IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Astatula
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981FL017014
  • User Pedon ID: 1981-FL017-S09_014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S09_014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38826
  • Print Date: 5/7/2025

    • 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: 28.9297638
  • Std. Longitude: -82.5456314
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T18S
  • Range: R17E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 3.5 miles west of Hwy. 495 and 3 miles north of Hwy. 44,
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL017—Citrus
  • MLRA: 154—South-Central Florida Ridge
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL017—Citrus County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 28082-H5—Crystal River, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Sodek, D.L. Cantlin (IFAS) and D.L. Stankey, P.E. Pilny, T. D. Strickland (SCS)
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Typic Quartzipsamments, uncoated, hyperthermic.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Astatula
  • Taxonomic Class - Typic Quartzipsamments, uncoated, 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: 6/9/1981 (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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL0901401
    Bw1—10 to 36 centimeters (3.9 to 14.2 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; single grain; loose; 0.9 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # FL0901402
    Bw2—36 to 99 centimeters (14.2 to 39.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; single grain; loose; 7.0 medium and coarse roots and 0.9 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL0901403
    Bw3—99 to 203 centimeters (39.0 to 79.9 inches);, yellow (10YR 7/6), dry; single grain; loose; 0.9 medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL0901404