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Jackson County: Soil Ratings for Selecting Pesticides1
G.W. Hurt and T.A. Obreza2RATINGS FOR JACKSON 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 Jackson 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
- Duffee, E.M., W.J. Allen and H.C. Ammons. 1979. Soil Survey of Jackson County, Florida. USDA/NRCS in cooperation with University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Experiment Stations, Soil and Water Science Department.
- 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 Jackson County (see footnotes for explanations of column headings).
MUID
SYS NUM
MUSYM
SOIL NAME
SOIL LEACH
SOIL RUNOFF
63001 1 1 ALAPAHA Low High 63002 1 2 ALBANY Medium Medium 63003 1 3 APALACHEE Low High 63004 1 4 BETHERA Low High 63005 1 5 BIBB Medium High 63006 1 6 BLANTON Medium Low 63007 1 7 BLANTON Medium Low 63008 1 8 BONIFAY Medium Low 63009 1 9 BONIFAY Medium Low 63010 1 10 CHIPOLA Medium Low 63011 1 11 CHIPOLA Medium Low 63012 1 12 CLARENDON Low Medium 63013 1 13 COMPASS Medium Medium 63014 1 14 COMPASS Medium Medium 63015 1 15 COMPASS Medium Medium 63016 1 16 DOROVAN Low High 63016 2 16 PAMLICO Medium High 63017 1 17 DOTHAN Low Medium 63018 1 18 DOTHAN Low Medium 63019 1 19 DOTHAN Low High 63020 1 20 DUPLIN Low Medium 63021 1 21 DUPLIN Low Medium 63022 1 22 ESTO Low Medium 63023 1 23 ESTO Low Medium 63024 1 24 FACEVILLE Medium Medium 63025 1 25 FACEVILLE Medium Medium 63026 1 26 FACEVILLE Medium High 63027 1 27 FACEVILLE Medium High 63027 2 27 ESTO Low High 63028 1 28 FOXWORTH High Low 63029 1 29 FOXWORTH High Low 63030 1 30 FUQUAY Low Medium 63031 1 31 FUQUAY Low Medium 63032 1 32 GRADY Low High 63033 1 33 GREENVILLE Medium Medium 63034 1 34 GREENVILLE Medium Medium 63035 1 35 HORNSVILLE Low Medium 63036 1 36 HORNSVILLE Low Medium 63037 1 37 IUKA Medium Medium 63038 1 38 LAKELAND High Low 63039 1 39 LAKELAND High Low 63040 1 40 LAKELAND High Low 63041 1 41 LAKELAND High Medium 63042 1 42 LEEFIELD Medium Medium 63043 1 43 OKTIBBEHA VARIANT
Low
High 63043 2 43 ROCK OUTCROP High High 63044 1 44
OKTIBBEHA VARIANT
Low High 63044 2 44 ROCK OUTCROP High High 63045 1 45 ORANGEBURG Medium Medium 63046 1 46 ORANGEBURG Medium Medium 63047 1 47 ORANGEBURG Medium Medium 63048 1 48 PAMLICO Medium High 63048 2 48 PANTEGO Low High 63048 3 48 RUTLEGE High High 63049 1 49 PANSEY Low High 63050 1 50 PITS Medium High 63051 1 51 PLUMMER Medium High 63052 1 52 PLUMMER Medium High 63053 1 53 RED BAY Medium Medium 63054 1 54 RED BAY Medium Medium 63055 1 55 RED BAY Medium Medium 63056 1 56 RUTLEGE High High 63057 1 57 TIFTON Low Medium 63058 1 58 TIFTON Low Medium 63059 1 59 TROUP Medium Low 63060 1 60 TROUP Medium Low 63061 1 61 TROUP Medium Medium 63062 1 62 URBAN LAND Medium High 63063 1 63 WICKSBURG Low Medium 63063 2 63 ESTO Low Medium 63064 1 64 YONGES Low High 63064 2 64 HEROD Low High 63065 1 65 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 Jackson 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, rock outcrop, pits, 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 SL81, 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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