IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Farmton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982-FL027-S14_001
  • User Pedon ID: S1982FL027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S14_001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38871
  • 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: 27.1524715
  • Std. Longitude: -81.8160172
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T38S
  • Range: R25E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: approximately 800' north and 1800' west of SE corner of
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL027—DeSoto
  • MLRA: 155—Southern Florida Flatwoods
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL027—De Soto County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 27081-B7—Arcadia, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. E. Collins (IFAS) and T. E. Calhoun, W. G. Henderson, E.J. Sheehan (SCS).
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, siliceous, hyperthermic Arenic Ultic Alaquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Farmton
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2011
  • Classifier - Prink
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Biol. Crust Type Dominant - none evident
  • Biol. Crust Type Secondary - none evident
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/14/1982 (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

    aquic conditions

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    0—86

    0—203

    10—86

    86—122

    —86—

    —203—

    —76—

    —36—
    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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # FL1400101
    E—10 to 36 centimeters (3.9 to 14.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # FL1400102
    Eg—36 to 86 centimeters (14.2 to 33.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # FL1400103
    Bh1—86 to 91 centimeters (33.9 to 35.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # FL1400104
    Bh2—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # FL1400105
    Bh3—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # FL1400106
    Btg1—122 to 157 centimeters (48.0 to 61.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 11 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # FL1400107
    Btg2—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent distinct olive (5Y 5/3), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL1400108