LOCATION RAVENWOOD FL

Established Series
Rev. CAP-MVF-AMS
11/2023

RAVENWOOD SERIES

MLRA(s): 156A
Soil Survey Regional Office (SSRO) Responsible: Auburn, Alabama
Depth Class: Deep
Drainage Class: Somewhat poorly drained
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: high to very high
Index Surface Runoff: negligible to very low
Parent Material: sandy and gravelly human transported marine sediments over sandy marine sediments over limestone.
Slope: 0 to 2 percent
Elevation: 1 to 8 meters (3 to 26 feet)
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 25 degrees C (77 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1524 centimeters (60 inches)

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, siliceous, isohyperthermic Anthroportic Udorthents

TYPICAL PEDON: Ravenwood gravelly fine sand is on a slightly convex urban lot at elevation of about 1 meters (3 feet) above mean sea level. (Colors are for moist soil.)

^C--0 to 50 centimeters (0 to 20 inches); gray (10YR 5/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; gravelly fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; many fine roots and common medium roots throughout; 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented limestone, fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. [50 to 76 centimeters (20 to 30 inches) thick]

2Ab--50 to 66 centimeters (20 to 26 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sand; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; many fine roots and common medium roots throughout; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. [15 to 25 centimeters (6 to 10 inches) thick]

2E--66 to 87 centimeters (26 to 34 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; few fine roots throughout; 5 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) organic streaks throughout; about 5 percent stripped matrix throughout; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual wavy boundary. [10 to 41 centimeters (4 to 16 inches) thick]

2Bwb--87 to 112 centimeters (34 to 44 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; few fine and few medium roots throughout; 5 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; about 30 percent coated sand grains throughout; about 15 percent uncoated sand grains throughout; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual wavy boundary.

2Bwb--112 to 117 centimeters (44 to 46 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; few fine and few medium roots throughout; about 5 percent medium distinct irregular black (10YR 2/1) organic streaking throughout; about 60 percent coated sand grains throughout; about 40 percent uncoated sand grains throughout; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt irregular boundary. [Combined thickness is 15 to 51 centimeters (6 to 20 inches)]

2Cg--117 to 127 centimeters (46 to 50 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented limestone, gravel; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt irregular boundary. [0 to 15 centimeters (0 to 6 inches) thick]

3R--127 centimeters (50 inches); moderately to very strongly coherent limestone bedrock, solution holes up to 102 centimeters (40 inches) or deeper can be filled with sandy and/or loamy material.

TYPE LOCATION: Broward County, Florida; about 600 feet south of SW 48th Street and 65 feet west of SW 111th Terrace and about 400 feet east and 90 feet south of the northwest corner of Sec. 31, T. 50 S., R. 41 E.; Latitude and Longitude; 26 degrees 3 minutes 31.05 seconds north and 80 degrees 17 minutes 47.61 seconds west. Datum WSG84; Cooper City, Florida Quadrangle.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum thickness: 100 to 150 centimeters (40 to 60 inches)
Depth to aquic conditions: 46 to 107 centimeters (18 to 42 inches)
Depth to buried horizons: 30 to 76 centimeters (12 to 30 inches)
Depth to redoximorphic features: 46 to 107 centimeters (18 to 42 inches)
Depth to endosaturation: 46 to 107 centimeters (18 to 42 inches)
Depth to limestone bedrock: 100 to 150 centimeters (40 to 60 inches)
The Bw horizons do not meet the characteristics of a diagnostic cambic horizon.

^C horizon:
Hue: 10YR or 2.5Y
Value: 2 to 7
Chroma: 1 to 6
Texture: fine sand or sand, with lenses of loamy fine sand or loamy sand throughout; and their gravelly or cobbly analogues
Clay content: 1 to 9 percent
Rock and/or shell fragments: 15 to 30 percent gravel and cobble, some pedons may contain 1 to 15 percent stones
Reaction: neutral to moderately alkaline (pH 6.6 to 8.4)
EC (mmhos/centimeters): 0 to 2
Fragments of albic, argillic, histic, mollic, spodic, or umbric diagnostic features range from 0 to 20 percent.

