LOCATION BASINGER FL

Established Series
Rev. MF-CAP/ GRB
03/2020

BASINGER SERIES

MLRA(s): 155 and 154
Soil Survey Regional Office (SSRO) Responsible: Auburn, Alabama
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class: Very poorly drained
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: Moderately high to high
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible
Parent Material: Sandy marine sediments
Slope: 0 to 2 percent
Elevation: 0 to 85 meters (0 to 280 feet)
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 21 degrees C (72 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1397 centimeters (55 inches)

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Siliceous, hyperthermic Spodic Psammaquents

TYPICAL PEDON: Basinger fine sand, in an area of range (Colors are for moist soil).

A--0 to 5 centimeters (0 to 2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed, fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many fine roots; many uncoated light gray (10YR 7/2) sand grains; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. [5 to 20 centimeters thick (2 to 8 inches thick)]

Eg--5 to 46 centimeters (2 to 18 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; few fine and medium roots; common medium distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) streaks of organic matter along root channels; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. [13 to 107 centimeters thick (5 to 42 inches thick)]

Bh/Eg--46 to 91 centimeters (18 to 36 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) (Bh) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) (E) fine sand; common medium distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) weakly cemented bodies; common medium distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) streaks of organic matter along root channels; single grain; loose; few fine and medium roots; many uncoated sand grains in Bh portion; few fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of iron concentrations; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. [15 to 64 centimeters thick (6 to 25 inches thick)]

Cg--91 to 203 centimeters (36 to 80 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; many uncoated sand grains; strongly acid.

TYPE LOCATION: Okeechobee County, Florida. About 2,158 feet west of NE 176th Ave and 865 feet south of NW 240th St.; in the NE 1/4, Sec. 3, T. 35S.; R.33E; latitude 27 degrees, 27 minutes, and 45.23 N and longitude 81 degrees, 0 minutes, and 50.13 seconds W., WGS84

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum thickness: 203 centimeters (80 inches) or more
Depth to seasonal high water table: 0 to 46 centimeters (0 to 18 inches)
Depth to spodic (intergrade) horizon: 18 to 27 centimeters (7 to 50 inches)
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to neutral throughout (pH 3.5 to 7.3) except where the surface has been limed.

Particle-size control section (weighted averages):
Clay content: 0 to 7 percent
Fine sand content: 30 to 75 percent
Silt content: less than 5 percent

RANGE IN INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or is neutral, value of 2 to 6, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture--fine sand, sand or their mucky analogs. A thin Oa horizon consisting of muck, less than 7 inches thick, may be present in some areas.
EC (mmhos/centimeters): 0 to 2

Eg horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR, 2.5Y or is neutral, value of 5 to 8, and chroma of 1 to4
Redoximorphic features--shades of gray, brown and yellow and range from none to common.
Texture--fine sand or sand. In some pedons, there is a thin transitional EB horizon between the E and Bh/E horizon.
EC (mmhos/centimeters): 0 to 2

Bh/Eg horizon:
Color--Bh has hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 to 4. The E has colors similar to that of the E horizon.
Redoximorphic features--shades of gray, brown, yellow, and red and range from none to common.
Texture--fine sand or sand.
EC (mmhos/centimeters): 0 to 2

C horizon, where present:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y or is neutral, value of 5 to 8, and chroma of 2 to 4
Texture--fine sand or sand. Some pedons have thin strata of loamy fine sand or loamy sand.
EC (mmhos/centimeters): 0 to 2

The Cg horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y or is neutral, value of 5 to 8, and chroma of 2 to 4
Texture--fine sand or sand. Some pedons have thin strata of loamy fine sand or loamy sand.
EC (mmhos/centimeters): 0 to 2

COMPETING SERIES: These are the Moultrie and Valkaria series.
Moultrie soils--have spodic horizons 30 to 76 centimeters (12 to 30 inches) below the surface, contain more salts and have higher conductivity in the saturation extract. In addition, Moultrie soils are very frequently flooded and occur in the tidal zone.
Valkaria soils--have spodic horizons 18 to 102 centimeters (7 to 40 inches) below the surface, have Bw horizons and occur in similar landform positions.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain Flatwoods
Landform(s): Low flats, depressions and poorly defined drainageways
Parent material: Sandy marine sediments
Mean annual air temperature: 20 to 25 degrees C (68 to 77 degrees F.)
Mean annual precipitation: 107 to 173 centimeters (42 to 68 inches)

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Eaugallie soils--have Bh horizons and are Spodosols. In addition, Eaugallie soils have a Bt horizon below the spodic horizon and are on similar landscape positions.
Immokalee soils--have Bh horizons and are Spodosols. In addition, Immokalee soils have A and E horizons greater than 76 centimeters (30 inches).
Margate soils--have limestone bedrock at depths of 51 to 102 centimeters (20 to 40 inches).
Myakka soils--have Bh horizons and are Spodosols.
Oldsmar soils--have Bh horizons and are Spodosols. In addition, Oldsmar soils have a Bt horizon below the spodic horizon and are on similar landscape positions.
Ona soils--have Bh horizons and are Spodosols.
Placid soils--have an umbric epipedon, do not have a Bh horizon, and are on similar landscape positions.
Pompano soils--do not have a Bh or Bh/E horizon and are on similar landscape positions.
Samsula soils--have an Oa horizon that is 41 to 130 centimeters (16 to 51 inches) in thickness and occur in depressions, marshes, and swamps.
Sanibel soils--have a well decomposed organic surface that is 20 to 38 centimeters (8 to 15 inches) thick and occur in depressions, marshes, and swamps.
Smyrna soils--have Bh horizons, are Spodosols and are on broad flatwoods.
Wabasso soils--have Bh horizons and are Spodosols. In addition, Wabasso soils have a Bt horizon below the spodic horizon and are on similar landscape positions.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage class: Very poorly drained
Saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat): High to very 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 for 6 to 9 months, currently ponding is controlled by anthropogenic activities.

USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Most areas of Basinger soils have been cleared and are used for improved pasture and rangeland. With water control, they are used for winter truck crops and tame pasture.
Dominant vegetation: Slash pine, long leaf pine, southern slash pine, scattered cypress with an understory dominated by gallberry, pineland threeawn, cabbage palm, scattered saw palmetto, St. Johns wort, cutthroat grass, blue maidencane, low panicum, wax-myrtle and sand cordgrass.

SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Auburn, Alabama.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Peninsular Florida. This series is of large extent.

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Okeechobee County, Florida; 1970.

REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon include:

1. Ochric epipedon: 0 to 46 centimeters (0 to 18 inches) (A and E horizons)
2. Spodic intergrade: 46 to 91 centimeters (18 to 36 inches) (Bh/E horizon)
3. Aquic conditions: Endosaturation ranges from 0 to 203 centimeters (0 to 80 inches)

ADDITIONAL DATA: Laboratory data is available on the National Soil Survey website at: http://ncsslabdatamart.sc.egov.usda.gov/querypage.aspx

Laboratory data is provided by the University of Florida, Department of Soil and Water Science, Gainesville, FL and the National Soil Survey Laboratory, Lincoln, NE.

National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.