\<@37\>Bonifay Series

\<@32\>The Bonifay series consists of very deep, well drained soils that
formed in sandy and loamy marine sediments. These soils are on broad
summits, shoulder slopes, and side slopes in the uplands. The seasonal
high water table is at a depth of 3-1/2 to 5 feet from December through
April in most years. Slopes range from 0 to 8 percent. These soils are
loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Grossarenic Plinthic Paleudults.

\<@32\>Bonifay soils are geographically associated with Albany,
Lakeland, and Troup soils. The somewhat poorly drained Albany soils are
in lower positions than the Bonifay soils and do not have a significant
accumulation of plinthite in the subsoil. The excessively drained
Lakeland and somewhat excessively drained Troup soils are in slightly
higher positions than the Bonifay soils and do not have a significant
accumulation of plinthite in the subsoil.

\<@32\>Typical pedon of Bonifay loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes; about
1,000 feet south and 3,170 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 13,
T. 3 N., R. 33 W.

\<@23\>A---0 to 3 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; weak
fine granular structure; very friable; common medium, fine, and very
fine roots; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.

\<@33\>E1---3 to 16 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak
coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; few medium and fine
roots; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.

\<@33\>E2---16 to 34 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loamy sand; weak
coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; strongly acid; gradual
wavy boundary.

\<@33\>E3---34 to 54 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loamy sand; weak
coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; common medium faint
very pale brown (10YR 7/3) iron depletions; common medium faint
yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of iron accumulation; strongly acid;
clear wavy boundary.

\<@33\>Btv---54 to 80 inches; 25 percent yellow (10YR 7/6), 25 percent
light gray (10YR 7/2), 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), 15 percent
pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), and 15 percent red (10R 4/6) sandy clay loam;
moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few faint clay films
on faces of peds; about 12 percent, by volume, firm and brittle masses
of plinthite; about 4 percent, by volume, rounded quartzite pebbles;
areas of yellow, strong brown, and red are masses of iron accumulation;
areas of light gray are iron depletions; strongly acid.

\<@8\>The solum is more than 60 inches thick. Reaction is very strongly
acid or strongly acid throughout the profile, except in areas where lime
has been applied.

\<@32\>The A or Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma
of 1 to 3.

\<@32\>The E horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 3
to 8. In many pedons, it has few to common, fine to coarse streaks or
pockets of whitish or grayish uncoated sand. It has few or common
redoximorphic accumulations in shades of yellow, olive, brown, and red
in the lower part. The quantity of redoximorphic depletions in shades of
brown and gray ranges from none to common below a depth of 40 inches.
The texture is loamy sand.

\<@32\>The Btv horizon commonly has no dominant matrix color and is
multicolored in shades of brown, red, yellow, and gray. In some pedons,
however, it has hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 4
to 8. It has few to many masses of iron accumulation in shades of
yellow, brown, or red and iron depletions in shades of brown and gray.
It is sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or sandy clay loam.