IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gator
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982-FL061-S31_012
  • User Pedon ID: 1982-FL061-S31_012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S31_012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38900
  • 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: 27.7664776
  • Std. Longitude: -80.6959839
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T31S
  • Range: R36E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, SW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 8 miles west of Fellesmere; 4 miles west of Indian River County road 512; 0.5 mile east of Lateral Q Canal, Block 16W;
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL061—Indian River
  • MLRA: 156B—Southern Florida Lowlands
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL061—Indian River County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 27080-G6—Fellsmere SW, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M.E. Collins (IFAS) and T.E. Calhoun, C.A. Wettstein, J.D. Slabaugh, C.V. Noble (SCS).
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Terric Haplosaprists, loamy, siliceous, euic, hyperthermic
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gator
  • Taxonomic Class - Terric Haplosaprists, loamy, siliceous, euic, 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: 11/2/1982 (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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    Oap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), dry; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 7.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1. Lab sample # FL3101201
    Oa—15 to 76 centimeters (5.9 to 29.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2); weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5. Lab sample # FL3101202
    2A—76 to 79 centimeters (29.9 to 31.1 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # FL3101203
    2Eg—79 to 86 centimeters (31.1 to 33.9 inches);, gray (10YR 5/1), dry; single grain; loose; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.9 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL3101204
    2Btg1—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); strong medium subangular blocky structure; 0.9 fine roots; 15 percent fine distinct , moist,; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # FL3101205
    2Btg2—109 to 150 centimeters (42.9 to 59.1 inches); greenish gray (5GY 6/1); moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 15 percent fine , moist, and , moist, carbonate nodules; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # FL3101206
    2BgK—150 to 175 centimeters (59.1 to 68.9 inches);, greenish gray (5GY 5/1), dry; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 1 percent fine distinct , moist,; 35 percent fine , moist,; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # FL3101207
    2Cg—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches);, greenish gray (5G 5/1), dry; weak fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7. Lab sample # FL3101208