Soil Data Explorer - BRANSTAD

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BRANSTAD soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BRANSTAD, and applied along 1-cm thick depth slices. Solid lines are the slice-wise median, bounded on either side by the interval defined by the slice-wise 5th and 95th percentiles. The median is the value that splits the data in half. Five percent of the data are less than the 5th percentile, and five percent of the data are greater than the 95th percentile. Values along the right hand side y-axis describe the proportion of pedon data that contribute to aggregate values at this depth. For example, a value of "90%" at 25cm means that 90% of the pedons correlated to BRANSTAD were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRA	Lab ID	Pedon ID	Taxonname	CI	NSSL / NASIS Reports	Link To SoilWeb GMap
90B	40A1628	75WI095002	Branstad	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	45.5836029,-92.6710281
90B	93P0460	S1992WI013003	Branstad	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	45.773056,-92.6872253
90B	94P0365	S1993WI013001	BRANSTAD	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	45.7455559,-92.6997223

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the BRANSTAD soil series. Monthly precipitation (PPT) and potential evapotranspiration (PET) have been estimated from the 50th percentile of gridded values (PRISM 1981-2010) overlapping with the extent of SSURGO map units containing each series as a major component. Monthly PET values were estimated using the method of Thornthwaite (1948). These (and other) climatic parameters are calculated with each SSURGO refresh and provided by the fetchOSD function of the soilDB package. Representative water storage values (“AWC” in the figures) were derived from SSURGO by taking the 50th percentile of profile-total water storage (sum[awc_r * horizon thickness]) for each soil series. Note that this representation of “water storage” is based on the average ability of most plants to extract soil water between 15 bar (“permanent wilting point”) and 1/3 bar (“field capacity”) matric potential. Soil moisture state can be roughly interpreted as “dry” when storage is depleted, “moist” when storage is between 0mm and AWC, and “wet” when there is a surplus. Clearly there are a lot of assumptions baked into this kind of monthly water balance. This is still a work in progress.

Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the BRANSTAD series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the BRANSTAD series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the BRANSTAD series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Small Shannon entropy values suggest relatively consistent geomorphic association, while larger values suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D terrace figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with BRANSTAD share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the BRANSTAD series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the BRANSTAD series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Shannon entropy values close to 0 represent soil series with relatively consistent geomorphic association, while values close to 1 suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D terrace figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with BRANSTAD, arranged according to family differentiae. Hovering over a series name will print full classification and a small sketch from the OSD. Source: snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Block Diagrams

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing BRANSTAD as a major component. Limited to 250 records.

Map Unit Name	Symbol	Map Unit Area (ac)	Map Unit Key	National Map Unit Symbol	Soil Survey Area	Publication Date	Map Scale
Branstad loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	204B	17225	432881	gjfx	mn001	1996	1:20000
Branstad loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C18B	24784	3247917	307cl	mn025	1990	1:15840
Alstad-Branstad loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	C80B	20270	3247923	307cg	mn025	1990	1:15840
Cushing, moderately eroded-Branstad loams, 2 to 15 percent slopes	C82C	18952	3247925	307cr	mn025	1990	1:15840
Cushing-Branstad complex, 6 to 35 percent slopes, moderately eroded	C82D	18534	3247926	307cs	mn025	1990	1:15840
Branstad-Cushing, moderately eroded, loams, 2 to 15 percent slopes	C18C	1049	3247924	307cm	mn025	1990	1:15840
Branstad-Alstad-Talmoon loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	C84B	805	3247928	307cp	mn025	1990	1:15840
Cushing, moderately eroded-Branstad loams, 2 to 15 percent slopes	C82C	18076	3247939	307cr	mn059	1956	1:20000
Branstad loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C18B	15984	3247931	307cl	mn059	1956	1:20000
Alstad-Branstad loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	C80B	6662	3247937	307cg	mn059	1956	1:20000
Cushing-Branstad complex, 6 to 35 percent slopes, moderately eroded	C82D	1648	3247940	307cs	mn059	1956	1:20000
Branstad-Alstad-Talmoon loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	C84B	832	3247942	307cp	mn059	1956	1:20000
Branstad-Cushing, moderately eroded, loams, 2 to 15 percent slopes	C18C	716	3247938	307cm	mn059	1956	1:20000
Branstad loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C18B	6	1673464	1t5cq	mn065	2006	1:12000
Cushing, moderately eroded-Branstad loams, 2 to 15 percent slopes	C82C	363	3247955	307cr	mn095	2006	1:12000
Branstad loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C18B	195	3247947	307cl	mn095	2006	1:12000
Cushing-Branstad complex, 6 to 35 percent slopes, moderately eroded	C82D	187	3247956	307cs	mn095	2006	1:12000
Alstad-Branstad loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	C80B	79	3247953	307cg	mn095	2006	1:12000
Branstad-Alstad-Talmoon loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	C84B	7	3247958	307cp	mn095	2006	1:12000
Branstad-Cushing, moderately eroded, loams, 2 to 15 percent slopes	C18C	7	3247954	307cm	mn095	2006	1:12000
Alstad-Branstad loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	C80B	13135	3247966	307cg	mn115	2009	1:24000
Branstad loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C18B	11306	3247960	307cl	mn115	2009	1:24000
Cushing, moderately eroded-Branstad loams, 2 to 15 percent slopes	C82C	5211	3247968	307cr	mn115	2009	1:24000
Cushing-Branstad complex, 6 to 35 percent slopes, moderately eroded	C82D	1577	3247969	307cs	mn115	2009	1:24000
Branstad-Cushing, moderately eroded, loams, 2 to 15 percent slopes	C18C	125	3247967	307cm	mn115	2009	1:24000
Branstad-Alstad-Talmoon loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	C84B	96	3247971	307cp	mn115	2009	1:24000
Cushing-Branstad complex, 6 to 35 percent slopes, moderately eroded	C82D	2312	3247982	307cs	mn163	1978	1:15840
Cushing, moderately eroded-Branstad loams, 2 to 15 percent slopes	C82C	303	3247981	307cr	mn163	1978	1:15840
Branstad loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C18B	201	3247973	307cl	mn163	1978	1:15840
Branstad-Alstad-Talmoon loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	C84B	34	3247984	307cp	mn163	1978	1:15840
Branstad-Cushing, moderately eroded, loams, 2 to 15 percent slopes	C18C	31	3247980	307cm	mn163	1978	1:15840
Alstad-Branstad loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	C80B	18	3247979	307cg	mn163	1978	1:15840
Branstad loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C18B	5386	3247987	307cl	wi013	2004	1:12000
Alstad-Branstad loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	C80B	2425	3247993	307cg	wi013	2004	1:12000
Branstad-Cushing, moderately eroded, loams, 2 to 15 percent slopes	C18C	2387	3247994	307cm	wi013	2004	1:12000
Cushing-Branstad complex, 6 to 35 percent slopes, moderately eroded	C82D	2381	3247996	307cs	wi013	2004	1:12000
Branstad-Alstad-Talmoon loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	C84B	1802	3247998	307cp	wi013	2004	1:12000
Cushing, moderately eroded-Branstad loams, 2 to 15 percent slopes	C82C	712	3247995	307cr	wi013	2004	1:12000
Cushing-Branstad complex, 6 to 35 percent slopes, moderately eroded	C82D	6767	3248009	307cs	wi095	1978	1:15840
Cushing, moderately eroded-Branstad loams, 2 to 15 percent slopes	C82C	4637	3248008	307cr	wi095	1978	1:15840
Branstad loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C18B	4037	3248000	307cl	wi095	1978	1:15840
Alstad-Branstad loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	C80B	695	3248006	307cg	wi095	1978	1:15840
Branstad-Cushing, moderately eroded, loams, 2 to 15 percent slopes	C18C	347	3248007	307cm	wi095	1978	1:15840
Branstad-Alstad-Talmoon loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	C84B	255	3248011	307cp	wi095	1978	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BRANSTAD soil series. To learn more about how this distribution was mapped, or to compare this soil series extent to others, use the Series Extent Explorer (SEE) application. Source: generalization of SSURGO geometry (updated 2023-10-04).