1. NORTH County MELBOURNE DISCUSSED LAKE Washington SOUTH County DISCUSSED JOe Ramos 01 University of Florida SWS 5716 – Pedology Prof. Willie Harris Site 01 Site 02 Site 03 Site 04 Brevard County, Florida USA Short /Non-Audio

2. http://soils.usda.gov/technical/classification/orders/spodosols_map.html Florida, Brevard County. 72 MILES 20 MILES ATLANTIC OCEAN Gulf of MEXICO LAKE WASHINGTON SAINT JOHNS RIVER NORTH BOUNDARY SOUTH BOUNDARY - Sebastian, Indian River County. SOUTH BOUNDARY - Sebastian River. SITE 02 Melbourne SITE 04 South County SITE 01 North County SITE 03 Lake Washington Map Study.. 02 Orlando 8.5(28ft)meters - Elevation Delta Mile : 000 Mile : 305

3. 03 72 MILES LAKE WASHINGTON SAINT JOHNS RIVER NORTH BOUNDARY SOUTH BOUNDARY - Sebastian River. SITE 02 Melbourne SITE 04 South County INLET LOCKS ATLANTIC OCEAN http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/guide/aqumap.gif Map Study.. Brevard County, Florida Mosquito County 1834 http://fcit.usf.edu/Florida/maps/pages/3600/f3698/f3698.htm approx 15 ft elevation approx 10 ft elevation approx 25 ft elevation

4. Map Study.. 04 Saint Johns River Watershed Management, Florida Total Precipitation = 53 inch/48 years (Upper basin).

5. Map Study.. 05 Saint Johns River Watershed Management, Florida A B B A @ 75 ft (bellow sea level) NW - county @ 300 ft (bellow sea level) SE - county Floridian Aquifer Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 (6.7ft) in

6. SITE 02 (Melbourne), NRCS – Web Soils. 06 NRCS 07—Basinger Sand (Melbourne) per USAD soil report & NRCS Web Soil = Spodosol Map Unit Setting Setting Landform: Flats on marine terraces Parent material: Sandy marine deposits Properties and qualities Slope: 0 to 2 percent Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches Drainage class: Poorly (human modified - moderate) drained Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Very high (19.98 to 39.96 in/hr) Depth to water table: About 0 to 12 (0 (wet season) – 60 (dry season) inches Available water capacity: Very low (about 2.8 inches) Discrepancy due to; Mapping Resolution or other factors ?

7. NRCS – WEB SOIL SURVEY 07 Melbourne Alfisol SITE 02 http://maps.google.com/ Horizon ^ A ^ AE ^ C&Btg ^ C Drainage to St. Johns River (< 1.5 mile) 1) Three retention ponds and culverts drain south to Lake Washington road 2) Ponding at SITE 02 during excessive precipitation conditions.

8. SITE 02 - Melbourne 14 SITE 02 – Melbourne 20 inch 30 inch 60 inch Depth Horizon (s) 00-11 Ap 11-24 A1 - Dark gray 24-26 A2 - Black 26-34 A1 - Dark gray 34-39 AE 39-64 C&Bts 64-78 C (A) (B) (C) (D) 20 inch 30 inch 60 inch 80 inch Depth Horizon (s) 00-11 ^ Ap 11-24 ^ A1 - Dark gray 24-26 ^ A2 – Black 26-34 ^ A3 - Dark gray 34-39 ^ AE 39-64 ^ C&Btg (92 cm) 64-78 ^ C ( ^ = Fill (Human Transported material(s)) (A) (B) (C) (D) 08 SITE 02 – Melbourne 39-64 inch ( approx 100 – 160 cm) C&Btg redox features (Fe masses, reduced matrices) few white rock deposits (limestone ?).

9. 09 00 11 26 34 39 64 78 inch 200 cm 24 SITE 02 - Melbourne 00 – 11 11 – 24 24 – 26 26 – 34 34 – 39 39 – 64 64 – 78 inch Column: Infiltration Rate (moderate) Lowland - Flatwoods Surface Horizon (Ochric) Hydraulic Conductivity (moderate) Marine deposits Subsurface Horizon (Argillic) Available H2O (moderate) Slope (0-2%) Order (Alfisol) Seasonal High Water (50 to 100 cm) Surface runoff (slow) Erosion Potential (low) Dwelling / Basement / Septic / Absorption fields (server) Roads & streets (moderate) ^ Ap (10YR 3/1 very dark gray) Sandy loam; abrupt; gravelly texture; very friable; roots (many-fine and thin; common – thick ). ^ A1 (10YK 4/1 dark gray) Sandy loam; abrupt; gravelly; very friable; roots (common – thick and thin). ^ A2 (10YR 2/1 black) Sandy loam; abrupt; gravelly; friable; roots (few-thin). ^ A3 (10YK 4/1 dark gray) Sandy loam; abrupt; gravelly; friable. ^ AE (10YR 3/2 very dark grayish brown) Sandy clay loam; clear; gravelly; friable. ^ C&Btg (10YR 6/4 light yellowish brown) Sandy clay loam; clear; very gravelly; friable; roots (few – thick and thin); redoximorphic features (Fe masses, reduced matrices); few white rock deposits (limestone). ^ C (10YR 6/2 light brownish gray) Sandy clay loam; very gravelly; very friable. (END site 02)

