Soil in Collier County, Florida

Soil in Collier County Area, Florida

14—​Pineda fine sand, limestone substratum

Map Unit Setting

 Elevation: 20 to 100 feet
 Mean annual precipitation: 46 to 54 inches
 Mean annual air temperature: 70 to 77 degrees F
 Frost-​free period: 350 to 365 days

Map Unit Composition

 Pineda, limestone substratum, and similar soils: 88 percent
 Minor components: 12 percent

Description of Pineda, Limestone Substratum Setting

 Landform: Drainageways on marine terraces
 Landform position (three-​dimensional): Dip
 Down-​slope shape: Linear
 Across-​slope shape: Concave
 Parent material: Sandy and loamy marine deposits over limestone

Properties and qualities

 Slope: 0 to 2 percent
 Depth to restrictive feature: 40 to 80 inches to lithic bedrock
 Drainage class: Poorly drained
 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
 Maximum salinity: Nonsaline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos/cm)
 Sodium adsorption ratio, maximum: 4.0
 Available water capacity: Low (about 4.5 inches)

Interpretive groups

 Land capability (nonirrigated): 3w
 Ecological site: Slough (R156AY011FL)

Typical profile

 0 to 4 inches: Fine sand
 4 to 30 inches: Fine sand
 30 to 55 inches: Sandy clay loam
 55 to 59 inches: Unweathered bedrock

Minor Components

Malabar

 Percent of map unit: 4 percent
 Landform: Drainageways on marine terraces
 Landform position (three-​dimensional): Dip
 Down-​slope shape: Linear
 Across-​slope shape: Concave
 Ecological site: Slough (R155XY011FL)

Hallandale

 Percent of map unit: 4 percent
 Landform: Drainageways on marine terraces
 Landform position (three-​dimensional): Dip
 Down-​slope shape: Linear
 Across-​slope shape: Concave
 Ecological site: Slough (R156AY011FL)

Boca

 Percent of map unit: 4 percent
 Landform: Drainageways on marine terraces
 Landform position (three-​dimensional): Talf, dip
 Down-​slope shape: Concave
 Across-​slope shape: Linear
 Ecological site: Scrub Cypress (R156AY013FL)

