IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Biscayne
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 85FL025001-copied
  • User Pedon ID: 85FL025001-copied
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0676
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56942
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Richard Alger Study Field.
  • Map Unit: 13@—Biscayne marl
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL086—Miami-Dade
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL686—Miami-Dade County Area, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Biscayne
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: swamp or marsh
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1985 (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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    1A p—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silt loam; granular, and structureless subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P3488. This horizon has some small gravel fragments in lower parts.
    1C kg—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, nonplastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P3489
    1R—38 to 43 centimeters (15.0 to 16.9 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 85P3490. Limestone texture. Grab sample for fine above rock.