10. 10 Presently: Wetlands heavy-metals retention Area (SJWMD Construction Area) Historically: Citrus Agriculture. NRCS 17—EauGallie sand Map Unit Composition Eau-gallie and similar soils: 85 percent Description of Eaugallie Setting Landform: Flats on marine terraces Parent material: Sandy and loamy marine deposits Properties and qualities Slope: 0 to 2 percent Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 (200cm) inches Drainage class: Poorly drained Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high to high (0.60 to 5.95 in/hr) Depth to water table: About 6 to 18 inches Available water capacity: Low (about 3.3 inches) SITE 04 (South County), NRCS – Web Soils.

11. NRCS – WEB SOIL SURVEY 11 SITE 04 South - County Spodosol 1 2 Horizon O A E Bh Drainage to Sebastian River Site visited in February (dry season), drainage canal water elevation at significant delta from SITE locations A and B (yellow dot). Shown drainage canal is primary drainage for southern Brevard county. Soil analyzed at pit 1 was utilized for this report. Soil pit 2 pit similar in horizon definition, except O horizon has been removed for construction by SJWMD.

12. . SITE 04 – South County 12 TEXTURE & COLOR DESIGNATION & Available Water Content 1)Horizon Ap1: SAND. 00 – 02 inch (10YR 4/2 Dark-grayish-brown) 2) Horizon Ap2: SAND. 02 – 06 inch (10YR 6/1 Gray) 3) Horizon E: SAND. 06 – 45 inch (10YR 7/2 Light-gray) AWC (Root boundary @ 40 inch) = 05.715 cm/cm Approx 02 inch depth Approx 05 inch depth Approx 28 inch depth Sample

13. SITE 04 – South County 13 TEXTURE & COLOR DESIGNATION & Available Water Content Root restriction layer 4) Horizon Bh1 : LOAM SAND. 40 – 45 inch (10YR 4/2 Dark grayish brown, GLEY 3/N Very dark gray) Root restriction level. NOTE: hard Bh1 horizon, possibly due unnaturally dry conditions (W.H.) 5) Horizon Bh2: SANDY CLAY LOAM 45 – 60 inch (10YR 4/2 Dark grayish brown, GLEY 3/N Very dark gray), 6) Horizon Bh3: SANDY CLAY LOAM 45 – 60 inch h. (10YR 4/3 Brown, GLEY 3/N Very dark gray), Approx 45 inch depth Approx 48 inch depth Approx 58 inch depth Sample

14. 4 3 2 1 00 Sample Inches 1 00 – 02 2 02 – 06 3 06 – 40 4 40 - 45 5,6 45-60 inch 150 cm 16 Horizon Ap1 (10YR 4/2 Dark-grayish-brown) Sand; fine, granular structure; few fine and medium roots; non-plastic; moderate stickiness; smooth boundary. Ap2 (10YR 6/1 Gray) Sand; fine, granular structure; very few fine and medium roots; non-plastic; moderate stickiness; smooth boundary. E (10YR 7/2 Light-gray) Sand; fine, granular structure; non-plastic; slight stickiness; wavy boundary. Bh1 (10YR 4/2 Dark grayish brown, GLEY 3/N Very dark gray) Loamy sand; moderate, platy structure; strongly cemented; slight plastic; moderate stickiness; irregular boundary; redoximorphic features (Mn concentrations). Bh2 (10YR 4/2 Dark grayish brown, GLEY 3/N Very dark gray) Sandy Clay Loam; moderate, platy structure; strongly cemented; slight plastic; moderate stickiness; irregular boundary; redoximorphic features (Mn concentrations). Bh3 (10YR 4/3 Brown, 10YR 4/2 Dark grayish brown, GLEY 3/N Very dark gray), Sandy Clay Loam; moderate, subangular–blocky structure; moderate cemented; moderate plastic; moderate–very stickiness ; redoximorphic features (Mn concentrations). 6 5 60 14 SITE 04 – South County

15. Column: Infiltration Rate (high) Available H2O (very low) 5 cm h20/ cm soil (root restriction) Hydraulic Conductivity (moderate - high) Seasonal High Water (100 to < 150 cm) Ponding (none) Lowland (Flatwoods) Alluvium (Marine) deposit Slope (@ 0-2% (nearly level) Surface runoff (very slow) Erosion Potential (very low) Depth to soft rock (>100) Depth to hard rock (>150) Dwelling & basement (slight) Septic tank absorption field (slight) Roads & streets (slight) Surface Horizon (Ochric) Subsurface Horizon (Spodic) Order (Spodosol) SITE 04 – South County 15 (END site 04, END Presentation)