IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tavares
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974-FL053-S27_008
  • User Pedon ID: S1974FL053008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S27_008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37764
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 28.4610729
  • Std. Longitude: -82.6329422
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T23S
  • Range: R17E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 200 yards south of State Road 595, 0.4 mile west of junction State Road 595 and US 19;
  • Map Unit: 49—Tavares fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL053—Hernando
  • MLRA: 154—South-Central Florida Ridge
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-TAL—Tallahassee, Florida
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL053—Hernando County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 28082-D6—Aripeka, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. G. Calhoun, V. W. Carlisle, FAES, and A. G. Hyde, L. L. Law, Jr., SCS.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Typic Quartzipsamments, hyperthermic, uncoated.
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tavares
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/2014
  • Classifier - Alison M. Steglich
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tavares
  • Taxonomic Class - Hyperthermic Typic Quartzipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2011
  • Classifier - Alison M. Steglich
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    0—10

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    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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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sand; weak fine granular structure; friable; 7.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2700801
    C1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 7.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2700802
    C2—20 to 53 centimeters (7.9 to 20.9 inches);, very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 11 percent medium distinct , moist,; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2700803
    C3—53 to 107 centimeters (20.9 to 42.1 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2700804
    C4—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches);, very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.9 fine roots; 11 percent coarse distinct , moist, and , moist,; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2700805
    C5—122 to 203 centimeters (48.0 to 79.9 inches);, white (10YR 8/1), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 11 percent medium prominent ; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # FL2700806