IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Terra Ceia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971FL099018
  • User Pedon ID: S1971FL09901801
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4253
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40416
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 26.6670113
  • Std. Longitude: -80.4998169
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 44S
  • Range: 37E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: Everglades Experiment Station, 1/2 mile south of Highway 80, 1/2 mile east of Duda Road, NW 1/4, SW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL099—Palm Beach
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL611—Palm Beach County Area, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James R. Moore, Samuel H. McCollum, and SCS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, hyperthermic Typic Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Terra Ceia
  • Classificaton Date - 12/18/2014
  • Classifier - Martin Figueroa
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - TERRA CEIA
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    Oap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); black (N 2/0) rubbed; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32413
    Oa—30 to 72 centimeters (11.8 to 28.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) rubbed; weak subangular blocky parts to weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32414
    Oa—72 to 123 centimeters (28.3 to 48.4 inches); black (5YR 2/1) rubbed; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32415
    Oa—123 to 135 centimeters (48.4 to 53.1 inches); black (5YR 2/1) and black (N 2/0) rubbed; massive; slightly sticky; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32416
    A—135 to 140 centimeters (53.1 to 55.1 inches); black (N 2/0); massive; moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32417
    2R—140 to 147 centimeters (55.1 to 57.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A32418