LOCATION HORNSVILLE FL+GA SCEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Aquic Hapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Hornsville fine sandy loam on a gentle 3 percent slope in woodland. (Colors are for moist soil.)
A--0 to 4 inches; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; many fine and medium roots; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary. (3 to 6 inches thick)
E--4 to 9 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; tongues and streaks of very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and splotches of yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); moderate medium granular structure; very friable; common fine and medium roots; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary. (0 to 14 inches thick)
Bt1--9 to 19 inches; yellowish red (5YR 4/8) sandy clay; common medium distinct red (2.5YR 4/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) mottles and few medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common fine flakes of mica; many clay films on faces of peds; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (4 to 12 inches thick)
Bt2--19 to 31 inches; mottled yellowish red (5YR 5/8), red (2.5YR 4/8), yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), and light gray (10YR 7/2) sandy clay; few pockets and streaks of sandy loam and sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; some pockets with weak, medium subangular blocky structure; firm; pockets and streaks are friable; many fine flakes of mica; thin clay films on sandy clay faces of peds; strongly acid; irregular wavy boundary. (6 to 14 inches thick)
Bt3--31 to 43 inches; mottled yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy clay; few medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; thick clay films on gray sandy clay mottles; patchy clay films on yellow and red peds; common fine flakes of mica; few fine pockets of sandy loam; few horizontal and diagonal streaks of red sandy loam; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (8 to 13 inches thick)
BC--43 to 76 inches; mottled yellowish red (5YR 5/8), light gray (10YR 7/2), brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), and yellow (10YR 7/8) fine sandy loam; common medium distinct reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), few medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), and few medium prominent red (2.5YR 3/6) mottles; weak medium granular structure; friable but crushes with pressure to very friable and loose; common fine flakes of mica; few thin clay films on faces of peds; strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Jackson County, Florida; about 15 miles north of Sneads on east side of Florida Highway 271; SE1/4NW1/4, Sec. 13, T. 6 N., R. 8 W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Solum thickness ranges from 40 to more than 60 inches. Reaction is moderately acid to extremely acid throughout except where limed. Few to many fine flakes of mica are in the B and C horizons in most pedons.
The A horizon has hue of 2.5YR or 10YR, value of 2 to 5, chroma of 1 to 4, or is neutral with value of 2 to 4. Texture is loam, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loamy sand or loamy fine sand.
The E horizon has hue of 2.5Y or 10YR, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 1 to 4. Texture is fine sandy loam, sandy loam, loamy fine sand, or loamy sand.
Some pedons have a BA or AB horizon. Where present, thickness ranges from 2 to 5 inches and color is in hue of 10YR, value of 5 to 6, and chroma of 6; hue of 2.5Y, value of 6, and chroma of 4; hue of 7.5YR, value 4 or 5, and chroma of 6 or 8; or hue of 2.5YR and 5YR, value of 4, and chroma of 6 or 8 with yellow, brown, or red mottles. Texture is clay loam, sandy clay loam, fine sandy loam, or sandy loam.
The upper part of the Bt horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 5 or 6, chroma of 4 to 8; hue of 7.5YR, value of 5, chroma of 6 or 8; 2.5YR, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 6 or 8; hue of 5YR, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 6 or 8; or hue of 2.5Y, value of 6, chroma of 4 with yellow, brown, or red mottles.
The lower part of the Bt horizon and the BC horizon are mottled in the colors above including hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 2 or less. Mottles with chroma of 2 or less occur within 24 inches of the upper boundary of the argillic horizon. Texture of the Bt horizons is sandy clay, clay loam, or clay and of the BC horizon sandy clay loam, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam. Few to common streaks or pockets of coarser material are in the Bt horizons in many pedons. Weighted clay content of the upper 20 inches of the Bt horizon ranges from 35 to 60 percent and silt content is less than 30 percent. Some pedons have a C or 2C horizon below a depth of about 40 inches with the same colors as the BC horizon. Texture is stratified sandy loam to clay.
