IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aripeka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975FL053024
  • User Pedon ID: S1975FL053024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S27_024
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37840
  • 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: 28.5011444
  • Std. Longitude: -82.6471405
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T23S
  • Range: R17E
  • Section: 7
  • Location Description: about 5.35 kilometers (3.3 miles) noth of the intersection of Osowaw Blvd and Shoal Line Blvd; about 630 meters (2,065 feet) south and 212 meters (695 feet) east of the northwest corner of
  • Map Unit: 4—Aripeka fine sand
  • 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-E6—Bayport, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. A. Granger, W. G. Pothier, FAES, and L. L. Law, Jr., R. L. Weatherspoon, SCS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, superactive, hyperthermic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Aripeka (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/2018
  • Classifier - Prink
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aripeka
  • Taxonomic Class - Aquic Hapludalfs, fine-loamy, siliceous, superactive, hyperthermic.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy and loamy marine deposits over limestone
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: rise on karstic 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
  • Bedrock: limestone, unspecified at 53cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/22/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Lloyd Law Jr.
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    74 - 99

    0 - 25 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—13

    8—13

    33—53

    74—99

    —13—

    —5—

    —20—

    —25—
    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

    —

    —

    —

    —

    1320

    —

    355

    23

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; few (0.9) fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2702401
    E—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; common (3.0) medium roots throughout and common (4.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2702402
    Bw1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; few (0.9) medium roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2702403
    Bw2—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; weak medium granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; few (0.9) medium roots throughout and few (0.9) coarse roots throughout; 3 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # FL2702404
    Bt1—33 to 38 centimeters (13.0 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) cobbly sandy clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; nonfluid; few (0.9) medium roots throughout and few (0.9) coarse roots throughout; 3 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2702405
    Bt2—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) cobbly fine sandy loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; few (0.9) medium roots throughout and few (0.9) coarse roots throughout; 20 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 75-125-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # FL2702406
    2Cr—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1) bedrock; massive; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # FL2702407
    3R—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.