IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Goldhead
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975-FL031-S16_018
  • User Pedon ID: S1975-FL031-S16_018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1975-FL031-S16_018
  • User Site Association ID: SDJR MLRA 153A 3-RHI Pelham fine sand, pondedSDJR MLRA 153A 3-RHI Pelham Fine Sand
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S16_018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37826
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025

    • 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: 30.3694916
  • Std. Longitude: -81.7223300
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T1S
  • Range: R26E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 2,590 feet west and 1,440 feet north of the southeat corner
  • Location Description: In Duval County, in a vacant lot, approximately 630 feet in a slightly east of south direction from the intersection of Edgewood Avenue and New Kings Road (U.S. Highway 1), along New Kings Road; and 270 feet East of New Kings Road. Land Grant 44.
  • Map Unit: 51—Pelham fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL031—Duval
  • MLRA: 153A—Atlantic Coast Flatwoods
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-RHI—Richmond Hill, Georgia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL031—Duval County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30081-C6—Jacksonville, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Sodek, R.E. Benjamin (IFAS), L.T. Stem
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Arenic Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Goldhead
  • Classificaton Date - 1/9/2014
  • Classifier - Charles Lagoueyte
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pelham
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, siliceous, thermic Arenic Paleaquults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/1975
  • Classifier - F. Sodek, R. Benjamin (IFAS) and L. Stem
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - third edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy and/or loamy marine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flatwoods
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Ksat Class Upper: high
  • Ksat Class Lower: moderately high
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/29/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: F. Sodek, R.E. Benjamin (IFAS), L.T. Stem
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    LIST2

    PIEL

    VITIS

    Liquidambar styraciflua

    Pinus elliottii

    Vitis

    sweetgum

    slash pine

    grape

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—53

    15—53

    53—175

    —53—

    —38—

    —122—
    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

    2

    60

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    6.1

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    145

    1329

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    278

    20

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    FL889

    Jacksonville International Airport, Florida

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loamy fine sand; 82 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL1601801
    E1—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; 88 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL1601802
    E2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sand; 90 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 3 percent clay; single grain; loose; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, and yellow (10YR 7/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL1601803
    Btg1—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sandy loam; 79 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; clay bridges between sand grains and sand coats and 1 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium prominent yellow (10YR 7/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL1601804
    Btg2—66 to 112 centimeters (26.0 to 44.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy clay loam; 66 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay bridges between sand grains and sand coats and 1 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent medium prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL1601805
    Btg3—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy clay loam; 71 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL1601806
    Btg4—152 to 175 centimeters (59.8 to 68.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sandy loam; 74 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 18 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; clay bridges between sand grains and sand coats and 1 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL1601807
    BCg—175 to 221 centimeters (68.9 to 87.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) loamy fine sand; 83 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # FL1601808