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ORDINANCE N0. 87-19 county. Some soils are sandy throughout and others are underlain by loamy material. Most of the soils in this area have a dark sandy hardpan subsoil. Soils of the largest extent in this area are Immokalee, Myakka, Satellite, Eau Gallie, Oldsmar, Wabasso, and Riviera. The soils of the sloughs consist of nearly level, poorly drained and very poorly drained soils in broad, low flats and in sloughs, depressions, and poorly defined drainageways mostly in the central part and eastern one-third of the county. The area extends from Brevard County to Saint Lucie County and also extends east of the Atlantic Coastal Ridge and are adjacent to the tidal marshes on the mainland. Another area of these soils is immediately west of the Saint Johns Marsh and extends from Brevard County to Okeechobee County. Most of these soils have a loamy subsoil within a depth of forty inches. Some soils have a dark sandy hardpan subsoil or are underlain by hard limestone. Soils of the largest extent in this area are Riviera, Pineda, Wabasso, Winder, Manatee, Boca, Myakka, Holopaw, and Pompano. The soils of the freshwater swamps. and marshes consist of nearly level, poorly drained to very poorly drained soils in areas adjacent to or that drain into the western edge of the Saint Johns Marsh in the western part of the county and extend from Brevard County to Saint Lucie County. Some of these soils are organic throughout and some have a thin to moderately thick organic layer underlain by a sandy clay loam subsoil. Soils of the largest extent in this area are Terra Ceia, Gator, Canova, Floridana, Delray, and Holopaw. CODING: Words in WUXfiE9hA type are deletions from existing law. Words underlined are additions.