COMPETING SERIES: The Gilead series is in the same family. Other competitors are the Angie, Duplin, Esto, Eulonia, Faceville, Gritney, Luverne, Nankin, and Remlap series. Gilead soils have a perched water table at 1.5 to 2.0 feet below the surface for three months each year and have flakes of mica in the argillic horizons. Angie, Duplin, Esto, and Faceville soils have less than 20 percent decrease of clay within depths of 60 inches. In addition, Angie soils have mixed mineralogy. Esto and Faceville soils are better drained and lack chroma 2 mottles within 24 inches of the upper boundary of the argillic horizon. Eulonia soils have mixed mineralogy. Gritney, Luverne, Nankin, and Remlap soils are better drained; in addition, Gritney, Luverne, and Remlap soils have mixed mineralogy.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Hornsville soils occur on broad flats and low ridges, narrow side slopes, and stream terraces adjacent to large stream flood plains in the Lower Coastal Plain. They formed in fine textured clayey sediments. Slopes range from 0 to 8 percent. Annual precipitation is about 50 to 60 and is heaviest in the spring and summer months. Mean annual temperature is about 65 to 70 degrees F.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are soils of the competing Duplin, Esto, and Faceville series and the Apalachee, Blanton, Chipola, Dothan, Fuquay, Orangeburg, Troup, and Wicksburg series. Apalachee soils are on river flood plains, lack argillic horizons and have montmorillonitic mineralogy. Blanton, Chipola, Fuquay, Orangeburg, Troup, and Wicksburg soils all are on higher landscapes and with the exception of Blanton soils are well drained. Blanton and Troup soils have A and E horizons 40 to 80 inches thick, and Chipola, Fuquay, and Wicksburg soils have A and E horizons 20 to 40 inches thick. Dothan and Orangeburg soils are fine-loamy.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Hornsville soils are moderately well drained. Runoff is slow to moderately rapid depending on slope. Permeability is moderately slow. A water table is within depths of 30 to 40 inches for 3 to 5 months in most years and above depths of 30 inches for 1 to 2 months in some years.
USE AND VEGETATION: Natural vegetation is dominantly woodland of loblolly, longleaf, and slash pines, and oaks, hickory, persimmon, and sweetgum. The understory is gallberry, waxmyrtle, and pineland threeawn. A few areas are planted to tame pasture grasses or cultivated crops of corn, soybeans, and small grain.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Coastal Plain of northern Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.. The series is of small known extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Jackson County, Florida; 1977.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon - zone from the surface to a depth of 9 inches (A, E).
Albic horizon - zone from 4 to 9 inches (E).
Argillic horizon - zone from 9 to 43 inches (Bt1, Bt2, Bt3)
DATA: Soil Characterization Lab., IFAS, UF
S32-32-(1-7)
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation FL0229 HORNSVILLE 0- 8 65- 70 230-310 50- 60 50- 200SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness FL0229 NONE RARE 2.5-3.5 APPARENT DEC-APR 60-60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- FL0229 0- 9 LS LFS 0- 0 100-100 3-10 5- 15 FL0229 0- 9 SL FSL 0- 0 100-100 6-15 5- 15 FL0229 0- 9 SCL L 0- 0 100-100 15-35 5- 15 FL0229 9-43 SC CL C 0- 0 100-100 35-60 9- 20 FL0229 43-76 SCL SL FSL 0- 0 100-100 12-35 4- 10
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll FL0229 0- 9 3.6- 6.0 .5-3. 0- 2 6.0- 20 LOW FL0229 0- 9 3.6- 6.0 1.-4. 0- 2 6.0- 20 LOW FL0229 0- 9 3.6- 6.0 .1-2. 0- 2 2.0- 6.0 LOW FL0229 9-43 3.6- 6.0 - 0- 2 0.2- 0.6 LOW FL0229 43-76 3.6- 6.0 - 0- 2 0.6- 2.0 LOW