IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Smyrna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978-FL109-S55_032
  • User Pedon ID: S1978FL109032
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S55_032
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38684
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 30.0059223
  • Std. Longitude: -81.5397720
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T6S
  • Range: R27E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: St. Johns County, 0.5 mile north of State Road 16A at Elwood on Leo Maguire Road, 25' west of Leo Maguire Road;
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL109—St. Johns
  • MLRA: 155—Southern Florida Flatwoods
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL109—St. Johns County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30081-A5—Orangedale, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.T. Hallmark, C.E. Reed (IFAS) and E.L. Readle, W.B. Warmack, J.L. Keeton (SCS).
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, siliceous, hyperthermic Aeric Alaquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Smyrna
  • Classificaton Date - 11/5/2015
  • Classifier - Prink
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Smyrna
  • Taxonomic Class - Aeric Alaquods, sandy, siliceous, hyperthermic.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/1978 (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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark greenish gray (10Y 3/1), dry; fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 7.0 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL5503201
    Eg—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches);, gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine sand; 1 percent coarse distinct and 11 percent medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL5503202
    Bh1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches);, black (N 2/),, dry; fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL5503203
    Bh2—46 to 53 centimeters (18.1 to 20.9 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), dry; fine sand; 33 percent fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL5503204
    Bw—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; fine sand; 11 percent fine distinct and 11 percent coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL5503205
    Bh—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; fine sand; 11 percent medium distinct and 11 percent coarse distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL5503206
    Bw—114 to 157 centimeters (44.9 to 61.8 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sand; 11 percent medium distinct and 11 percent coarse distinct mottles; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL5503207
    E'g—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches);, brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # FL5503208