IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Adamsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016FL107020
  • User Pedon ID: S2016FL107020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 18N0234
  • User Project ID: OSBS_003_NEON
  • Project Name: Ordway-Swisher Biological Station
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025

    • 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: 29.6870000
  • Std. Longitude: -81.9510000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: NEON Ordway Swisher near Gainesville, Florida.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL107—Putnam
  • MLRA: 154—South-Central Florida Ridge
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 29081-F8—Putna Hall, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ann J Tan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Hyperthermic, uncoated Aquic Quartzipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: marine deposits
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • RaCA Site ID - OSBS_020
  • Plot or Site Recorder - CP SM AJT

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/22/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: CP SM AJT
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—61

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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

    1

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    1430

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    292

    20.2

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    O—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); few medium roots and common fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few medium roots and few fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01521; observed in pit, small
    A2—18 to 61 centimeters (7.1 to 24.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few medium roots and few fine roots and few coarse roots; 3 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01522; observed in pit, small
    C—61 to 100 centimeters (24.0 to 39.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few medium roots and few fine roots and few coarse roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded quartz fragments. Lab sample # 18N01523; observed in pit, small