Soil Survey of Gadsden County, Florida

United States Department of Agriculture

Natural Resources Conservation Service

In cooperation with the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Experiment Stations, and Soil and Water Science Department

Soil Survey of Gadsden County, Florida

How To Use This Soil Survey

Detailed Soil Maps The detailed soil maps can be useful in planning the use and management of small

areas. To find information about your area of interest, locate that area on the Index to Map

Sheets. Note the number of the map sheet and turn to that sheet. Locate your area of interest on the map sheet. Note the map unit symbols that are

in that area. Turn to the Contents, which lists the map units by symbol and name and shows the page where each map unit is described.

The Contents shows which table has data on a specific land use for each detailed soil map unit. Also see the Contents for sections of this publication that may address your specific needs.

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National Cooperative Soil Survey

This soil survey is a publication of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, a joint effort of the United States Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies, State agencies including the Agricultural Experiment Stations, and local agencies. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly the Soil Conservation Service) has leadership for the Federal part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey.

Major fieldwork for this soil survey was completed from 2004 to 2006. Soil names and descriptions were approved in 2006. Unless otherwise indicated, statements in this publication refer to conditions in the survey area in 2006. This survey was made cooperatively by the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Experiment Stations, and Soil and Water Science Department. It is part of the technical assistance furnished to the Gadsden Soil and Water Conservation District.

The most current official data are available at . Soil maps in this survey may be copied without permission. Enlargement of these maps, however, could cause misunderstanding of the detail of mapping. If enlarged, maps do not show the small areas of contrasting soils that could have been shown at a larger scale.

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Citation

The correct citation for this survey is as follows:

United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. 2007. Soil Survey of Gadsden County, Florida. Revised 2009. survey/printed_surveys/

Cover Caption

The Gadsden County courthouse. Urban land-Orangeburg-Norfolk complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes, is the dominant map unit in urban areas of the county. Orangeburg and Norfolk soils are well suited to building site development.

Additional information about the Nation's natural resources is available online from the Natural Resources Conservation Service at .

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Contents

How To Use This Soil Survey .......................................................................................i Foreword...................................................................................................................... vii General Nature of the County.........................................................................................1

Climate........................................................................................................................1 Transportation.............................................................................................................3 Recreation. ................................................................................................................. 3 How This Survey Was Made...........................................................................................3 Detailed Soil Map Units................................................................................................5 2--Albany-Blanton complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes....................................................6 3--Albany-Ousley-Pelham complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded.....7 5--Blanton sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes......................................................................8 6--Blanton sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes......................................................................9 9--Bonifay-Alpin complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes.....................................................10 10--Bonifay-Albany-Centenary complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes..............................10 11--Troup-Bonifay-Fuquay complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes...................................12 12--Bonneau-Leefield-Norfolk complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes................................13 14--Cowarts-Dothan-Fuquay complex, 5 to 8 percent slopes.................................14 16--Cowarts-Nankin complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes.............................................16 18--Dothan-Fuquay complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes................................................17 19--Dothan-Fuquay complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes................................................18 21--Dothan-Fuquay-Cowarts complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes...............................19 23--Fuquay-Lucy-Orangeburg complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes...............................20 24--Fuquay-Bonifay complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes.............................................22 27--Goldsboro loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes............................................23 28--Goldsboro loamy fine sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes............................................23 29--Grady fine sandy loam, depressional................................................................24 30--Lakeland sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes...............................................................24 31--Lakeland sand, 5 to 15 percent slopes.............................................................25 32--Leefield-Bonifay-Dothan complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes..................................25 33--Leon-Chipley complex.......................................................................................27 35--Lucy-Troup complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes....................................................28 36--Lucy-Orangeburg-Cowarts complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes..........................29 40--Cowarts-Dothan-Fuquay complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes.............................30 41--Norfolk loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes.................................................31 42--Norfolk loamy fine sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes.................................................32 43--Ocilla sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes.....................................................................33 45--Orangeburg loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes................................................33 46--Orangeburg loamy sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes................................................34 47--Orangeburg-Norfolk-Tifton complex, 5 to 8 percent slopes...............................34 48--Fuquay-Orangeburg-Norfolk complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes.........................36 49--Orangeburg-Norfolk complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes.........................................37 51--Plummer sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes................................................................38 52--Rains fine sandy loam.......................................................................................38 58--Tifton loamy fine sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes....................................................39

