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Table of Contents (Soil Survey of Dade, Florida)

How to use this soil survey
Index to map units
Summary of tables
Foreword
Introduction

General soil map units

Detailed soil map units

  1. Biscayne gravelly marl, drained
  2. Lauderhill muck, depressional
  3. Pennsuco marl, drained
  4. Pennsuco marl
  5. Perrine marl, drained
  6. Krome very gravelly loam
  7. Udorthents-water complex
  8. Udorthents, limestone substratum-Urban land complex
  9. Udorthents, marl substratum-Urban land complex
  10. Perrine marl
  11. Biscayne marl
  12. Dania muck, depressional
  13. Urban land
  14. Biscayne marl, drained
  15. Tamiami muck, depressional
  16. Cardsound-Rock outcrop complex
  17. Opalocka-Rock outcrop complex
  18. Chekika very gravelly loam
  19. Matecumbe muck
  20. Biscayne-Rock outcrop complex
  21. Perrine marl, tidal
  22. Demory-Rock outcrop complex
  23. Pahokee muck, depressional
  24. Pennsuco marl, tidal
  25. Terra Ceia muck, tidal
  26. Plantation muck
  27. Hallandale fine sand
  28. Margate fine sand
  29. Basinger fine sand
  30. Rock outcrop-Vizcaya-Biscayne complex
  31. Beaches
  32. Pomello sand
  33. Dade fine sand
  34. Udorthents, limestone substratum, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  35. Canaveral sand
  36. St. Augustine sand
  37. Kesson muck, tidal

Use and management of the soils

Soil properties

Classification of the soils

Formation of the soils
References
Glossary
Tables

Image on the front cover of the Dade county survey. See description next.

Urban land, natural wetlands in an area of Vizcaya soils, and farmland in an area of Chekika soils.

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 in 1986. Soil names and descriptions were approved in 1987. Unless otherwise indicated, statements in this publication refer to conditions in the survey area in 1987. This survey was made cooperatively by the Natural Resources Conservation Service; the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Experiment Stations, and Soil Science Department; the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; and the Florida Department of Transportation. The survey is part of the technical assistance furnished by the South Dade Soil and Water Conservation District. Assistance was provided by the Dade County Board of Commissioners.

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.