LOCATION FELDA FL

Established Series
Rev. GRB-CAP-AMS
10/2018

FELDA SERIES

The Felda series consists of very deep, poorly drained and very poorly drained soils that formed in sandy and loamy marine deposits. Felda soils are on flatwoods, low broad flats, drainageways, sloughs, depressions, and flood plains. Slopes are linear to concave and range from 0 to 2 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 1397 millimeters (55 inches) and the mean annual temperature is about 22 degrees C (72 degrees F).

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, siliceous, superactive, hyperthermic Arenic Endoaqualfs

TYPICAL PEDON: Felda fine sand, on a linear to slightly concave native grass prairie at elevation of about 4 meters (14 feet) above mean sea level. (Colors are for moist soil).

A--0 to 10 centimeters (0 to 4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sand; single grain; loose; very friable; many fine and medium roots; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary. [8 to 20 centimeters (3 to 8 inches) thick]

Eg--10 to 89 centimeters (4 to 35 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; many fine roots; many medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) masses of iron-manganese accumulation; slightly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. [43 to 81 centimeters (17 to 32 inches) thick]

Btg--89 to 109 centimeters (35 to 43 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; few faint clay films on faces of some peds; many medium distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) masses of iron-manganese accumulation; neutral; gradual irregular boundary. [15 to 56 centimeters (6 to 22 inches) thick]

Cg--109 to 203 centimeters (43 to 80 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sand; massive; loose; about 70 percent, by volume, shells and shell fragments; moderately alkaline.

TYPE LOCATION: Glades County, Florida; approximately 0.9 kilometers (0.6 miles) east of State Road 78 on Curry Island; about 1,400 feet south and 2,450 feet east of the northwest corner of Sec. 34, T. 40 S., R. 32 E.; Latitude and Longitude; 26 degrees 57 minutes 16.9 seconds north and 81 degrees 06 minutes 46.6 seconds west; WGS84.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Soil moisture control section: 20 to 60 centimeters (8 to 24 inches)
Solum thickness range: 76 to 203 centimeters (30 to 80 inches)
Aquic conditions: 0 to 203 centimeters (0 to 80 inches)
Depth to albic horizon: 8 to 20 centimeters (3 to 8 inches)
Depth to argillic horizon: 50 to 100 centimeters (20 to 40 inches)
Depth to endosaturation: 0 to 30 centimeters (0 to 12 inches)

Particle-size control section (weighted averages):
Clay content: 12 to 35 percent
Fine sand content: 30 to 75 percent

A or Ap horizon:
Hue: 10YR, 2.5Y, or Neutral
Value: 2 to 5
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: fine sand, sand, or loamy fine sand; mucky fine sand, muck sand, or mucky loamy fine sand
Clay content: 0 to 7 percent
Rock fragments: 0 percent
Reaction: very strongly acid to slightly alkaline (pH 4.5 to 7.8)
EC (mmhos/cm): 0 to 2

Eg horizon:
Hue: 10YR, 2.5Y, or Neutral
Value: 4 to 7
Chroma: 1 or 2
Redoximorphic features: depletions or concentrations, 1 to 20 percent, and fine or medium in size
Texture: fine sand or sand
Clay content: 0 to 5 percent
Rock fragments: 0 percent
Reaction: very strongly acid to slightly alkaline (pH 4.5 to 7.8)
EC (mmhos/cm): 0 to 2

Btg horizon:
Hue: 10YR, 2.5Y, or 5Y
Value: 4 to 7
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or sandy clay loam
Redoximorphic features: depletions or concentrations, 1 to 20 percent, and fine or medium in size
Clay content: 12 to 35 percent
Rock fragments: 0 percent
Reaction: slightly acid to slightly alkaline (pH 6.1 to 7.3)
EC (mmhos/cm): 0 to 2
In some profiles a 1 or 2 inch thick weakly expressed Bh horizons may occur immediately above the Btg horizon.
The BCg horizon, where present, has colors and reaction similar to that of the Btg horizon. Texture is loamy sand, loamy fine sand or sandy loam.

