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Hillsborough County: Soil Ratings for Selecting Pesticides1
G.W. Hurt and T.A. Obreza2RATINGS FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SOILS FOR PESTICIDE SELECTION
Resource soil scientists with the U. S. Natural Resources Conservation Service have rated the soils that are delineated by map units in the Hillsborough County Soil Survey Report1 for their potential for leaching and runoff of pesticides. The rating criteria are given in a companion publication entitled "Soil Ratings for Selecting Pesticides for Water Quality Goals." These soil ratings have been developed to help pesticide users determine the potential for pesticides to be lost to groundwater or surface water bodies.As explained in Circular 9592, factors that determine pesticide leaching ratings in soil are permeability and the occurrence of mucky layers in the upper 80 inches of the soil. Soils rated High have a high potential for pesticides to leach to groundwater, soils rated Medium have a medium potential for pesticides to leach to groundwater, and soils rated Low have a low potential for pesticides to leach to groundwater. Factors that determine pesticide runoff ratings from soils are hydrologic group, permeability, and slope. Soils rated High have a high potential for pesticide runoff, soils rated Medium have a medium potential for pesticide runoff, and soils rated Low have a low potential for pesticide runoff.
NOTE: The user may discover that one or more map unit names in Table 1 have been updated from names given in the legend of the soil survey report1. For example, a soil map unit may be listed in the survey report with a single soil series name, whereas the same soil map unit is shown as comprising two or more soil series in Table 1 (sequence numbers 1, 2, 3, ..) Where this occurs, the user should use the multi-named map unit given here, and make pesticide selections based on the most limiting condition to be found on the land in question. If necessary, the local Natural Resources Conservation Service office should be contacted to perform an on-site evaluation of the land in question.
REFERENCES
- Doolittle, J.A., G. Schellentrager and S. Ploetz. 1989. Soil Survey of Hillsborough County, Florida. USDA/NRCS in cooperation with University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Experiment Stations, Soil and Water Science Department and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
- Obreza, T.A. and G. W. Hurt. 2006. Soil Ratings For Selecting Pesticides For Water Quality Goals. Circular 959, Soil and Water Science Department, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611. 5pp.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The development of this document was supported by the USDA/ES Water Quality Initiative Project # 89EWQI-1-9134.
Tables
Table 1. Soil Ratings for Hillsborough County (see footnotes for explanations of column headings).
MUID
SYS NUM
MUSYM
SOIL NAME
SOIL LEACH
SOIL RUNOFF
57002 1 2 ADAMSVILLE High Low 57003 1 3 ARCHBOLD High Low 57004 1 4 ARENTS High Medium 57005 1 5 BASINGER High High 57005 2 5 HOLOPAW Low High 57005 3 5 SAMSULA Low High 57006 1 6 BROWARD Medium Medium 57006 2 6 URBAN LAND Medium High 57007 1 7 CANDLER High Low 57008 1 8 CANDLER High Low 57009 1 9 CANDLER High Low 57009 2 9 URBAN LAND High High 57010 1 10 CHOBEE Low High 57011 1 11 CHOBEE Low High 57012 1 12 CHOBEE Low High 57013 1 13 EATON Low High 57014 1 14 EATON Low High 57015 1 15 FELDA Low High 57016 1 16 FELDA Low High 57017 1 17 FLORIDANA Low High 57018 1 18 FORT MEADE High Low 57019 1 19 GAINESVILLE High Low 57020 1 20 GYPSUM LAND High High 57021 1 21 IMMOKALEE Medium High 57022 1 22 IMMOKALEE Medium High 57022 2 22 URBAN LAND Medium High 57023 1 23 KENDRICK Medium Low 57024 1 24 KESSON Low High 57025 1 25 LAKE High Low 57026 1 26 LOCHLOOSA Low Medium 57026 2 26 MICANOPY Low Medium 57027 1 27 MALABAR Low High 57028 1 28 MILLHOPPER Medium Low 57028 2 28 URBAN LAND Medium High 57029 1 29 MYAKKA Medium High 57030 1 30 MYAKKA Medium High 57032 1 32 MYAKKA Medium High 57032 2 32 URBAN LAND Medium High 57033 1 33 ONA Medium High 57034 1 34 ONA Medium High 57034 2 34 URBAN LAND Medium High 57035 1 35 ORLANDO High Low 57036 1 36 ORSINO High Low 57037 1 37 PAISLEY Low High 57038 1 38 PINELLAS Low High 57039 1 39 ARENTS High High 57041 1 41 POMELLO Medium Medium 57042 1 42 POMELLO Medium Medium 57042 2 42 URBAN LAND Medium High 57043 1 43 QUARTZIPSAMEN High Low 57044 1 44 ST. AUGUSTINE High Medium 57045 1 45 ST. AUGUSTINE High Medium 57045 2 45 URBAN LAND High High 57046 1 46 ST. JOHNS Medium High 57047 1 47 SEFFNER Medium Medium 57050 1 50 SLICKENS Low High 57051 1 51 HAPLAQUENTS Low High 57052 1 52 SMYRNA Medium High 57053 1 53 TAVARES High Low 57053 2 53 MILLHOPPER Low Medium 57054 1 54 TAVARES High Low 57054 2 54 MILLHOPPER Low Medium 57055 1 55 TAVARES High Low 57055 2 55 URBAN LAND High High 57056 1 56 URBAN LAND High High 57057 1 57 WABASSO Low High 57058 1 58 WABASSO Low High 57058 2 58 URBAN LAND Low High 57059 1 59 WINDER Low High 57060 1 60 WINDER Low High 57061 1 61 ZOLFO High Medium 057W 1 W WATER Footnotes: MUID = Natural Resources Conservation Service's map unit identifier. SEQ NUM = Sequence Number, indicating a particular soil name among one or more names constituting a map unit name. MUSYM = Map Unit Symbol from the soil map and legend in the Soil Survey of Hillsborough County, Florida. Note that if a MUSYM appears more than once in this list it signifies that two or more soils are co-dominant in that map unit, and each such soil is rated separately here. SOIL NAME = Name of soil or other landscape component (urban land, water, etc.). SOIL LEACH = The rating of the soil for leaching of pesticides through the soil profile. SOIL RUNOFF = The rating of the soil for runoff of pesticides from the soil surface. NOTE: See "Soil Ratings for Selecting Pesticides for Water Quality Goals" (IFAS Extension Circular 959) for explanations of the criteria used to develop soil ratings presented in the right-hand four columns of this list.
Footnotes
1. This document is SL78, a fact sheet of the Soil and Water Science Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Publication date: April 1991, revised September 2006. Please visit the EDIS Web site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.2. G.W. Hurt, National Leader for Hydric Soils, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA; T.A. Obreza, Professor, Soil and Water Science Department, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.
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