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59--Troup-Lakeland-Lucy complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes.......................................40 60--Troup sand, 8 to 15 percent slopes...................................................................41 61--Troup-Nankin complex, 5 to 8 percent slopes...................................................41 63--Troup-Nankin complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes...............................................42 65--Udorthents, reclaimed.......................................................................................43 66--Pickney, Dorovan, and Bibb soils, frequently flooded.......................................43 69--Lucy-Bonifay-Orangeburg complex, 5 to 8 percent slopes...............................45 71--Cowarts-Nankin complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes...............................................46 72--Goldsboro-Ocilla complex, 5 to 8 percent slopes..............................................47 73--Norfolk loamy fine sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes.................................................48 77--Bonifay-Fuquay complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes...............................................48 78--Chipley, Leon, and Foxworth soils, 0 to 5 percent slopes.................................49 79--Hurricane and Chipley soils, 0 to 3 percent slopes...........................................51 80--Foxworth-Lakeland complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes..........................................52 82--Chipley-Foxworth complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes............................................52 83--Foxworth-Lakeland complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes........................................53 85--Bonifay-Leon-Chipley complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes......................................54 86--Leon, Clara, and Pickney soils, commonly flooded...........................................55 87--Ousley, Rutlege, and Pickney soils, commonly flooded....................................... 57 88--Rutlege, Bibb, and Surrency soils, frequently flooded......................................58 89--Bibb-Rains-Garcon complex, occasionally flooded...........................................59 90--Hosford and Plummer mucky sands, 2 to 12 percent slopes............................61 91--Pits....................................................................................................................61 92--Telogia sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes........................................................62 93--Foxworth-Blanton-Chipley complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes...............................62 94--Albany-Garcon-Bibb complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded......64 96--Pelham sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes..................................................................65 97--Eunola, Garcon, and Ousley soils, occasionally flooded..................................66 98--Rutlege and Plummer soils, depressional.........................................................67 99--Water.................................................................................................................68 101--Albany-Ocilla-Chipley complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes....................................68 104--Urban land-Orangeburg-Norfolk complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes....................70 105--Urban land-Orangeburg-Norfolk complex, 5 to 8 percent slopes....................71 106--Plummer-Leon-Sapelo complex......................................................................72 107--Fuquay-Bonifay complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes.............................................73 108--Troup-Lakeland complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes.........................................74 109--Dothan-Cowarts-Fuquay complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes...........................75 113--Leefield fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes.........................................................76 115--Faceville loamy fine sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes.............................................77 116--Faceville loamy fine sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes.............................................78 117--Cowarts-Hosford complex, 8 to 45 percent slopes..........................................78 118--Cowarts-Nankin complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes.........................................79 119--Wahee and Ochlockonee soils, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally

flooded................................................................................................................80 120--Hardin Heights-Telogia complex, 5 to 45 percent slopes................................81 Use and Management of the Soils.............................................................................85 Interpretive Ratings...................................................................................................85

Rating Class Terms..............................................................................................85 Numerical Ratings................................................................................................85 Crops and Pasture....................................................................................................86 Yields per Acre.....................................................................................................87 Land Capability Classification..............................................................................88 Ecological Communities...........................................................................................89 Prime Farmland........................................................................................................93

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Agricultural Waste Management...............................................................................94 Forestland Productivity and Management................................................................97