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Soil	Name	Relief	Surface_Runoff	Internal_Drainage	D_2_Bedrock	Reaction	Land_Use	Principal_Veg	Cover
Aa	Arzell fine sand	Level, nearly, or slightly depressional	Very shallow or ponded	Rapid when freed of high water table	Inches 48-80	Slightly acid to neutral	Forest, grazing, small acreage in vegetables acres in citrus	Slash pine, shrubs, grasses; some areas	Not specified
Aa3	Arzell fine sand	Level, nearly, or slightly depressional	Very shallow or ponded	Rapid when freed of high water table	Inches 48-81	Slightly acid to neutral	Forest, grazing, small acreage in vegetables acres in citrus	Slash pine, shrubs, grasses; some areas	Prairie
Aa5	Arzell fine sand	Level, nearly, or slightly depressional	Very shallow or ponded	Rapid when freed of high water table	Inches 48-82	Slightly acid to neutral	Forest, grazing, small acreage in vegetables acres in citrus	Slash pine, shrubs, grasses; some areas	Cypress
Ba	Blanton fine sand	Level to gently undulating	Slow to medium	Rapid	Many feet	Strongly acid	Forest, grazing, few acres in citrus	Slash pine, bluejack and live oaks, grasses.	Not specified
Ba7	Blanton fine sand	Level to gently undulating	Slow to medium	Rapid	Many feet	Strongly acid	Forest, grazing, few acres in citrus	Slash pine, bluejack and live oaks, grasses.	Mixed Palmettoe & Prairie
Bb	Broward fine sand	Level, nearly level, or gently undulating	Slow	Rapid when freed of high water table	18-36	Slightly acid to neutral; neutral to alkaline just above limestone	Forest, grazing	Slash pine, cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto,	shrubs, grasses.	Not specified
Bc	Broward fine sand - Heavy substratum phase	Level, nearly level, or gently undulating	Slow	Medium when freed of high water table	12-24	Slightly acid to neutral; neutral to alkaline just above limestone	Forest, grazing	Slash pine, cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto,	shrubs, grasses.	Not specified
Bc4	Broward fine sand - Heavy substratum phase	Level, nearly level, or gently undulating	Slow	Medium when freed of high water table	12-25	Slightly acid to neutral; neutral to alkaline just above limestone	Forest, grazing	Slash pine, cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto,	shrubs, grasses.	Palmetto
Bd	Broward fine sand - Shallow phase	Level, nearly level, or gently undulating	Slow	Rapid when freed of high water table	6-18	Slightly acid to neutral; neutral to alkaline just above limestone	Forest, grazing	Slash pine, cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto,	shrubs, grasses.	Not specified
Bd4	Broward fine sand - Shallow phase	Level, nearly level, or gently undulating	Slow	Rapid when freed of high water table	6-18	Slightly acid to neutral; neutral to alkaline just above limestone	Forest, grazing	Slash pine, cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto,	shrubs, grasses.	Palmetto
Be	Broward-Ochopee complex	Level, nearly level, or gently undulating	Slow	Variable	3-12	Variable	Forest, grazing	Slash pine, cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto, shrubs,Grasses; some areas prairie or cypress.	Not specified
Be7	Broward-Ochopee complex	Level, nearly level, or gently undulating	Slow	Variable	3-12	Variable	Forest, grazing	Slash pine, cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto, shrubs,Grasses; some areas prairie or cypress.	Mixed Palmettoe & Prairie
Be8	Broward-Ochopee complex	Level, nearly level, or gently undulating	Slow	Variable	3-12	Variable	Forest, grazing	Slash pine, cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto, shrubs,Grasses; some areas prairie or cypress.	Mixed Pine & Cypress
Ca	Charlotte fine sand	Nearly level, level, or slightly depressional	Very shallow or ponded	Rapid when freed of high water table	40-60	Slightly acid to neutral	Forest, grazing, small acreage in vegetables	Slash pine, cabbage palmetto, shrubs, grasses; some prairie areas.	Not specified
Ca3	Charlotte fine sand	Nearly level, level, or slightly depressional	Very shallow or ponded	Rapid when freed of high water table	40-60	Slightly acid to neutral	Forest, grazing, small acreage in vegetables	Slash pine, cabbage palmetto, shrubs, grasses; some prairie areas.	Prairie
Cb	Coastal beach	Gently sloping	Medium	Rapid	Many feet	Not ascertained for this nonarable land type	Recreation, grazing, idle	Salt-tolerant shrubs and grasses, cabbage palmetto, or bare of vegetation.	Not specified
Cb6	Coastal beach	Gently sloping	Medium	Rapid	Many feet	Not ascertained for this nonarable land type	Recreation, grazing, idle	Salt-tolerant shrubs and grasses, cabbage palmetto, or bare of vegetation.	Hammock
Cc	Copeland fine sand	Level or nearly level	Very slow	Medium to slow; rapid when freed of high water table.	12-24	Slightly acid; neutral to alkaline just above limestone.	Forest, grazing, a few acres in vegetables	Cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto, slash pine, subtropical plants(hammock).	Not specified
