Soil Series Atlas

Lakeland soil series

Thermic, coated Typic Quartzipsamments

050100150200cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft5 ft6 ftATopsoil0–8 cm · 0–3 inC1Parent material8–25 cm · 3–10 inC2Parent material25–109 cm · 10–43 inC3Parent material109–163 cm · 43–64 inC4Parent material163–203 cm · 64–80 in050100150200cmATopsoil0–8 cm · 0–3 inC1Parent material8–25 cm · 3–10 inC2Parent material25–109 cm · 10–43 inC3Parent material109–163 cm · 43–64 inC4Parent material163–203 cm · 64–80 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 203 cm (80 in), 5 horizons.

Entisols — young soils with little or no horizon development

Lakeland is mapped on 2.01 million acres in 7 states, 34th nationally by area. It is the only series in the atlas that has very rapid water movement. Outside its main state it also ranks high: the 3rd-largest of 258 series in South Carolina. It is the largest of the 11 established series in its family.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Excessively drained
Water movement
Very rapid

Compare with another seriesSimilar series in the finder

Where Lakeland is mapped

2,009,276 acres in 108 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

Alabama: 162,177 acresArizonaColoradoFlorida: 717,075 acresGeorgia: 521,049 acresIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth Carolina: 81,338 acresNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippi: 11,529 acresMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginia: 793 acresWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth Carolina: 515,315 acresIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Lakeland acres

  1. Florida36%
  2. Georgia26%
  3. South Carolina26%
  4. Alabama8%
  5. North Carolina4%
  6. Mississippi0.6%
  7. Virginia<0.1%

In the field

Drainage

Excessively drained

Drains fastStays wet

Valentine, Valent, and Windsor also are excessively drained.

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep

Permeability

Very rapid

SlowFast

No other series in the atlas has very rapid permeability.

Parent material
Eolian deposits, marine/coastal plain sediments, sandy sediments
Landform
Uplands, coastal plains
Type location
Florida

How it is classified

  1. OrderEntisols
  2. SuborderPsamments
  3. Great groupQuartzipsamments
  4. SubgroupTypic Quartzipsamments
  5. FamilyThermic, coated Typic Quartzipsammentsthermic soil temperature regime

Against other Entisols

Lakeland makes up 1.02% of all mapped Entisols — the 6th largest of 3,003 series in the order.

Depth described

203 cm over a median of 152 cm

Its relatives

10 other established series share the family “Thermic, coated Typic Quartzipsamments”

  1. Lakeland2.0 M
  2. Foxworth280 k
  3. Alaga169 k
  4. Bigbee139 k
  5. Tonkawa67 k
  6. Darden41 k
  7. Cainhoy29 k
  8. Wando23 k
  9. Glentosh17 k

Other Entisols in this atlas

  1. Lakeland203 cm · Typic Quartzipsamments
  2. Valentine203 cm · Typic Ustipsamments
  3. Valent152 cm · Ustic Torripsamments
  4. Cabbart152 cm · Aridic Ustorthents
  5. Bibb152 cm · Typic Fluvaquents
  6. Cabba152 cm · Typic Ustorthents

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ATopsoil0–8 cm0–3 in8 cm
C1Parent material8–25 cm3–10 in17 cm
C2Parent material25–109 cm10–43 in84 cm
C3Parent material109–163 cm43–64 in54 cm
C4Parent material163–203 cm64–80 in40 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2018-10), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides