IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
St. Lucie
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1972-FL097-S49_007
User Pedon ID:
S1972FL097007
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
UFL
Lab Pedon # -
S49_007
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
37713
Print Date:
2/1/2025
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:
28.3477726
Std. Longitude:
-81.2504196
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
T25S
Range:
R31E
Section:
6
PLSS Details:
NW 1/4, NE 1/4
Location Description:
150 feet south of State Road530 and 1.5 miles south of Lake Preston, and 1.25 miles southeast of Lake Joel;
State:
Florida
County:
FL097—Osceola
MLRA:
155—Southern Florida Flatwoods
Regional Office:
7—Auburn, AL
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
FL097—Osceola County, Florida
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
28081-C3—Saint Cloud North, Florida
PEDON
Describers Name:
F. G. Calhoun, W.G. Pothier, FAES; and H. O. White, E. L. Readle, SCS.
Current Taxonomic Class:
Hyperthermic, uncoated Typic Quartzipsamments
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
TUD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
soil survey inventory
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
St. Lucie
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
2/26/2015
Classifier -
Prink
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
St. Lucie
Taxonomic Class -
Typic Quartzipsamments, hyperthermic, uncoated.
Classificaton Date -
4/15/2011
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Drainage Class:
excessively
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
7/18/1972 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
3—13
—10—
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
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A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) medium roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL4900702
C1—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) medium roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL4900703
C2—33 to 74 centimeters (13.0 to 29.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (3.0) medium roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL4900704
C3—74 to 112 centimeters (29.1 to 44.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL4900705
C4—112 to 203 centimeters (44.1 to 79.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 medium roots; 2 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # FL4900706