Soil Data Explorer - PLAINBO

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the PLAINBO soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of PLAINBO, 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 PLAINBO were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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
105	90P0647	S1989WI005008	Plainbo	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	45.2238884,-91.7549973
105	90P0648	S1989WI005009	Plainbo	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	45.2144432,-91.8847198

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the PLAINBO 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 PLAINBO series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the PLAINBO 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 PLAINBO 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.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with PLAINBO share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the PLAINBO 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 PLAINBO 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.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with PLAINBO, 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

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

1. WI-2010-11-08-01 | Barron County - 2001

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Arland-Hayriver-Freeon association (Soil Survey of Barron County, Wisconsin; 2001).

Map Units

Map units containing PLAINBO 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
Plainbo-Rock outcrop complex, 12 to 40 percent slopes	1070D	367	396541	f9mn	mn025	1990	1:15840
Plainbo loamy sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes	PdC	539	431326	ggtr	wi005	1993	1:20000
Plainbo loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes	PdB	358	431325	ggtq	wi005	1993	1:20000
Plainbo loamy sand, 12 to 20 percent slopes	PdD	229	431327	ggts	wi005	1993	1:20000
Plainbo sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes	3636B	47	449256	h2h4	wi013	2004	1:12000
Plainbo sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes	3636C	12	449257	h2h5	wi013	2004	1:12000
Plainbo loamy sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes	PdC	2871	421568	g4nz	wi017	1985	1:15840
Plainbo loamy sand, 12 to 20 percent slopes	PdD	2801	421569	g4p0	wi017	1985	1:15840
Plainbo loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes	PdB	1134	421567	g4ny	wi017	1985	1:15840
Plainbo sand, sand sheet, 0 to 6 percent slopes	573B	1161	2518527	h6wx	wi033	2003	1:15840
Plainbo sand, sand sheet, 6 to 15 percent slopes	573C	828	2518528	h6wy	wi033	2003	1:15840
Boone-Plainbo complex, 12 to 45 percent slopes	BoE	7031	421751	g4vw	wi035	1974	1:15840
Plainbo loamy sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	PdC2	4129	421823	g4y6	wi035	1974	1:15840
Boone-Plainbo complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes	BoC	3116	421750	g4vv	wi035	1974	1:15840
Plainbo loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes	PdB	2966	421822	g4y5	wi035	1974	1:15840
Boone-Plainbo complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BoB	1215	421749	g4vt	wi035	1974	1:15840
Plainbo sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes	3636B	3	2427693	2mh6p	wi095	1978	1:15840
Plainbo loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes	PbB	795	426542	g9vf	wi097	1972	1:20000
Plainbo sand, 2 to 12 percent slopes	PbB	2629	426479	g9sd	wi141	1971	1:20000
Plainbo sand, 12 to 30 percent slopes	PbD	204	426480	g9sf	wi141	1971	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the PLAINBO 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).