IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Riviera
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976FL111021
  • User Pedon ID: S1976FL111021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S56_021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37962
  • Print Date: 1/27/2025

    • 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: 27.4748802
  • Std. Longitude: -80.6093063
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T34S
  • Range: R37E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: St. Lucie County, approximately 17 miles west of Ft. Pierce, 1.6 miles north of State Road 68, and 0.1 mile east of Trail;
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL111—St. Lucie
  • MLRA: 156B—Southern Florida Lowlands
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL111—St. Lucie County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 27080-D5—Okeechobee 1 NE, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Sodek, D.L. Cantlin (IFAS) and F.C. Watts, D.L. Stankey (SCS).
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous, active, hyperthermic Arenic Glossaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Riviera
  • Classificaton Date - 1/21/2015
  • Classifier - Prink
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riviera
  • Taxonomic Class - Arenic Glossaqualfs, loamy, siliceous, active, hyperthermic.
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/27/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • 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—56

    1—56

    56—203

    56—78

    —56—

    —55—

    —147—

    —22—
    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 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sand; 2 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # FL5602101
    Eg1—1 to 10 centimeters (0.4 to 3.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sand; 0 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL5602102
    Eg2—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) sand; 0 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; 11 percent fine distinct , moist,; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL5602103
    Eg3—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sand; 4 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; 11 percent medium distinct ; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL5602104
    Btg/Eg—56 to 78 centimeters (22.0 to 30.7 inches);, dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; sandy loam; 10 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL5602105
    Eg—78 to 114 centimeters (30.7 to 44.9 inches);, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; sand; 3 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL5602106
    Btg1—114 to 168 centimeters (44.9 to 66.1 inches);, gray (5Y 5/1), dry; sandy loam; 14 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL5602107
    Btg2—168 to 203 centimeters (66.1 to 79.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) sandy clay loam; 24 percent clay; 11 percent medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # FL5602108