Cd	Copeland fine sand - Low phase	Level; depressions	Very slow or ponded	Rapid when freed of high water table	3-24	Slightly acid; neutral to alkaline just above limestone.	Forest, few gardens	Cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto, slash pine, subtropical plants(hammock).	Not specified
Ce	Copeland fine sand - Shallow phase	Nearly level	Very slow	Rapid when freed of high water table	3-12	Slightly acid; neutral to alkaline just above limestone.	Forest, few gardens	Cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto, slash pine, subtropical plants(hammock).	Not specified
Cf	Cypress swamp	Nearly level	Very slow	Covered with water most of year	Many feet	Not ascertained for this nonarable land type	Forest, wildlife habitat	Cypress and other trees, shrubs, grasses, ferns, vines.	Not specified
Fa	Felda fine sand	Level, nearly level, or slightly depressional	Very slow or ponded	Medium when freed of high water table	36-60	Acid in surface layers; neutral to alkaline below.	Grazing, some vegetables	Grasses, shrubs.	Not specified
Fb	Fresh water marsh	Level	Very slow or ponded	Covered with water most of year	Not ascertained for this nonarable land type	Variable	Grazing, wildlife habitat, idle	Marsh plants.	Not specified
Ia	Immokalee fine sand	Level or nearly level	Slow	Rapid above water table at 30 to 39 inches	Many feet	Strongly acid	Forest, grazing, a few acres in vegetables	Slash pine, saw-palmetto, shrubs, wiregrass.	Not specified
Ia4	Immokalee fine sand	Level or nearly level	Slow	Rapid above water table at 30 to 39 inches	Many feet	Strongly acid	Forest, grazing, a few acres in vegetables	Slash pine, saw-palmetto, shrubs, wiregrass.	Palmetto
Ia4/Pit	Immokalee fine sand	Level or nearly level	Slow	Rapid above water table at 30 to 39 inches	Many feet	Strongly acid	Forest, grazing, a few acres in vegetables	Slash pine, saw-palmetto, shrubs, wiregrass.	Palmetto
Ka	Keri-Copeland complex	Level or nearly level	Slow	Variable	6-54	Variable	Grazing, forest	Cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto, slash pine, subtropical plants(hammock).	Not specified
Kb	Keri fine sand	Level or nearly level	Slow	Slow	48-60	Strongly acid above marl, alkaline below	Forest, grazing, a few acres in vegetables	Slash pine, cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto, shrubs, grasses.	Not specified
La	Lakewood fine sand	Hummocky (dunes) to level	Very slow due to rapid infiltration	Rapid	Many feet	Strongly acid	Grazing, forest	Sand pine, rosemary, scrub oaks.	Not specified
Ma	Made land	Variable	Not ascertained for this nonarable land type	Variable	Variable	Variable	Building sites, idle	Variable.	Not specified
Mb	Mangrove swamp	level; below high tide	Water-covered at high tide	Water-covered at high tide	Variable	Variable	Wildlife habitat, forest	Mangrove, button-mangrove.	Not specified
Mb/Water	Mangrove swamp	level; below high tide	Water-covered at high tide	Water-covered at high tide	Variable	Variable	Wildlife habitat, forest	Mangrove, button-mangrove.	Water
Mc	Matmon loamy fine sand	Nearly level	Medium to slow	Medium when freed of high water table	0-18	Alkaline	Forest, grazing, a few acres in crops	Slash pine, cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto, shrubs,Grasses.	Not specified
None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	None	Not specified
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Oa	Ochopee fine sandy marl	Level or nearly level; slight depressions	Very slow or ponded	Slow even when freed of high water table	12-36	Marl layer strongly alkaline; neutral to alkaline below.	Wildlife habitat, a few acres in vegetables	Grasses.	Not specified
Ob	Ochopee fine sandy marl - Shallow Phase	Level or nearly level; slight depressions	Very slow or ponded	Slow even when freed of high water table	6-12	Marl layer strongly alkaline; neutral to alkaline below.	Short grasses, forest, wildlife habitat, a few acres in vegetables.	Grasses, and some areas in scrub cypress, pine, and grasses.	Not specified
Ob2	Ochopee fine sandy marl - Shallow Phase	Level or nearly level; slight depressions	Very slow or ponded	Slow even when freed of high water table	6-12	Marl layer strongly alkaline; neutral to alkaline below.	Short grasses, forest, wildlife habitat, a few acres in vegetables.	Grasses, and some areas in scrub cypress, pine, and grasses.	Pine
Ob5	Ochopee fine sandy marl - Shallow Phase	Level or nearly level; slight depressions	Very slow or ponded	Slow even when freed of high water table	6-12	Marl layer strongly alkaline; neutral to alkaline below.	Short grasses, forest, wildlife habitat, a few acres in vegetables.	Grasses, and some areas in scrub cypress, pine, and grasses.	Cypress
