IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Albany
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002FL121005
  • User Pedon ID: S2002FL121005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0660
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14831
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 30.2110863
  • Std. Longitude: -82.9235382
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL121—Suwannee
  • MLRA: 138—North-Central Florida Ridge
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL121—Suwannee County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30082-C8—Live Oak East, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bob Weatherspoon, Ellis Benham, Alfred Jones, Gregg Brannon, Frank Watts
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over loamy, superactive, acid, thermic Grossarenic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Albany
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Albany
  • Classificaton Date - 5/15/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy marine
  • Landform: coastal plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/15/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS-23
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    105—200

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior fine sand; 92 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; very friable; low toughness; low vertical penetration resistance; rapid permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, soil test; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03299; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E1—20 to 47 centimeters (7.9 to 18.5 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior fine sand; 91 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless fine single grain; very friable; low toughness; low vertical penetration resistance; rapid permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, soil test; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03300; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E2—47 to 69 centimeters (18.5 to 27.2 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) exterior fine sand; 91 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 1 percent clay; structureless fine single grain; very friable; low toughness; low vertical penetration resistance; rapid permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, soil test; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03301; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E3—69 to 98 centimeters (27.2 to 38.6 inches); white (10YR 8/1) exterior fine sand; 92 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 1 percent clay; 5 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct spherical and 5 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct spherical mottles; weak fine single grain; very friable; low toughness; low vertical penetration resistance; rapid permeability; 1.0 medium roots top of horizon; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, soil test; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03302; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E4—98 to 124 centimeters (38.6 to 48.8 inches); white (10YR 8/1) exterior fine sand; 93 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 1 percent clay; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct spherical and 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) coarse distinct spherical mottles; weak fine single grain; very friable; low toughness; low vertical penetration resistance; rapid permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, soil test; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03303; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1g—124 to 153 centimeters (48.8 to 60.2 inches); variegated 40 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) broken face and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) broken face and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face sandy clay loam; 75 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; medium toughness; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; moderately slow permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, soil test; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03304; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg2—153 to 200 centimeters (60.2 to 78.7 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) broken face sandy clay loam; 66 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 26 percent clay; 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium prominent irregular and 10 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) coarse prominent irregular mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; medium toughness; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; moderately slow permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, soil test. Lab sample # 02N03305; moist when described; observed in pit, small