LOCATION BUFFALO TIGER FL
Tentative Series
CAP-MFV/JGT
05/2021
BUFFALO TIGER SERIES
MLRA(s): 156A
Soil Survey Regional Office (SSRO) Responsible: Auburn, Alabama
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class: Very poorly drained
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: Moderately high to high in the organic material and negligible in the rock material
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible
Parent Material: Submerged organic materials of Holocene age
Slope: 0 to 1 percent
Elevation: 3 to 25 feet above mean sea level.
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 25 degrees C. (77 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 165 centimeters (65 inches)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Euic, isohyperthermic Typic Haplosaprists
TYPICAL PEDON: Buffalo Tiger muck on a rise in fresh water marsh. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated).
Oa1--0 to 43 centimeters (0 to 17 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; about 30 percent fiber unrubbed and about 5 percent fiber rubbed; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; many fine roots and common medium roots throughout; neutral; clear smooth boundary.
Oa2--43 to 152 centimeters (17 to 61 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) muck; about 35 percent fiber unrubbed and about 5 percent fiber rubbed; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; common fine and medium roots throughout; neutral; clear smooth boundary. [130 to 203 centimeters (51 to 80 inches) thick]
2R--152 to 179 centimeters (61 to 72 inches); weakly to strongly cemented limestone bedrock; solution holes up to 102 centimeters (40 inches) or more deep can be filled with sandy and/or loamy material.
TYPE LOCATION: Broward County, Florida; about 15.3 miles north of the intersection of I-75 and US 27; about 880 feet west and 530 feet north of the southeast corner of Sec. 7, T. 47 S., R. 39 E.; latitude 26 degrees, 21 minutes, 53.6 seconds N longitude 80 degrees, 28 minutes, 40.52 west; WGS84; USGS East of Deem City, FL quadrangle.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum thickness: 150 to 203 centimeters (59 to 80 inches)
Depth to seasonally high water table: 0 to 15 centimeters (0 to 6 inches)
Soil Reaction: Moderately acid to moderately alkaline
Depth of the organic material: 130 to 203 centimeters (51 to 80 inches)
Depth to bedrock: 150 to 203 centimeters (59 to 80 inches)
Fiber content: Un-Rubbed: 10 to 70 percent; Rubbed less than 17 percent
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
Oa horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR, 7.5YR, 10YR, 2.5Y or neutral, value of 2 to 4, and chroma of 1 to 3
Texture--muck
EC (mmhos/cm)--0 to 8
Exchangeable Sodium--0 to 5 percent
Sodium Absorption Ratio--0 to 8 percent
Reaction--moderately acid to neutral
Sodium pyrophosphate extract color-hue of 10YR, value of 6 to 8, and chroma of 1 to 3
2C or 2Ckg horizon, where present:
Color--hue of 10YR, 2.5 Y or 5Y, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture--(fine-earth fraction) marly silt loam, silt, loam, fine sand, sand, loamy fine sand, or loamy sand, or their mucky analogs
Reaction--moderately acid to moderately alkaline
Calcium carbonate equivalence--40 to 80 percent or more
EC (mmhos/cm)--2 to 16 or more
Exchangeable Sodium--0 to 15 percent or more
Sodium Absorption Ratio--0 to 13 percent or more
The C horizon is less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) thick.
2R horizon: weakly to strongly cemented limestone bedrock, with solution holes filled with sandy and/or marly materials. Solution holes can be up to 102 centimeters (40 inches) or more.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the
Keylargo and
Loxahatche soils.
Keylargo soils--have bedrock at depths greater than 203 centimeters (80 inches), are subject to daily flooding by marine water, are dominated by mangroves, and occur in the tidal zone of the Florida Keys.
Loxahatche soils--lack bedrock at depths less than 203 centimeters (80 inches) and occur on similar landform positions.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Florida Everglades
Landform(s): Rises, talfs, and/or dip positions in brackish marshes and swamps Parent material: organic materials formed from remains of hydrophytic herbaceous plant overlying limestone bedrock.
Mean annual air temperature: 24 to 26 degrees C (75 to 79 degrees F)
Mean annual precipitation: 1,118 to 1,600 millimeters (44 to 63 inches)
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: In addition to the competing
Loxahatche soils, these are:
Coopertown soils--have limestone bedrock within 18 to 50 centimeters (7 to 20 inches) of the surface and occur in similar landform positions.
Gator Lake soils--have limestone bedrock within 5 to 18 centimeters (2 to 7 inches) of the surface and occur in similar landform positions.
Macks Camp soils--have bedrock at depths of 100 to less than 150 centimeters (40 to 59 inches) and occur on similar landform positions.
Plantation soils--have sandy layers below the organic layer and above the limestone bedrock.
Shark Valley soils--have bedrock at depths of 50 to 100 centimeters (20 to 40 inches) and are in similar landform positions.
Tamiami soils--have subsurface horizons of freshwater marl that compose less than 1/2 the thickness of the control section and occur in similar landform positions.
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage class: Very poorly drained
Saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat): Very high to high
Permeability: Rapid
Surface runoff: Negligible
Flooding frequency and duration: None
Ponding frequency and duration: Under natural conditions the soil is covered by water (ponded)-very frequently for very long duration (9 to 11 months), currently ponding is controlled by anthropogenic activities.
Hydric Indicators: A1 Histosol, A3 Black Histic, and A8 Muck Presence
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Water quality, water storage, and wildlife habitat.
Dominant vegetation: sawgrass, sedges, lilies, spikerush, willow, elderberry, pond apple, and cypress.
SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Auburn, Alabama
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Florida Everglades and associated areas. This series is of moderate extent
SERIES PROPOSED: Miami-Dade County, Florida; 2018.
REMARKS: Classification was revised from Lithic Haplosaprists to Typic Haplosaprists (March, 2021).
Diagnostic horizons and features in this pedon include:
1. Particle-size control section: 0 to 130 centimeters (0 to 51 inches)
2. Histic epipedon: 0 to 79 centimeters (0 to 31 inches), (Oa1, Oa2 and Oa3 horizons)
3. Lithic contact: 152 centimeters (60 inches) (2R horizon)
4. Peraquic conditions - Endosaturation ranges from 0 to 203 centimeters (0 to 80 inches)
This soil was previously mapped as Terra Ceia, limestone substratum, which is in the hyperthermic temperature regime.
ADDITIONAL DATA:
Laboratory data is available on the National Soil Survey website at: http://ncsslabdatamart.sc.egov.usda.gov/querypage.aspx
OSD User Site ID: S2016FL099001
OSD User Pedon ID: S2016FL099001
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.