IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): EauGallie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975FL053015
  • User Pedon ID: S1975FL053015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S27_015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37831
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 28.5435276
  • Std. Longitude: -82.6119690
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T22S
  • Range: R17E
  • Section: 28
  • Location Description: about 4.9 kilometers (3.1 miles) northwest of Weeki Wechee, about 418 meters (1,372 feet) southeast of the intersection of Cortez Blvd and Shoal Line Blvd; about 480 meers (1,575 feet) south and 392 meters (1,285 feet) east of the northwest conrner of
  • Map Unit: 18—EauGallie fine sand
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL053—Hernando
  • MLRA: 155—Southern Florida Flatwoods
  • 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-E5—Weeki Wachee Spring, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: V. W. Carlisle, J. M. Patrick, FAES, and A. G. Hyde, L. L. Law, SCS.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, siliceous, hyperthermic Alfic Alaquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - EauGallie
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/10/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eaugallie
  • Taxonomic Class - Alfic Alaquods, sandy, siliceous, hyperthermic.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2011
  • 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
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/7/1975 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    3

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    1346

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    365

    23

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (N 2/),, dark gray (N 4/),, dry; fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL2701501
    E—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); fine sand; single grain; loose; 7.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL2701502
    Eg—25 to 61 centimeters (9.8 to 24.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.9 medium roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # FL2701503
    Bh1—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), dry; fine sand; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # FL2701504
    Bh2—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; fine sand; 11 percent medium distinct mottles; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # FL2701505
    Bw1—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # FL2701506
    Bw2—117 to 140 centimeters (46.1 to 55.1 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # FL2701507
    Btg—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; sandy loam; 11 percent medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # FL2701508
    2Cr—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches);, light gray (10YR 7/2) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; massive; fragments. Lab sample # FL2701509