Cg horizon:
Hue: 10YR, 2.5Y, 5Y, Neutral, 10Y, 5GY, 10GY, or 5G
Value: 4 to 8
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: fine sand, sand, or loamy sand
Redoximorphic features: depletions and/or concentrations, 1 to 20 percent, and fine or medium in size
Clay content: 0 to 10 percent
Rock and shell fragments: 0 to 70 percent
Reaction: slightly acid to moderately alkaline (pH 4.5 to 7.8)
EC (mmhos/cm): 0 to 2

COMPETING SERIES: These are the Boca, Isles, and Pinellas series.
Boca soils have limestone bedrock at depths of 51 to 102 centimeters (20 to 40 inches).
Isles soils have limestone bedrock at depths greater than 152 centimeters (60 inches).
Pinellas soils have accumulations of secondary carbonates in Bk horizons within 76 centimeters (30 inches).

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: sandy and loamy marine sediments
Landscape: Lower Coastal Plain
Landform: flatwoods, low broad flats, depressions, drainageways, sloughs, and flood plains on marine terraces
Slopes: 0 to 2 percent
Elevation: 0.5 to 58 meters (1 to 190 feet)
Mean annual temperature: 21 to 25 degrees C (70 to 77 degrees F)
Mean annual precipitation: 1016 to 1524 millimeters (40 to 60 inches)
Frost-free period: 345 to 365 days

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Boca soils have limestone bedrock at depths of 51 to 102 centimeters (20 to 40 inches) and are on similar landform positions.
Bradenton and Winder soils have ochric epipedons less than 51 centimeters (20 inches) thick and are on similar landform positions.
EauGallie, Immokalee, Myakka, and Wabasso soils have spodic horizons and are on similar landform positions.
Eaton, Eureka, and Paisley soils have clayey argillic horizons and are on similar landform positions.
Ft. Green soils have 15 to 30 percent cobbles in the argillic horizon and are on similar landform positions.
Holopaw soils have Ochric epipedons more than 102 centimeters (40 inches) thick and are on similar landform positions.
Isles soils have limestone bedrock between depths of 102 to 152 centimeters (40 to 60 inches), salinity greater than 4 mmhos/centimeters, and are on similar landform positions.
Parkwood soils have an A horizon that meets the requirements of a mollic epipedon except for thickness and are on similar landform positions.
Pineda and Riviera soils have tongues of low chroma (E) material in the upper part of the argillic horizon and are on similar landform positions.
Pinellas soils have accumulations of secondary carbonates in Bk horizons and are on similar landform positions.
Pompano soils lack argillic horizons and are on similar landform positions.

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage class: Very poorly and poorly drained
Saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat): very high or high in the A and E horizons and low and moderately low in the Btg horizon
Permeability: rapid in the A and E horizons and very slow or slow permeability in the Btg horizon
Runoff: negligible to very low
Depth to seasonal high water table: 0 to 30 centimeters (0 to 12 inches) of the surface from 2 to 6 months during most years, and within 30 to 61 centimeters (12 to 24 inches) most of the rest of the year
Ponding: 0 to 61 centimeters (0 to 24 inches) in depressional areas more than 6 months each year
Flooding: frequently with duration 2 to 30 days or more

USE AND VEGETATION:
Under natural conditions Felda soils are used for water quality and wildlife habitat, many areas are used for citrus, truck crops, pastureland, range, and urban.
Potential native vegetation consists of cypress, waxmyrtle, pond pine, slash pine, cabbage palm, pineland threeawn, and various grasses, vines, and shrubs.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Major Land Resource Area (MLRA): Southern Florida Flatwoods (MLRA 155) and South Central Florida Ridge (MLRA 154)
Extent: Large

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

SERIES ESTABLISHED:
Collier County, Florida; 1945.

REMARKS:
Particle-size control section: 89 to 109 centimeters (35 to 43 inches)

Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon:

Ochric epipedon - 0 to 89 centimeters (0 to 35 inches) (A and Eg horizons)

Albic horizon - 10 to 89 centimeters (4 to 35 inches) (Eg horizon)

Argillic horizon - 89 to 109 centimeters (35 to 43 inches) (Btg horizon)

Aquic conditions - 0 to 203 centimeters (0 to 80 inches)

Endosaturation - 0 to 203 centimeters (0 to 80 inches)

Soil classified according to the 12th Edition of the Keys to Soil Taxonomy.

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: S1989FL043001

OSD Pedon Site ID: S1989FL043001

National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.