IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tavares
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009FL069001
  • User Pedon ID: S2009FL069001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2009FL069001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0913
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24537
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 28.8752270
  • Std. Longitude: -81.6345978
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18S
  • Range: 27E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4
  • Map Unit: 45—Tavares sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL069—Lake
  • MLRA: 154—South-Central Florida Ridge
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL607—Lake County Area, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 28081-H6—Umatilla, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Leach-Deniger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Siliceous, hyperthermic, uncoated Typic Quartzipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tavares
  • Taxonomic Class - Siliceous, hyperthermic, uncoated Typic Quartzipsamments
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy marine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: Wicomico marine terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wicomico formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/15/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Longleaf pine-Turkey oak hills
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other shrub 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

    QUGE2

    SERE2

    Quercus geminata

    Serenoa repens

    sand live oak

    saw palmetto

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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

    3

    30

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    27

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    180

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 4.0 very coarse roots throughout and 4.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03311; moist when described;
    C1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent spherical strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03312; dry when described;
    C2—36 to 84 centimeters (14.2 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent spherical strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03313; dry when described;
    C3—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; 4.0 fine roots throughout; ; 1 percent fine prominent spherical strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N03314; dry when described;
    C4—112 to 163 centimeters (44.1 to 64.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 6 percent fine distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 15 percent coarse prominent irregular light gray (10YR 7/1) iron depletions in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N03315; dry when described;
    C5—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; 5 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 6 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; ; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 09N03316; dry when described;