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MAP INFORMATION
Area of Interest (AOI)
spoil Area
The soil surveys that comprise your AOI were mapped at 1:24.000.
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Area of Interest (AOI)
Stony Spot
Solis
Very Stony Spot
Warning: Soil Map may not be valid at this scale.
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Soil Map Unit Polygons
soil Map unit Lines
Wet Spot
Enlargement of maps beyond
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Other
misunderstanding of the detail of mapping and accuracy of soil line
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Soil Map Unit Points
placement. The maps do not show the small areas of contrasting
Special
Point Features
+-: special Line Features
soils that could have been shown at a more detailed scale.
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Blowout
Water Features
Borrow Pit
^.- Streams and Canals
Please rely on the bar scale on each map sheet for map
Transportation
measurements.
Clay Spot
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Closed Depression
Source of Map: Natural Resources Conservation Service
0%0 Interstate Highways
Web Soil Survey LIRL: http://websoilsurvey.nres.usda.gov
Gravel Pit
P-4:01 Us Routes
Coordinate System: Web Mercator (EPSG:3857)
Gravelly Spot
;0 Major Roads
Maps from the Web Soil Survey are based on the Web Mercator
Landfill
Local Roads
projection, which preserves direction and shape but distorts
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Lava Flow
distance and area. A projection that preserves area, such as the
Background
Albers equal-area conic projection, should be used if
Marsh or swamp
® Aerial Photography
more accurate
calculations of distance or area are required.
Mine or Quarry
Miscellaneous Water
This product is generated from the USDA-NRCS certified data as of
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the version date(s) listed below.
Perennial Water
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Rock outcrop
Soil Survey Area: St. Lucie County, Florida
Survey Area Data: Version 8, Nov 19, 2015
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Saline Spot
Sandy Spot
Soil map units are labeled (as space allows) for map scales 1:50,000
or larger.
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Severely Eroded Spot
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Sinkhole
Date(s) aerial images were photographed: Dec 15, 2010—Mar
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Sadie Spot
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Map Unit Descriptions
The map units delineated on the detailed soil maps in a soil survey represent the soils
or miscellaneous areas in the survey area. The map unit descriptions, along with the
maps, can be used to determine the composition and properties of a unit.
A map unit delineation on a soil map represents an area dominated by one or more
major kinds of soil or miscellaneous areas. A map unit is identified and named
according to the taxonomic classification of the dominant soils. Within a taxonomic
class there are precisely defined limits forthe properties of the soils. On the landscape,
however, the soils are natural phenomena, and they have the characteristic variability
of all natural phenomena. Thus, the range of some observed properties may extend
beyond the limits defined for a taxonomic class. Areas of soils of a single taxonomic
class rarely, if ever, can be mapped without including areas of other taxonomic
classes. Consequently, every map unit is made up of the soils or miscellaneous areas
for which it is named and some minor components that belong to taxonomic classes
other than those of the major soils.
Most minor soils have properties similar to those of the dominant soil or soils in the
map unit, and thus they do not affect use and management. These are called
noncontrasting, or similar, components. They may or may not be mentioned in a
particular map unit description. Other minor components, however, have properties
and behavioral characteristics divergent enough to affect use or to require different
management. These are called contrasting, or dissimilar, components. They generally
are in small areas and could not be mapped separately because of the scale used.
Some small areas of strongly contrasting soils or miscellaneous areas are identified
by a special symbol on the maps. If included in the database for a given area, the
contrasting minor components are identified in the map unit descriptions along with
some characteristics of each. A few areas of minor components may not have been
observed, and consequently they are not mentioned in the descriptions, especially
where the pattern was so complexthat it was impractical to make enough observations
to identify all the soils and miscellaneous areas on the landscape.
The presence of minor components in a map unit in no way diminishes the usefulness
or accuracy of the data. The objective of mapping is not to delineate pure taxonomic
classes but rather to separate the landscape into landforms or landform segments that
have similar use and management requirements. The delineation of such segments
on the map provides sufficient information for the development of resource plans. If
intensive use of small areas is planned, however, onsite investigation is needed to
define and locate the soils and miscellaneous areas.
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An identifying symbol precedes the map unit name in the map unit descriptions. Each
description includes general facts about the unit and gives important soil properties
and qualities.
Soils that have profiles that are almost alike make up a soil series. Except for
differences in texture of the surface layer, all the soils of a series have major horizons
that are similar in composition, thickness, and arrangement.
Soils of one series can differ in texture of the surface layer, slope, stoniness, salinity,
degree of erosion, and other characteristics that affect their use. On the basis of such
differences, a soil series is divided into soil phases. Most of the areas shown on the
detailed soil maps are phases of soil series. The name of a soil phase commonly
indicates a feature that affects use or management. For example, Alpha silt loam, 0
to 2 percent slopes, is a phase of the Alpha series.
Some map units are made up of two or more major soils or miscellaneous areas.
These map units are complexes, associations, or undifferentiated groups.
A complex consists of two or more soils or miscellaneous areas in such an intricate
pattern or in such small areas that they cannot be shown separately on the maps. The
pattern and proportion of the soils or miscellaneous areas are somewhat similar in all
areas. Alpha -Beta complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes, is an example.
An association is made up of two or more geographically associated soils or
miscellaneous areas that are shown as one unit on the maps. Because of present or
anticipated uses of the map units in the survey area, it was not considered practical
or necessary to map the soils or miscellaneous areas separately. The pattern and
relative proportion of the soils or miscellaneous areas are somewhat similar. Alpha -
Beta association, 0 to 2 percent slopes, is an example.
An undifferentiated group is made up of two or more soils or miscellaneous areas that
could be mapped individually but are mapped as one unit because similar
interpretations can be made for use and management. The pattern and proportion of
the soils or miscellaneous areas in a mapped area are not uniform. An area can be
made up of only one of the major soils or miscellaneous areas, or it can be made up
of all of them. Alpha and Beta soils, 0 to 2 percent slopes, is an example.
Some surveys include miscellaneous areas. Such areas have little or no soil material
and support little or no vegetation. Rock outcrop is an example.
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St. Lucie County, Florida
32—Pineda sand
Map Unit Setting
National map unit symbol. 1 jpvt
Elevation: 20 to 100 feet
Mean annual precipitation: 49 to 58 inches
Mean annual air temperature: 70 to 77 degrees F
Frost -free period. 360 to 365 days
Farmland classification: Farmland of unique importance
Map Unit Composition
Pineda and similar soils. 85 percent
Minor components. 15 percent
Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit.
Description of Pineda
Setting
Landform: Drainageways on marine terraces, flats on marine terraces
Landform position (three-dimensional): Dip
Down -slope shape: Linear
Across -slope shape: Concave
Parent material. • Sandy and loamy marine deposits
Typical profile
A - 0 to 6 inches. sand
E - 6 to 38 inches: sand
Big - 38 to 52 inches: sandy loam
Cg - 52 to 80 inches: loamy sand
Properties and qualities
Slope: 0 to 2 percent
Depth to restrictive feature. More than 80 inches
Natural drainage class: Poorly drained
Runoff class: Very high
Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately low to
moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 in/hr)
Depth to water table: About 0 to 12 inches
Frequency of flooding. None
Frequency of ponding. None
Calcium carbonate, maximum in profile: 15 percent
Salinity, maximum in profile: Nonsaline to very slightly saline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos/cm)
Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum in profile: 4.0
Available water storage in profile. Low (about 4.2 inches)
Interpretive groups
Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified
Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 3w
Hydrologic Soil Group: C/D
Other vegetative classification: Sandy over loamy soils on flats of hydric or mesic
lowlands (G156BC241 FL)
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Minor Components
Pople
Percent of map unit: 2 percent
Landform: Drainageways on marine terraces, flats on marine terraces
Landform position (three-dimensional): Dip
Down -slope shape: Linear
Across slope shape: Concave
Other vegetative classification: Sandy over loamy soils on flats of hydric or mesic
lowlands (G156BC241FL)
Wabasso, gravelly substratum
Percent of map unit: 2 percent
Landform: Flats on marine terraces
Landform position (three-dimensional): Talf
Down -slope shape: Convex
Across -slope shape: Linear
Other vegetative classification: Sandy soils on flats of mesic or hydric lowlands
(G156BC141 FL)
Wabasso
Percent of map unit: 2 percent
Landfonn: Flats on marine terraces
Landform position (three-dimensional): Talf
Down -slope shape: Convex
Across -slope shape: Linear
Other vegetative classification: Sandy soils on flats of mesic or hydric lowlands
(G156BC141FL)
Hallandale
Percent of map unit: 2 percent
Landfonn: Flats on marine terraces
Landform position (three-dimensional): Interfluve, talf
Down -slope shape: Convex
Across -slope shape: Linear
Other vegetative classification: Sandy soils on flats of mesic or hydric lowlands
(G156BC141 FL)
Riviera
Percent of map unit: 2 percent
Landfonn: Flats on marine terraces
Landfonn position (three-dimensional): Talf
Down -slope shape: Linear
Across -slope shape: Linear
Other vegetative classification: Sandy over loamy soils on flats of hydric or mesic
lowlands (G156BC241FL)
Malabar
Percent of map unit: 2 percent
Landfonn: Drainageways on marine terraces, flats on marine terraces
Landfonn position (three-dimensional): Dip
Down -slope shape: Linear
Across -slope shape: Concave
Other vegetative classification: Sandy soils on flats of mesic or hydric lowlands
(G156BC141 FL)
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Winder, shell substratum, hydric
Percent of map unit: 2 percent
Landform: Flats on marine terraces
Landform position (three-dimensional): Talf
Down -slope shape: Concave, linear
Across -slope shape: Linear
Other vegetative classification: Loamy and clayey soils on flats of hydric or mesic
lowlands (G156BC341FL)
Winder, hydric
Percent of map unit: 1 percent
Landform: Flats on marine terraces
Landfonn position (three-dimensional): Talf
Down -slope shape: Concave, linear
Across -slope shape: Linear
Other vegetative classification: Loamy and clayey soils on flats of hydric or mesic
lowlands (G156BC341 FL)
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