IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orangeburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S04FL039027
  • User Pedon ID: S04FL039027
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 4/10/2026

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet south of U. S. Highway 27, about 1.25 miles east of Capps
  • Map Unit: 23—Fuquay-Lucy-Orangeburg complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes36—Lucy-Orangeburg-Cowarts complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes45—Orangeburg loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes46—Orangeburg loamy sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes47—Orangeburg-Tifton-Norfolk complex, 5 to 8 percent slopes48—Fuquay-Orangeburg-Norfolk complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes49—Orangeburg-Norfolk complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes55—Orangeburg loamy sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes69—Lucy-Bonifay-Orangeburg complex, 5 to 8 percent slopes104—Urban land-Orangeburg-Norfolk complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes105—Urban land-Orangeburg-Norfolk complex, 5 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL039—Gadsden
  • MLRA: 138—North-Central Florida Ridge
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL039—Gadsden County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30084-E5—Quincy, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bob Weatherspoon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Orangeburg
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/24/2004 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) rubbed loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # FL039001; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    E—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very rapid permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # FL039001; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Bt1—28 to 86 centimeters (11.0 to 33.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) exterior sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very rapid permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # FL039001; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Bt2—86 to 140 centimeters (33.9 to 55.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) exterior sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very rapid permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # FL039001; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Bt3—140 to 205 centimeters (55.1 to 80.7 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) exterior sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very rapid permeability; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # FL039001; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket