IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nobleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974FL053010
  • User Pedon ID: S1974FL053010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S27_010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37766
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 28.6277275
  • Std. Longitude: -82.3467941
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T21S
  • Range: R20E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: 6/10 mile north of Government Road, 100 feet west of US 41 \(Plant Materials Center\;
  • Map Unit: 36—Nobleton 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-FOR—Ft. Myers, Florida
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL053—Hernando County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 28082-F3—Nobelton, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. G. Calhoun, V. W. Carlisle, FAES, and A. G. Hyde, R. L. Weatherspoon, SCS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, subactive, hyperthermic Aquic Arenic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nobleton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/29/2018
  • Classifier - Prink
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy and loamy marine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flatwoods on marine terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/1974 (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

    argillic horizon

    0—84

    84—203

    —84—

    —119—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    32

    —

    1346

    —

    350

    22

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    —

    —

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # FL2701001
    E1—18 to 56 centimeters (7.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; few (0.9) fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2701002
    E2—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; few (0.9) fine roots throughout; 11 percent medium distinct , moist, and , moist,; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2701003
    Btg1—84 to 94 centimeters (33.1 to 37.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonfluid; few (0.9) fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct spherical yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent medium prominent spherical grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2701004
    Btg2—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; nonfluid; few (0.9) fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct spherical yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent medium prominent spherical gray (10YR 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 5 percent medium prominent spherical brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # FL2701005
    Btg3—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonfluid; few (0.9) fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 5 percent medium prominent spherical strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent medium prominent spherical yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2701006
    BC—203 to 216 centimeters (79.9 to 85.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonfluid; 5 percent medium prominent spherical dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent medium prominent spherical strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent medium prominent spherical yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # FL2701007