IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blanton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002FL121007
  • User Pedon ID: S2002FL121007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002FL121007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0662
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14834
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 30.1019783
  • Std. Longitude: -82.9503250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Florida
  • County: FL121—Suwannee
  • MLRA: 138—North-Central Florida Ridge
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: FL121—Suwannee County, Florida
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30082-A8—OBrien, Florida

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bob Weatherspoon, Ellis Benham, Warren Henderson, Gregg Brannon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Grossarenic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blanton
  • PSC - 105 to 155 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/23/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blanton
  • Classificaton Date - 5/17/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy marine
  • Landscape: karstland
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Geology: Sedimentary Rock group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/17/2002 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS-26
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QULA3

    QUVI

    Quercus laurifolia

    Quercus virginiana

    laurel oak

    live oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    argillic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—105

    105—122

    122—169

    169—189

    —105—

    —17—

    —47—

    —20—
    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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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) rubbed fine sand; 93 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low vertical penetration resistance; rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, soil test; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03315; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    E1—13 to 34 centimeters (5.1 to 13.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior fine sand; 91 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak fine single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low vertical penetration resistance; rapid permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, soil test; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03316; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    E2—34 to 68 centimeters (13.4 to 26.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior fine sand; 94 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak fine single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low vertical penetration resistance; rapid permeability; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, soil test; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03317; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    E3—68 to 91 centimeters (26.8 to 35.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/3) exterior fine sand; 94 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak fine single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low vertical penetration resistance; rapid permeability; 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, soil test; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03318; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    E4—91 to 105 centimeters (35.8 to 41.3 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior fine sand; 94 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 1 percent clay; weak fine single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low vertical penetration resistance; moderate permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, soil test; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03319; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—105 to 122 centimeters (41.3 to 48.0 inches); variegated pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior sandy loam; 81 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 14 percent clay; 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct irregular mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate vertical penetration resistance; moderate permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, soil test; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03320; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—122 to 169 centimeters (48.0 to 66.5 inches); 40 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy clay loam; 71 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 27 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; moderately slow permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, soil test; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03321; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—169 to 189 centimeters (66.5 to 74.4 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) exterior sandy clay loam; 68 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 31 percent clay; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct spherical and 25 percent 2.5Y 4/6 (2.5Y 4/6) coarse prominent reticulate mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; moderately slow permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, soil test; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03322; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt4—189 to 200 centimeters (74.4 to 78.7 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) exterior sandy clay loam; 71 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 31 percent clay; 15 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium distinct irregular and 18 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) medium distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderate horizontal penetration resistance; moderately slow permeability; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.1, soil test. Lab sample # 02N03323; moist when described; observed in pit, small