IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mandarin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984-FL089-S45_010
  • User Pedon ID: S1984-FL089-S45_010
  • User Site Association ID: SDJR MLRA 153B 3-RHI Mandarin Fine Sand
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S45_010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39030
  • Print Date: 12/8/2025

    • 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: 30.6034279
  • Std. Longitude: -81.5896835
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T2N
  • Range: R27E
  • Location Description: approximately 2 miles south of Yulee, 50' south of Radio Ave., 0.5 mile east of US 17; Land Grant 42,
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL089—Nassau
  • MLRA: 153B—Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-RHI—Richmond Hill, Georgia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL089—Nassau County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30081-E5—Hedges, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Sodek, D.L. Cantlin (IFAS) and F.C. Watts (SCS), G. Tison (Duval SWCD).
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, siliceous, thermic Oxyaquic Alorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mandarin
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/2013
  • Classifier - Greg Taylor
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mandarin
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, siliceous, thermic Typic Haplohumods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1984
  • Classifier - Frank Watts
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - first edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1984 (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

    spodic horizon

    0—15

    15—51

    51—79

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    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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 7.0 fine roots and 3.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL4501001
    E1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches);, gray (10YR 6/1), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 medium roots and 7.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL4501002
    E2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches);, light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL4501003
    Bh1—51 to 56 centimeters (20.1 to 22.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) fine sand; mottles; massive; very friable; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; 40 percent albic tongues (volume percent); extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL4501004
    Bh2—56 to 64 centimeters (22.0 to 25.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) fine sand; massive; friable; fragments; 35 percent albic tongues (volume percent); extremely acid, pH 4.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL4501005
    Bh3—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), dry; fine sand; massive; friable; fragments; 20 percent albic tongues (volume percent); extremely acid, pH 4.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL4501006
    BC—79 to 150 centimeters (31.1 to 59.1 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; fine sand; 11 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium faint mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; 15 percent albic tongues (volume percent); extremely acid, pH 4.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL4501007
    Cg—150 to 203 centimeters (59.1 to 79.9 inches);, white (10YR 8/1), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # FL4501008