IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buffalo Tiger
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016FL099001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016FL099001
  • User Site Association ID: Region 7 FY-16 NWCA Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0092
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87416
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 26.3649000
  • Std. Longitude: -80.4779222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 47S
  • Range: 39E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: NWCA 16-1702
  • Location Description: The Site is in a sawgrass ridge about 266 meters west and 161 meters north of the southeast corner of
  • Map Unit: 9—Buffalo Tiger muck, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL099—Palm Beach
  • MLRA: 156A—Florida Everglades and Associated Areas
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL615—Water Conservation Area, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Figueroa, Maynes, Prink
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, isohyperthermic Typic Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Buffalo Tiger (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 11/16/2018
  • Classifier - Prink
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Terra Ceia
  • Taxonomic Class - Euic, hyperthermic Typic Haplosaprists
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/2016
  • Classifier - Prink
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: herbaceous organic material over limestone
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: rise on marine terrace
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for very long periods begining in jul
  • Bedrock: strongly coherent limestone, unspecified at 152cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/4/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: MF, JM, CP
  • Surface Water Kind: ponded
  • Surface Water Depth: 33
  • Hydrology Status: wetter than natural
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Oa1

    Oa2

    0

    38

    38

    112

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    45

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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

    Oa1

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    38

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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 %

    Oa1

    Oa2

    0

    38

    38

    112

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

    bedrock, lithic

    strongly coherent

    152 - 179

    1 - 50 - 73
    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    sapric soil materials

    aquic conditions

    lithic contact

    0—152

    0—152

    152—203

    130—152—202

    130—152—202

    1—50—73
    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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    Oa1—0 to 43 centimeters (0.0 to 16.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; muck; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; common (1.0) medium roots throughout and many (7.0) fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00585; wet when described;
    Oa2—43 to 152 centimeters (16.9 to 59.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; muck; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; common (1.0) medium roots throughout and many (3.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00586; wet when described;
    2R—152 to 179 centimeters (59.8 to 70.5 inches); bedrock; fragments.