IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tequesta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973FL099028
  • User Pedon ID: S1973FL099028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UFL
  • Lab Pedon # - S50_028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37748
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 26.6352997
  • Std. Longitude: -80.2970963
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T44S
  • Range: R41E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: about 3.75 miles south of State Road 80 and about 0.7 mile west of Ousley Road;
  • Map Unit: 42—Tequesta muck
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL099—Palm Beach
  • MLRA: 156A—Florida Everglades and Associated Areas
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL611—Palm Beach County Area, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 26080-F3—Loxahatchee, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. G. Calhoun, R. E. Caldwell., FAES, and S. H. McCollum, 0. E. Cruz, W. H. Wittstruck, SCS.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, active, hyperthermic Histic Glossaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tequesta (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 55 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/22/2015
  • Classifier - Prink
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tequesta
  • Taxonomic Class - Histic Glossaqualfs, coarse- loamy, siliceous, active, hyperthermic.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QA Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/15/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    histic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    0—203

    112—142

    112—183

    20—30—41

    0—25—203

    15—30—36

    30—61—87
    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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    Oa—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); black (5YR 2/1), dark gray (5YR 4/1), dry; muck; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent medium distinct cylindrical gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL5002801; moist when described;
    A—30 to 64 centimeters (11.8 to 25.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.9 fine roots; 10 percent medium distinct cylindrical gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL5002802; moist when described;
    Eg—64 to 112 centimeters (25.2 to 44.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent medium distinct cylindrical gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL5002803; moist when described;
    Btg/Eg—112 to 142 centimeters (44.1 to 55.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent medium distinct cylindrical gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay depletions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL5002804; moist when described;
    Btg—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent distinct clay bridges between sand grains; 10 percent medium distinct cylindrical gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay depletions throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # FL5002804; moist when described;
    2Cg—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent medium distinct cylindrical moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules throughout; 5 percent by volume flat subrounded moderately coherent cemented 2-40-75 millimeter shell fragments fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # FL5002805; moist when described;