IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Biscayne
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
85FL025002-copied
User Pedon ID:
85FL025002-copied
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
85P0677
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
56943
Print Date:
11/21/2024
LOCATION
Location Description:
Richard Alger Test 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 #:
2
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
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
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Slope Length USLE
Upslope Length
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FFD
MAAT
MSAT
MWAT
MAST
MSST
MWST
MFFP
PE Index
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Climate Station Name
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1A p—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silt loam, marl; moderate granular structure; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P3491. Common sand small snail shell fragments.; common fine and medium roots
1C—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silt loam, marl; moderate angular blocky structure; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P3492. Common fine (10YR 7/2) pockets of soft CaCO3; few fine and medium (10YR 5/4 and 5/8) streaks and pockets.; common fine and medium roots
1O—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior Error; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 85P3493. Confined to solution holes greater than 2 inches in depth.
2C—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Horizon confined to solution holes greater than 2 inches in depth; unable to sample this horizon due to high water table
1R—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Texture is oolithic limestone.