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Comprehensive Plan Conservation Element <br />8.3 <br />Soils <br />Soil is produced by forces of weathering acting on the "parent material," or the unconsolidated mass, <br />from which a soil is formed. The kind of soil that is formed depends on five major factors: (1) type <br />of parent material; (2) climatic conditions; (3) plant and animal life in and on the soil; (4) <br />topographic relief, and (5) the length of time of soil formation. <br />The Soil Survey of Indian River County, Florida (1987) identifies 58 distinct soil types in Indian <br />River County. These 58 soil types can be grouped into general associations that have distinctive <br />patterns of soils, relief, and drainage. The associations or "general soil map units" range from the <br />sandy, well drained soils of the sand ridges to the organic, very poorly drained soils of swamps and <br />marshes. Figure 8.4 depicts the general location of soils with different drainage characteristics in <br />Indian River County. The estimated acreage and proportional extent of each soil is contained in <br />Community Development Department Indian River County 5 <br />