IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sapelo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002FL121006
  • User Pedon ID: S2002FL121006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002FL121006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0661
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14833
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 30.2124996
  • Std. Longitude: -82.9189835
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL121—Suwannee
  • MLRA: 138—North-Central Florida Ridge
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30082-C8—Live Oak East, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bob Weatherspoon, Frank Watts, Gregg Brannon, Ellis Benham
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over loamy, acid, thermic Ultic Alaquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sapelo
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sapelo
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: karst
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/15/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Microrelief Kind: microlow
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ANVIG2

    SERE2

    Andropogon virginicus var. glaucus

    Serenoa repens

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    saw palmetto

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    cemented horizon

    weakly coherent

    56 - 70

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    137—203

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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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) rubbed fine sand; 93 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; extremely low penetration resistance; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; ; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03306; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) broken face fine sand; 95 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 0 percent clay; weak fine single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; extremely low penetration resistance; moderate permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03307; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bh1—56 to 59 centimeters (22.0 to 23.2 inches); 50 percent black (5YR 2/1) broken face and 50 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) broken face fine sand; 91 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak medium massive; moderately hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderate penetration resistance; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03308; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bh2—59 to 70 centimeters (23.2 to 27.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face fine sand; 90 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak medium massive; moderately hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderate penetration resistance; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03309; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E'1—70 to 84 centimeters (27.6 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face fine sand; 92 percent sand; 8 percent silt; weak medium granular structure; moderately hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderate penetration resistance; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03310; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E'2—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) broken face fine sand; 93 percent sand; 7 percent silt; weak medium granular structure; moderately hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderate penetration resistance; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03311; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E'3—109 to 137 centimeters (42.9 to 53.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) broken face fine sand; 92 percent sand; 8 percent silt; weak medium granular structure; moderately hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; low toughness; moderate penetration resistance; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03312; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg1—137 to 188 centimeters (53.9 to 74.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face fine sand; 73 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 17 percent clay; 2 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct irregular and 18 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent platy and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct spherical mottles; weak medium massive; hard, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; medium toughness; moderate penetration resistance; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03313; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg2—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face sandy clay loam; 73 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 17 percent clay; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent irregular and 2 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct irregular mottles; weak medium massive; moderately hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; medium toughness; moderate penetration resistance; moderately slow permeability; fragments. Lab sample # 02N03314; moist when described; observed in pit, small