IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Leon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985-FL089-S45_027
  • User Pedon ID: 1985-FL089-S45_027
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985-FL089-S45_027
  • User Site Association ID: SDJR MLRA 153A and 153B 3-RHI ALL LEONSDJR 3-RHI Leon fine sand TUDS
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S45_027
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 30.5964527
  • Std. Longitude: -81.9071884
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T2N
  • Range: R24E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 5 miles northwest of Callahan, 2.1 miles southwest of Nassau Coucnty Road 115 along Dyal Road, 721 feet south of road just behind fence line along the field
  • Map Unit: 9—Leon fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL089—Nassau
  • MLRA: 153A—Atlantic Coast Flatwoods
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-RHI—Richmond Hill, Georgia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL089—Nassau County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30081-E8—Hilliard SW, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Sodek, D.L. Cantlin (IFAS), G. Tison (Duval SWCD), and F.C. Watts (SCS).
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Aeric Alaquods, sandy, siliceous, thermic
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Leon
  • Taxonomic Class - Aeric Alaquods, sandy, siliceous, thermic
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy marine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flatwoods
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/10/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: F. Sodek
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    GEPE3

    PIEL

    SERE2

    Gentiana pennelliana

    Pinus elliottii

    Serenoa repens

    wiregrass gentian

    slash pine

    saw palmetto

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    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

    1

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    23

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    320

    20.5

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    FL2944

    Fernandina Beach, FL2944

    NOOA
    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 0.9 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # FL4502701
    Eg—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches);, gray (10YR 5/1), dry; single grain; loose; 0.9 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # FL4502702
    Bh1—46 to 53 centimeters (18.1 to 20.9 inches); massive; firm; 3.0 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # FL4502703
    Bh2—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4); 0.9 medium roots and 0.9 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # FL4502704
    Bw—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; single grain; loose; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # FL4502705
    Bh1'—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; massive; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL4502706
    Bh2'—112 to 203 centimeters (44.1 to 79.9 inches); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL4502707