Soil Series Atlas

Myakka soil series

Sandy, siliceous, hyperthermic Aeric Alaquods

050100150200cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft5 ft6 ft7 ftATopsoil0–15 cm · 0–6 inELeached layer15–51 cm · 6–20 inBh1Subsoil · humus build-up51–61 cm · 20–24 inBh2Subsoil · humus build-up61–81 cm · 24–32 inBh3Subsoil · humus build-up81–91 cm · 32–36 inC/BMixed parent material and subsoil91–142 cm · 36–56 inCParent material142–216 cm · 56–85 in050100150200cmATopsoil0–15 cm · 0–6 inELeached layer15–51 cm · 6–20 inBh1Subsoil · humusbuild-up51–61 cm · 20–24 inBh2Subsoil · humusbuild-up61–81 cm · 24–32 inBh3Subsoil · humusbuild-up81–91 cm · 32–36 inC/BMixed parent materialand subsoil91–142 cm · 36–56 inCParent material142–216 cm · 56–85 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 216 cm (85 in), 7 horizons.

Spodosols — acid soils with a subsoil of humus and iron or aluminum

Myakka is mapped on 1.40 million acres in Florida, 89th nationally by area. No series covers more of Florida: it accounts for 4.3% of the state’s mapped soil. It is the only series in the atlas that has rapid water movement. Only four atlas descriptions go deeper than its 216 cm. It is the state soil of Florida.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Poorly drained
Water movement
Rapid

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Where Myakka is mapped

1,404,907 acres in 36 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColoradoFlorida: 1,404,907 acresGeorgiaIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Myakka acres

  1. Florida100%
  • Rank in the state · share of its mapped soil
  • Florida 1st of 474 · 4.35%

In the field

Drainage

Poorly drained

Drains fastStays wet

5 other atlas series are poorly drained, none of them Spodosols.

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep

Permeability

Rapid

SlowFast

No other series in the atlas has rapid permeability.

Parent material
Marine/coastal plain sediments
Landform
Flatwoods
Type location
Florida

How it is classified

  1. OrderSpodosols
  2. SuborderAquods
  3. Great groupAlaquods
  4. SubgroupAeric Alaquods
  5. FamilySandy, siliceous, hyperthermic Aeric Alaquodssandy particle-size classsiliceous mineralogy classhyperthermic soil temperature regime

Against other Spodosols

Myakka makes up 2.37% of all mapped Spodosols — the 4th largest of 717 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

91 cm over a median of 79 cm

Depth to the subsoil

51 cm over a median of 15 cm

Depth described

216 cm over a median of 152 cm

Its relatives

1 other established series share the family “Sandy, siliceous, hyperthermic Aeric Alaquods”

  1. Myakka1.4 M
  2. Smyrna719 k

Other Spodosols in this atlas

  1. Myakka216 cm · Aeric Alaquods
  2. Tunbridge71 cm · Typic Haplorthods
  3. Kalkaska205 cm · Typic Haplorthods
  4. Marlow165 cm · Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  5. Chesuncook165 cm · Aquic Haplorthods

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ATopsoil0–15 cm0–6 in15 cm
ELeached layer15–51 cm6–20 in36 cm
Bh1Subsoil: humus build-up51–61 cm20–24 in10 cm
Bh2Subsoil: humus build-up61–81 cm24–32 in20 cm
Bh3Subsoil: humus build-up81–91 cm32–36 in10 cm
C/BMixed parent material and subsoil91–142 cm36–56 in51 cm
CParent material142–216 cm56–85 in74 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2013-02), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides