coarse prominent mottles; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.9 medium roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # FL5300705
    Btg—206 to 254 centimeters (81.1 to 100.0 inches);, white (10YR 8/1), dry; massive; firm; 0.9 medium roots; 11 percent medium distinct ; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # FL5300706