IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kershaw
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981FL121001
  • User Pedon ID: 81FL121001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0456
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49300
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 30.3002319
  • Std. Longitude: -82.9165421
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Suwannee County, Florida: Center of Control-Plot 3 of L.C. Hammond's irrigation study on the Experiment Station.
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL121—Suwannee
  • MLRA: 138—North-Central Florida Ridge
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. F. Ratliff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Thermic, uncoated Typic Quartzipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kershaw
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lakeland
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior fine sand; single grain; loose, very friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02617. Few pockets of partially decomposed organic matter.; common fine and medium roots
    1A12—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior fine sand; single grain; loose, very friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02618. common fine and medium roots
    1C1—33 to 76 centimeters (13.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior fine sand; single grain; loose, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02619. few fine roots
    1C2—76 to 170 centimeters (29.9 to 66.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior fine sand; single grain; loose, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02620. Few pockets and lenses of uncoated sand; split for sampling.; few fine roots
    1C3—170 to 218 centimeters (66.9 to 85.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior fine sand; 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct and 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; single grain; loose, very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02622. few very fine roots; common fine distinct 10YR66 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR68 mottles
    1C4—218 to 250 centimeters (85.8 to 98.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior sand; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct mottles; single grain; loose, very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P02623. few fine distinct 10YR66 mottles