IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Riviera
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975-FL111-S56_018
  • User Pedon ID: S1975FL111018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S56_018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37895
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 27.4363556
  • Std. Longitude: -80.3986359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T35S
  • Range: R39E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: St. Lucie County, 6.0 miles west of Ft. Pierce, 0.15 mile south of Highway 68, 0.45 mile west of Coperhaven Road, 20 feet south of trail ;
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL111—St. Lucie
  • MLRA: 155—Southern Florida Flatwoods
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL111—St. Lucie County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 27080-D4—Fort Pierce NW, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. A. Granger, A. J. Boning, FAES, and F. C. Watts, SCS.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous, active, hyperthermic Arenic Glossaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riviera
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, siliceous, active, hyperthermic Arenic Glossaqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/18/2014
  • Classifier - Prink
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/7/1975 (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

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    0—36

    13—36

    36—112

    36—112

    —36—

    —23—

    —76—

    —76—
    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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 7.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # FL5601801
    Eg—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches);, light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 0.9 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 1 percent fine prominent ; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # FL5601802
    Bg/E—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches);, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 fine roots; 11 percent medium distinct ; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL5601803
    Btg/E—58 to 112 centimeters (22.8 to 44.1 inches);, gray (N 6/),, dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 33 percent coarse distinct ; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # FL5601804
    Cg1—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches);, greenish gray (5G 6/1), dry; sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # FL5601805
    Cg2—137 to 183 centimeters (53.9 to 72.0 inches);, greenish gray (5G 5/1), dry; loamy fine sand; 11 percent medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # FL5601806
    Cg3—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches);, greenish gray (5GY 5/1), dry; sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # FL5601807