IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Valkaria
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984FL055009
  • User Pedon ID: S1984FL055009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S28_009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39007
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 27.2125530
  • Std. Longitude: -81.1109924
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T37S
  • Range: R32E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 1600' north of Glades County Line and 900' east of Hwy. 70; SW 1/2,
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL055—Highlands
  • MLRA: 155—Southern Florida Flatwoods
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL055—Highlands County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 27081-B1—Brighton, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sodek Hopwood Carlisle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Siliceous, hyperthermic Spodic Psammaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Valkaria
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/2014
  • Classifier - Prink
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/7/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    aquic conditions

    0—41

    13—41

    28—130

    —41—

    —28—

    —102—
    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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; common (5.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # FL2800901
    E1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; few (1.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2800902
    E2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 15 percent medium prominent spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2800903
    Bw1—41 to 84 centimeters (16.1 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2800904
    Bw2—84 to 130 centimeters (33.1 to 51.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 15 percent medium distinct spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2800905
    C—130 to 203 centimeters (51.2 to 79.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1. Lab sample # FL2800906