IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saddlebunch
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S06FL087002
  • User Pedon ID: S2006FL087-002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S06FL087-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0707
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18824
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 24.6812778
  • Std. Longitude: -81.4444444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 66 S
  • Range: 28 E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: NE of SE 1/4. About 1920 feet north and 385 feet west of the southeast corner of section
  • Location Description: Tidal area on Summerland Key
  • Map Unit: 19—Saddlebunch marl, occasionally flooded
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL087—Monroe
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL687—Monroe County, Keys Area, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hurt, Wade
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, carbonatic, isohyperthermic, shallow Typic Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saddlebunch
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, carbonatic, isohyperthermic, shallow Typic Fluvaquents
  • Classificaton Date - 3/6/2006
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty marl over oolitic limestone
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: reef, marine terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: dip
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for long periods begining in jun
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent limestone, unspecified at 17cm
  • Geology: Silver Bluff formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/6/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Plant Association Name: Coastal Scrub (SFWMD community)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A1

    A2

    Lma

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    10

    1

    10

    17

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A1

    A2

    Lma

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    10

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A1

    A2

    Lma

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    1

    10

    1

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    17

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    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

    ec meter, saturated paste

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    45

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    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARST5

    COER2

    COUV

    METO3

    Aristida stricta

    Conocarpus erectus

    Coccoloba uvifera

    Metopium toxiferum

    pineland threeawn

    button mangrove

    seagrape

    poisonwood

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

    bedrock, lithic

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

    marl

    lithic contact

    0—17

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    365

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    Key West Airport

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    A1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) interior marly silty clay loam; 14 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N02946; moist when described;
    A2—1 to 10 centimeters (0.4 to 3.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) interior marly silty clay; 11 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 42 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N02947; moist when described;
    Lma—10 to 17 centimeters (3.9 to 6.7 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior marly clay; 16 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 44 percent clay; weak coarse platy parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout and 5.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 06N02948; moist when described;
    2R—17 centimeters (6.7 inches); bedrock; fragments. Limestone is oolitic