2Ab horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 3 to 5
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: fine sand, sand, loamy fine sand, or loamy sand
Clay content: 0 to 7 percent
Rock and/or shell fragments: 0 to 10 percent
Reaction: very strongly acid to slightly alkaline (pH 4.5 to 7.8)
EC (mmhos/centimeters): 0 to 2

2Eb horizon:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 5 to 8
Chroma: 1 to 4
Texture: fine sand or sand
Clay content: 0 to 5 percent
Organic matter streaking and/or stripped matrix: faint or distinct, fine or medium, few to common
Rock and/or shell fragments: 0 to 10 percent
EC (mmhos/centimeters): 0 to 2

2Bwb horizon:
Hue: 10YR or 2.5Y
Value: 3 to 6
Chroma: 1 to 3
Texture: fine sand or sand
Redoximorphic features: depletions or concentrations, 1 to 20 percent, and fine or medium in size
Clay content: 1 to 7 percent
Rock fragments: 0 to 10
Reaction: slightly acid to slightly alkaline (pH 6.1 to 7.8)
Organic matter streaking: faint or distinct, fine or medium, none to common
The Bw horizon has a 1 to 3 percent increase in clay content, however it is cyclic and too discontinuous or thin and does not meet the requirements of an argillic horizon.

2Cgb or 2Ckgb horizon, where present:
Hue: 10YR
Value: 4 to 6
Chroma: 3 to 6
Texture: fine sand, sand, loamy fine sand, loamy sand, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or sandy clay loam and their gravelly or cobbly analogues
Clay content: 0 to 30 percent
Rock fragments: 5 to 60 percent
Reaction: slightly alkaline to moderately alkaline (pH 7.4 to 8.4)

3R horizon:
moderately to strongly cemented limestone bedrock, solution holes up to 100 centimeters (40 inches) or deeper can be filled with sandy and/or loamy material.

COMPETING SERIES:
This is the St. Augustine (FL) series.
St. Augustine soils have less than 15 percent rock and/or shell fragments throughout.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: 25 to 76 centimeters (10 to 30 inches) of human transported sandy marine sediment over sandy marine sediments over limestone.
Landscape: Lower Coastal Plain
Landform(s): Anthropogenic features filled and disturbed on low broad flats or flatwoods.
Geomorphic component: dip, talf, and tread
Slope: 0 to 2 percent
Elevation: 1 to 8 meters (3 to 26 feet)
Mean annual temperature: 25 to 27 degrees C (77 to 81 degrees F)
Mean annual precipitation: 1270 to 1524 millimeters (50 to 60 inches)
Frost-free period: 365 days

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Boca soils have bedrock at depths greater than 50 centimeters (20 inches), have argillic horizons (Bt), and occur on lower landforms positions.
Hallandale soils have limestone bedrock at depths less than 51 centimeters (20 inches), lack argillic horizons, and occur on lower landforms positions.
Margate soils have mollic epipedons, lack argillic horizons, and occur on lower landforms positions.
Rattlesnake Ridge soils have mollic epipedons, lack argillic horizons, contain calcium carbonates, have limestone rock at 25 to 50 centimeters (10 to 20 inches) and occur on lower landforms positions.
Goddens Strand soils have mollic epipedon at depths less than 81 centimeters (32 inches), have argillic horizon at depth of 81 to 137 centimeters (32 to 54 inches), and occur on lower landforms positions.
Grande Oaks soils lack limestone bedrock at depths less than 203 centimeters (80 inches), have discontinuous spodic horizons, and occur on lower landforms positions.
Plantation soils have histic epipedons, have seasonal high-water tables at depths of less than 15 centimeters (6 inches), and occur on lower landforms.

DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage class: Somewhat poorly drained.
Saturated hydraulic conductivity (KSAT): high to very high
Permeability: rapid
Runoff: negligible to very low
Depth to seasonal high-water table: 46 to 102 centimeters (18 to 42 inches) of the surface

USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Urban development
Dominant Vegetation: In a natural condition vegetation may include but are not limited to Florida slash pine (Pinus elliottii var. densa), live oak (Quercus virginiana), laurel oak (Q. laurifolia), scattered cypress (Taxodium), saw palmetto (Serenoa repens), wax myrtle (Morella cerifera), threeawn (Aristida), yelloweyed grass (Xyris), St. Johnswort (Hypericum), beaksedges (Rhynchospora), and multiple flowering forbs.

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Everglades and Associated Areas (MLRA 156A)
Extent: Moderate

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

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Broward County, Florida; 2023.

REMARKS:

1. Anthropogenic features - 50 to 76 centimeters (20 to 30 inches) thick (^C horizon)

2. Buried soil - 46 to 127 centimeters (18 to 50 inches) (2Ab, 2Eb, 2Bwb, 2Cgb horizons)

3. Aquic conditions - Endosaturation 46 to 107 centimeters (18 to 42 inches)

4. Limestone - 127 to 152 centimeters (50 to 60 inches) (3R horizon)

These soils were formerly mapped as Matlache, a hyperthermic version of this soil.

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: 2019FL606001

OSD Pedon Site ID: 2019FL606001

National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.