LOCATION TEA HAMMOCK FL
Established Series
RBT-ARW
10/2024
TEA HAMMOCK SERIES
MLRA(s)--155
Depth class--Very deep
Drainage class--Subaqueous
Water depth range--100 to 125 centimeters
Parent material--Sandy anthropogenic dredgic deposits over fluviomarine deposits
Geomorphic location--Dredge-deposit shoals
Soil Organic Carbon Stock to 200 centimeters--24.1 kg m-2
Slope range for Series--0 to 1 percent
Mean annual air temperature--22 degrees C (72 degrees F)
Mean annual precipitation--1300 millimeters (51 inches)
Mean annual water temperature--25 degrees C (77 degrees F)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, dredgic, siliceous, hyperthermic Typic Fluviwassents
TYPICAL PEDON: Tea Hammock very shelly coarse sand on a southeast facing, 0.5 percent linear slope bare dredge-deposit shoal under 1 meter of estuarine water. Tidal range is 24 cm. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise noted).
^Cseg1--0 to 19 centimeters; dark greenish gray (10Y 4/1) very shelly coarse sand; structureless, single grain; nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 40 percent shell fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; moderate reaction with 30 percent peroxide; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); strongly alkaline (pH 8.7) oxidized pH; 0.8 kg m-3 soil organic carbon; clear boundary.
^Cseg2--19 to 133 centimeters; greenish gray (5GY 5/1) shelly sand; structureless, single grain; nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 16 percent shell fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; moderate reaction with 30 percent peroxide; moderately alkaline (pH 8.2); strongly alkaline (pH 8.8) oxidized pH; 7.5 kg m-3 soil organic carbon; clear boundary. (78 to 133 centimeters thick)
2Cseg3--133 to 152 centimeters; dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) loamy fine sand; structureless, single grain; nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; 8 percent shell fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; slight reaction with 30 percent peroxide; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4); strongly alkaline (pH 8.6) oxidized pH; 3.1 kg m-3 soil organic carbon; abrupt boundary.
2Cseg4--152 to 200 centimeters; dark greenish gray (10Y 4/1) shelly loamy coarse sand; structureless, single grain; nonsticky, nonplastic; slightly fluid; 30 percent shell fragments; moderate sulfurous odor; positive color change with 3 percent peroxide and slight reaction with 30 percent peroxide; moderately alkaline (pH 8.4); strongly alkaline (pH 8.6) oxidized pH; 12.8 kg m-3 soil organic carbon.
TYPE LOCATION: Brevard County, Florida; approximately 2.23 kilometers (1.39 miles) northwest of the intersections of Route 401 and Grouper Road on north side of Port Canaveral and approximately 2.54 kilometers (1.58 miles) due north of Route A1A on a dredge spoil island; USGS topographic quadrangle: Courtenay, Florida.
Latitude--28.4281080
Longitude-- -80.6401990
Datum--WGS84
Coordinate source--Manually entered from GPS
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to bedrock--Greater than 200 centimeters
Depth to lithologic discontinuity--78 to 133 centimeters (original soil materials)
Particle--size control section--Coarse-loamy
Soil moisture--Continuously inundated
Reaction throughout--Slightly alkaline to strongly alkaline (pH 7.4 to 9.0)
Oxidized reaction--Slightly acid to strongly alkaline (pH 6.1 to 9.0)
Electrical conductivity (1:5 soil-water) throughout--0.6 dS/m or greater
Manner of failure--Nonfluid to slightly fluid
Shell fragments throughout--0 to 90 percent throughout (horizons with considerable shell fragments are thin enough to keep the soil out of the skeletal or fragmental families)
Total Soil Organic Carbon Stock to 200 centimeters--7.1 to 35.0 kg m-2
^Cseg horizon-
Hue--5GY, 10Y or is neutral
Value--2.5 to 7
Chroma--1 or less
Texture--sandy loam, loamy sand, loamy coarse sand, sand, or shell with shelly or very shelly analogs
Organic carbon density--0.2 to 12.0 kg m-3
2Cseg horizon-
Hue--10Y or 5GY
Value--4 to 7
Chroma--1
Texture--Silt loam, fine sandy loam, or fine sand with shelly, very shelly or extremely shelly analogs
Organic carbon density--1.1 to 16.3 kg m-3
COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material--Sandy anthropogenic dredgic deposits over fluviomarine deposits
Landscape--Coastal lagoons
Landform--Dredge-deposit shoals
Slope--0 to 1 percent
Mean annual precipitation--970 to 1570 millimeters (38 to 62 inches)
Mean annual air temperature--20 to 25 degrees C (69 to 77 degrees F)
Water salinity range--18 to 29 parts per thousand
Frost-free period--365 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
These are the
Broadaxe,
Buttonwood,
Endeavor,
Ittsanapper,
Mullet, and
Sandfly soils.
Broadaxe soils--are on submerged wave-cut platforms and are much sandier throughout.
Buttonwood soils--are on barrier cove landforms, developed in lagoonal deposits and often have thick humilluvic materials.
Endeavor soils--are on relict flood-tidal delta sand flats and slopes, have sandier textures, and were created through natural lagoon processes.
Ittsanapper soils--are on lagoon bottom landforms, at deeper water depths, and have thicker finer textured materials throughout.
Mullet soils--are on washover-fan flats and have sandy textures throughout
Sandfly soils--are on estuarine tidal streams often near dredge channels but do not have anthropogenic dredge spoil deposits.
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage class--Subaqueous
Saturated hydraulic conductivity--High or very high
Soil moisture regime--Peraquic
Soil is continuously inundated by saline and brackish water.
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major uses--Used for recreational boating, fishing, and swimming, marinas, mooring fields, and commercial shellfish harvesting; benthic species include tubeworms, clams, crabs, scallops and juvenile finfish
Native vegetation--Dominant vegetation is driven by water quality and quantity within subaqueous systems. In most areas, the natural vegetation has been removed and the existing vegetation consists of seagrass species under good to excellent water quality conditions or rooted eukaryotic macroalgae in the green (Chlorophyta), red (Rhodophyta), and brown (Phaeophyta) algae families under degraded or poor water quality conditions.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
General area--Located along the coasts of Indian River Lagoon, Florida
Land Resource Regions--U - Florida Subtropical Fruit, Truck Crop, and Range Region
MLRA(s)--155
Extent--Small
SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: SPECIAL PROJECTS OFFICE
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Brevard County, Florida, 2024
REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and features in this pedon include--
-Peraquic soil moisture regime--Positive soil water potential (permanently submerged) at the soil surface. (under 101 centimeters of salt water).
-Particle-size control section--The zone from 0 to 100 cm (0 to 40 inches).
-Lithologic Discontinuity--133 to 200 centimeters (2Cseg3 and 2Cseg4 horizons).
-Human-transported materials--The zone from 0 to 133 centimeters (^Cseg1 and ^Cseg2 horizons).
-Taxonomic version--Keys to Soil Taxonomy, 13th edition (2022).
ADDITIONAL DATA:
Typical pedon S2023FL009019. Additional supporting pedon used to develop this series include S2023FL009018.
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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.