IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Samsula
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983FL105017
  • User Pedon ID: S1983FL105017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S53_017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 38966
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 28.0074215
  • Std. Longitude: -81.6217728
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T28S
  • Range: R27E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, 1320' south and 2310' east of the NW corner of
  • Location Description: Section 33;
  • Map Unit: 13—Samsula muck, frequently ponded, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL105—Polk
  • MLRA: 154—South-Central Florida Ridge
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL105—Polk County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 28081-A5—Dundee, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E.W. Hopwood, F. Sodek (IFAS) and R.D. Ford, W.D. Cowherd, J.T. Werner, C.N. Gordon (SCS).
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy or sandy-skeletal, siliceous, dysic, hyperthermic Terric Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Samsula
  • PSC - 0 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/10/2015
  • Classifier - Prink
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Samsula
  • Taxonomic Class - Terric Haplosaprists, sandy or sandy-skeletal, siliceous, dysic, hyperthermic
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/26/1983 (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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    Oa1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), black (10YR 2/1), dry; muck; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 7.0 fine and medium roots and 0.9 coarse roots; fragments. Lab sample # FL5301701
    Oa2—18 to 68 centimeters (7.1 to 26.8 inches); muck; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # FL5301702
    Oa3—68 to 79 centimeters (26.8 to 31.1 inches); muck; massive; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # FL5301703
    A—79 to 132 centimeters (31.1 to 52.0 inches); black (N 2/0) fine sand; single grain; fragments. Lab sample # FL5301704
    Cg—132 to 203 centimeters (52.0 to 79.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # FL5301705