Oc	Ochopee fine sandy marl - Tidal Phase	Level; covered at very high tides	Very slow or ponded	Slow; covered at very high tides	12-36	Marl layer strongly alkaline; neutral to alkaline below; also affected by salts.	Wildlife habitat	Salt-tolerant grasses and shrubs.	Not specified
Od	Ochopee marl	Level or nearly level	Very slow or ponded	Slow even when freed of high water table	12-36	Marl layer strongly alkaline; neutral to alkaline below.	Relatively large area in vegetables	Grasses.	Not specified
Oe	Ochopee marl - Deep phase	Level or nearly level	Very slow or ponded	Slow even when freed of high water table	36-60	Marl layer strongly alkaline; neutral to alkaline below.	Vegetables	Grasses.	Not specified
Oe/Water	Ochopee marl - Deep phase	Level or nearly level	Very slow or ponded	Slow even when freed of high water table	36-60	Marl layer strongly alkaline; neutral to alkaline below.	Vegetables	Grasses.	Water
Of	Ochopee marl - Shallow phase	Level or nearly level	Very slow or ponded	Slow even when freed of high water table	3-12	Marl layer strongly alkaline; neutral to alkaline below.	Vegetables	Grasses.	Not specified
Pa	Pompano fine sand	Level, nearly level, or slightly depressional	Very slow or ponded	Rapid when freed of high water table	48-80	Slightly acid to neutral	Forest, grazing, some vegetables	Slash pine cabbage palmetto, shrubs, grasses; some areas of prairie or cypress.	Not specified
Pa/Aa	Pompano fine sand	Level, nearly level, or slightly depressional	Very slow or ponded	Rapid when freed of high water table	48-80	Slightly acid to neutral	Forest, grazing, some vegetables	Slash pine cabbage palmetto, shrubs, grasses; some areas of prairie or cypress.	Not specified
Pa3	Pompano fine sand	Level, nearly level, or slightly depressional	Very slow or ponded	Rapid when freed of high water table	48-80	Slightly acid to neutral	Forest, grazing, some vegetables	Slash pine cabbage palmetto, shrubs, grasses; some areas of prairie or cypress.	Prairie
Pa5	Pompano fine sand	Level, nearly level, or slightly depressional	Very slow or ponded	Rapid when freed of high water table	48-80	Slightly acid to neutral	Forest, grazing, some vegetables	Slash pine cabbage palmetto, shrubs, grasses; some areas of prairie or cypress.	Cypress
Pa5/Aa5	Pompano fine sand	Level, nearly level, or slightly depressional	Very slow or ponded	Rapid when freed of high water table	48-80	Slightly acid to neutral	Forest, grazing, some vegetables	Slash pine cabbage palmetto, shrubs, grasses; some areas of prairie or cypress.	Cypress
Ra	Rockland	Level, nearly level, or slightly depressional	Very slow or ponded	Slow	0-12	Variable	Forest, grazing	Slash pine, cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto, some areas cypress or prairie.	Not specified
Ra2	Rockland	Level, nearly level, or slightly depressional	Very slow or ponded	Slow	0-12	Variable	Forest, grazing	Slash pine, cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto, some areas cypress or prairie.	Pine
Ra3	Rockland	Level, nearly level, or slightly depressional	Very slow or ponded	Slow	0-12	Variable	Forest, grazing	Slash pine, cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto, some areas cypress or prairie.	Prairie
Ra9	Rockland	Level, nearly level, or slightly depressional	Very slow or ponded	Slow	0-12	Variable	Forest, grazing	Slash pine, cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto, some areas cypress or prairie.	Mixed Pine, Cypress & Prairie
Sa	St. Lucie fine sand	Low ridges, knolls, hummocks	Very slow, due to rapid infiltration	Rapid	Many feet	Strongly acid	Grazing, forest	Sand pine, rosemary, scrub oak.	Not specified
Sb	Shell mounds	Mounds 10 to 20 feet high	Not ascertained for this nonarable land type	Not ascertained for this nonarable land type	Not ascertained for this nonarable land type	Alkaline	Source of road material; idle	Cabbage palmetto, shrubs (hammock).	Not specified
Sc	Sunniland fine sand	Nearly level	Slow	Medium to slow	36-60	Strongly acid surface soil; neutral to alkaline line below.	Forest, grazing, few acres in crops	Slash pine, cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto, shrubs, grasses.	Not specified
Sc4	Sunniland fine sand	Nearly level	Slow	Medium to slow	36-60	Strongly acid surface soil; neutral to alkaline line below.	Forest, grazing, few acres in crops	Slash pine, cabbage palmetto, saw-palmetto, shrubs, grasses.	Palmetto
Ta	Tidal marsh	Level or nearly level	Very slow	Water covered at high tide	Many feet	Not ascertained for this nonarable land type	Wildlife habitat	Salt-tolerant marsh grasses and shrubs.	Not specified
Ta/Ob5	Tidal marsh	Level or nearly level	Very slow	Water covered at high tide	Many feet	Not ascertained for this nonarable land type	Wildlife habitat	Salt-tolerant marsh grasses and shrubs.	Cypress
Tb	Tucker marl	Level or nearly level	Very slow	Slow even when freed of high water table	4-24	Strongly alkaline	Relatively large acreage in vegetables	Grasses.	Not specified
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