Forestland Productivity.........................................................................................98 Forestland Management......................................................................................99 Recreational Development.....................................................................................101 Wildlife Habitat........................................................................................................102 Hydric Soils.............................................................................................................104 Engineering.............................................................................................................105 Building Site Development.................................................................................106 Sanitary Facilities...............................................................................................108 Construction Materials........................................................................................ 110 Water Management............................................................................................ 111 Soil Properties........................................................................................................... 113 Engineering Soil Properties.................................................................................... 113 Physical Soil Properties.......................................................................................... 114 Chemical Soil Properties........................................................................................ 116 Soil Features........................................................................................................... 116 Water Features....................................................................................................... 117 Classification of the Soils........................................................................................ 119 Soil Series and Their Morphology............................................................................... 119 Albany Series..........................................................................................................120 Alpin Series.............................................................................................................121 Bibb Series.............................................................................................................122 Blanton Series........................................................................................................123 Bonifay Series.........................................................................................................124 Bonneau Series......................................................................................................125 Centenary Series....................................................................................................127 Chipley Series.........................................................................................................128 Clara Series............................................................................................................129 Cowarts Series.......................................................................................................130 Dorovan Series.......................................................................................................131 Dothan Series.........................................................................................................132 Eunola Series.........................................................................................................133 Faceville Series......................................................................................................134 Foxworth Series......................................................................................................136 Fuquay Series.........................................................................................................137 Garcon Series.........................................................................................................138 Goldsboro Series....................................................................................................139 Grady Series...........................................................................................................140 Hardin Heights Series.............................................................................................141 Hosford Series........................................................................................................142 Hurricane Series.....................................................................................................143 Lakeland Series......................................................................................................144 Leefield Series........................................................................................................145 Leon Series.............................................................................................................146 Lucy Series.............................................................................................................147 Nankin Series.........................................................................................................148 Norfolk Series.........................................................................................................150 Ochlockonee Series................................................................................................151 Ocilla Series............................................................................................................152 Orangeburg Series.................................................................................................153 Ousley Series.........................................................................................................154 Pelham Series........................................................................................................155 Pickney Series........................................................................................................156

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Plummer Series......................................................................................................157 Rains Series...........................................................................................................158 Rutlege Series........................................................................................................159 Sapelo Series.........................................................................................................159 Surrency Series......................................................................................................161 Telogia Series.........................................................................................................162 Tifton Series............................................................................................................163 Troup Series...........................................................................................................165 Wahee Series.........................................................................................................166 Formation of the Soils..............................................................................................169 Factors of Soil Formation........................................................................................169 Processes of Soil Formation...................................................................................170 Geology. ................................................................................................................. 170

Geomorphology .................................................................................................171 Stratigraphy .......................................................................................................173 Ground Water ....................................................................................................178 Mineral Resources ............................................................................................180 References.................................................................................................................185 Glossary.....................................................................................................................191 Tables ........................................................................................................................207 Table 1.--Temperature and Precipitation ...............................................................208 Table 2.--Freeze Dates in Spring and Fall ............................................................209 Table 3.--Growing Season ....................................................................................210 Table 4.--Acreage and Proportionate Extent of the Soils ...................................... 211 Table 5.--Land Capability and Yields per Acre of Crops and Pasture ...................213 Table 6a.--Agricultural Waste Management (Part 1) .............................................219 Table 6b.--Agricultural Waste Management (Part 2) .............................................243 Table 6c.--Agricultural Waste Management (Part 3) .............................................271 Table 7.--Forestland Productivity ..........................................................................298 Table 8a.--Forestland Management (Part 1) .........................................................315 Table 8b.--Forestland Management (Part 2) .........................................................327 Table 8c.--Forestland Management (Part 3) .........................................................338 Table 8d.--Forestland Management (Part 4) .........................................................348 Table 8e.--Forestland Management (Part 5) .........................................................356 Table 9a.--Recreational Development (Part 1) .....................................................369 Table 9b.--Recreational Development (Part 2) .....................................................384 Table 10.--Wildlife Habitat .....................................................................................398 Table 11a.--Building Site Development (Part 1) ....................................................408 Table 11b.--Building Site Development (Part 2) ....................................................421 Table 12a.--Sanitary Facilities (Part 1) .................................................................437 Table 12b.--Sanitary Facilities (Part 2) .................................................................451 Table 13a.--Construction Materials (Part 1) ..........................................................467 Table 13b.--Construction Materials (Part 2) ..........................................................480 Table 14.--Water Management .............................................................................500 Table 15.--Engineering Soil Properties .................................................................514 Table 16.--Physical Soil Properties .......................................................................540 Table 17.--Chemical Soil Properties .....................................................................559 Table 18.--Soil Features .......................................................................................573 Table 19.--Water Features ....................................................................................580 Table 20.--Taxonomic Classification of the Soils ..................................................594

Issued 2007; Revised 2009

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