\<@37\>Escambia Series

\<@33\>\<i\>*Depth class:*\<p\> Very deep

\<@33\>\<i\>*Drainage class:*\<p\> Somewhat poorly drained

\<@33\>\<i\>*Permeability:*\<p\> Moderate

\<@33\>\<i\>*Parent material:*\<p\> Loamy marine sediments

\<@33\>\<i\>*Landscape:*\<p\> Coastal Plain

\<@33\>\<i\>*Landform:*\<p\> Uplands, summits of broad ridges

\<@33\>\<i\>*Landform position:*\<p\> Flat to slightly concave slopes

\<@33\>\<i\>*Slope:*\<p\> 0 to 5 percent

\<@33\>\<i\>*Taxonomic class:*\<p\> Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive,
thermic Plinthaquic Paleudults

\<@27\>Commonly Associated Soils

-   \<@29\>Well drained Benndale soils, which are in the slightly
    higher, more convex positions

-   \<@29\>Moderately well drained Malbis and Poarch soils, which are in
    the slightly higher positions

-   \<@29\>Poorly drained Smithton soils, which are in narrow
    drainageways

\<@27\>Typical Pedon

\<@30\>Escambia fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes; 3.0 miles south
of the town of Wiggins on U.S. Highway 49, about 0.5 mile east on a
county road, and 50 feet south of the road, in a wooded area;
NW\<bf\>1/4\<xb\>NW\<bf\>1/4\<xb\> sec. 7, T. 3 S., R. 11 W.

\<@23\>A---0 to 4 inches; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sandy loam;
weak fine granular structure; very friable; many fine and medium roots;
strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.

\<@33\>E---4 to 8 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine
granular structure; friable; many fine roots; few fine faint dark
grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains with diffuse boundaries in root
channels; strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary.

\<@33\>Bt---8 to 17 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium
subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; few medium
distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) irregularly shaped clay depletions with
clear boundaries on vertical faces of peds; common medium distinct
strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) irregularly shaped masses of iron accumulation
with clear boundaries in the matrix; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.

\<@33\>Btv1---17 to 23 inches; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam;
weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; sand
grains coated and bridged with clay; 5 percent, by volume, firm
plinthite masses; common coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8)
irregularly shaped masses of iron accumulation with clear boundaries in
the matrix; few fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) irregularly
shaped iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in the matrix; strongly
acid; gradual wavy boundary.

\<@33\>Btv2---23 to 33 inches; 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR
6/2), 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), and 25 percent strong brown
(7.5YR 5/8) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few
fine roots; few faint clay films on faces of peds; 6 percent, by volume,
firm plinthite masses; grayish areas are iron depletions, and strong
brown areas are masses of iron accumulation; strongly acid; gradual wavy
boundary.

\<@33\>Btv3---33 to 44 inches; 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR
6/2), 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), and 20 percent dark grayish
brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable;
few fine faint clay films on faces of peds; 8 percent, by volume, firm
plinthite masses; common medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8)
irregularly shaped masses of iron accumulation with clear boundaries in
the matrix; grayish areas are iron depletions; strongly acid; gradual
wavy boundary.

\<@33\>Btv4---44 to 58 inches; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), 30
percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), and 25 percent light brownish gray
(10YR 6/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure;
friable; few faint clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent, by volume,
firm plinthite masses; common medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/1)
irregularly shaped iron depletions with clear boundaries in the matrix;
strong brown areas are masses of iron accumulation; very strongly acid;
clear wavy boundary.

\<@33\>B't---58 to 62 inches; 45 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 40
percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam; moderate medium
subangular blocky structure; firm; few faint clay films on faces of
peds; common lenses of dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy clay loam;
common medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) irregularly shaped iron
depletions with clear boundaries in the matrix; common medium distinct
yellowish red (5YR 5/8) irregularly shaped masses of iron accumulation
with clear boundaries; very strongly acid.

\<@27\>Range in Characteristics

\<@33\>\<i\>*Thickness of the solum:*\<p\> More than 60 inches

\<@33\>\<i\>*Content of plinthite segregations:*\<p\> Less than 15
percent, by volume, in the B horizon

\<@33\>\<i\>*Reaction:*\<p\> Extremely acid to very strongly acid
throughout the profile, except where lime has been applied

\<@23\>\<i\>*A or Ap horizon:*\<p\>

\<@31\>Color---hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 1 or
2

\<@31\>Texture---fine sandy loam

\<@23\>\<i\>*E or EB horizon:*\<p\>

\<@31\>Color---hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 2 or
3

\<@31\>Texture---loam or fine sandy loam

\<@31\>Redoximorphic features (where present)---few or common masses of
iron accumulation in shades of brown

\<@23\>\<i\>*Bt horizon:*\<p\>

\<@31\>Color---hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 3 or
4 in the upper part; hue of 10YR, 2.5Y, or 5Y, value of 5 to 7, and
chroma of 1 to 6 in the lower part

\<@31\>Texture---fine sandy loam, loam, or silt loam in the upper part;
fine sandy loam, loam, or sandy clay loam in the lower part

\<@31\>Redoximorphic features---iron depletions in shades of gray and
masses of iron accumulation in shades of red and brown