IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Smyrna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984-FL055-S28_015
  • User Pedon ID: S1984FL055015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S28_015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39013
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 27.1717186
  • Std. Longitude: -81.1971436
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T38S
  • Range: R31E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: 2.5 miles south of Hwy. 70 and 1.75 miles west of the Highlands and Glades County lines, 100' feet east of Durrance Road;
  • 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-B2—Brighton NW, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: NA
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, siliceous, hyperthermic Aeric Alaquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Smyrna
  • Classificaton Date - 5/26/2015
  • Classifier - Martin Figueroa
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • 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: 5/9/1984 (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

    spodic horizon

    0—38

    13—38

    38—56

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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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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # FL2801501; moist when described;
    Eg—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # FL2801502; moist when described;
    Bh1—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # FL2801503; moist when described;
    Bh2—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2801504; moist when described;
    C1—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); sand; 1 percent medium prominent mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2801505; moist when described;
    C2—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; 33 percent coarse prominent mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2801506; moist when described;
    Cg1—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 11 percent medium prominent , moist,; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL2801507; moist when described;
    Cg2—142 to 203 centimeters (55.9 to 79.9 inches); white (10YR 8/1) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4. Lab sample # FL2801508; moist when described;