{"id":13181,"date":"2025-05-22T08:38:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/?p=13181"},"modified":"2026-04-02T08:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:42:30","slug":"florida-1931","status":"publish","type":"map","link":"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/map\/florida-1931\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida (1931)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container ugb-31d465b ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-plain ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-31d465b-wrapper > .ugb-container__side{align-items:center !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-31d465b-content-wrapper.ugb-container__content-wrapper{width:75% !important}.ugb-31d465b.ugb-container{padding-left:60px !important}}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-31d465b > .ugb-inner-block > .ugb-block-content > *{padding-top:0px !important;padding-bottom:0px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-31d465b-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-31d465b-content-wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-container ugb-container ugb-9406a1f ugb-container--v2 ugb-container--design-plain ugb-main-block\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.ugb-9406a1f > .ugb-inner-block > .ugb-block-content > *{padding-bottom:0px !important}}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-container__wrapper ugb-9406a1f-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-container__side\"><div class=\"ugb-container__content-wrapper ugb-9406a1f-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<h4>This detailed soil map of Florida was produced by Curtis F. Marbut and associates of the USDA Soil Survey and featured in the <em data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"225\">Atlas of American Agriculture<\/em>. It classifies the state&#8217;s soils by dominant series and phases, such as Bladen, Norfolk, and Leon, using a full-color legend. The map emphasizes soil-vegetation relationships, particularly in sandy, poorly drained regions. Inset photos highlight forest and citrus land uses, and a U.S. inset indicates relative data reliability by county.<\/h4>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/USA-Soils-of-1931-Marbut-9-of-12-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12869\" style=\"width:450px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/USA-Soils-of-1931-Marbut-9-of-12-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/USA-Soils-of-1931-Marbut-9-of-12-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/USA-Soils-of-1931-Marbut-9-of-12-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/USA-Soils-of-1931-Marbut-9-of-12-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/USA-Soils-of-1931-Marbut-9-of-12-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/USA-Soils-of-1931-Marbut-9-of-12-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<p>Right-click image file to save.<\/p>\n<h4>Source:<\/h4>\n<p>Marbut, C.F., U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1931. <em data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"684\">Soil Map of the United States \u2013 Section 9: Florida<\/em>. Atlas of American Agriculture, Soil Plate 8, Section 9.<\/p>\n<h4>Resolution:<\/h4>\n<p>Printed analog map at a scale of 1:2,500,000. Color-coded by named soil series. Includes reliability inset map and photos of pine forest and citrus grove in Florida.<\/p>\n<h4>Suggested Use:<\/h4>\n<p>Ideal for historical land capability evaluation, environmental history studies, and understanding sandy, lowland soils in subtropical climates. Offers comparison with modern soil taxonomy and land use change over time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>References<\/h4>\n<p>Marbut, C.F. 1931. <em data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1257\">Soil Map of the United States, Section 9: Florida<\/em>. USDA Atlas of American Agriculture.<br data-start=\"1294\" data-end=\"1297\">Soil Survey Staff. 2014. <em data-start=\"1322\" data-end=\"1363\">Official Soil Series Descriptions (OSD)<\/em>. USDA-NRCS. <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov\/osdname.asp\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1376\" data-end=\"1423\">https:\/\/soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov\/osdname.asp<\/a><br data-start=\"1423\" data-end=\"1426\">Soil Survey Staff. 2014. <em data-start=\"1451\" data-end=\"1493\">Gridded Soil Survey Geographic (gSSURGO)<\/em>. USDA-NRCS. <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1506\" data-end=\"1538\">http:\/\/datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov<\/a><br data-start=\"1538\" data-end=\"1541\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Miller, B.A. and C.L. Burras. 2015. <em data-start=\"1577\" data-end=\"1667\">Comparison of surficial geology maps based on soil survey and in-depth geological survey<\/em>. <em data-start=\"1669\" data-end=\"1684\">Soil Horizons<\/em> 56(1). doi:10.2136\/sh14-05-0005<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12869,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[400,1],"tags":[],"location":[401],"surface-characteristic":[],"class_list":["post-13181","map","type-map","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historical-usa","category-uncategorized","location-usa"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/USA-Soils-of-1931-Marbut-9-of-12-scaled.jpg",2560,1709,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/USA-Soils-of-1931-Marbut-9-of-12-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/USA-Soils-of-1931-Marbut-9-of-12-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/USA-Soils-of-1931-Marbut-9-of-12-768x513.jpg",768,513,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/USA-Soils-of-1931-Marbut-9-of-12-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/USA-Soils-of-1931-Marbut-9-of-12-1536x1025.jpg",1536,1025,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.agron.iastate.edu\/glsi\/files\/2025\/05\/USA-Soils-of-1931-Marbut-9-of-12-2048x1367.jpg",2048,1367,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>This detailed soil map of Florida was produced by Curtis F. 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