Soil Data Explorer - AARON

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the AARON soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of AARON, 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 AARON 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
115B	M0222102	2002MO221002	Aaron	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.9672203,-92.3450012
115B	M0222103	2002MO221003	Aaron	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.9672203,-92.3450012
n/a	BN-s06	1955-OH015-S06	Aaron	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	AD-S11	1961-OH001-S11	Aaron	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	AD-s20	1962-OH001-S20	Aaron	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	AD-s21	1962-OH001-S21	Aaron	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the AARON 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 AARON 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 AARON 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 AARON 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).

Competing Series

Soil series competing with AARON 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 AARON 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 AARON 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 flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with AARON, 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 AARON 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
Aaron silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	AaB	1291	550272	lglq	ky135	1998	1:20000
Aaron silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	AaC	1333	550506	lgv8	ky173	1983	1:20000
Aaron silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	AaB	317	550505	lgv7	ky173	1983	1:20000
Aaron silt loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes	73471	2072	901243	2t7fl	mo093	1988	1:24000
Gatewood-Aaron complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, severely eroded	73291	8	2502321	2vxrw	mo093	1988	1:24000
Gatewood-Aaron complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, severely eroded	73291	774	2502322	2vxrw	mo179	2004	1:24000
Gatewood-Aaron complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	73290	88	2502318	2vxrv	mo179	2004	1:24000
Gatewood-Aaron complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, severely eroded	73291	185	2502323	2vxrw	mo187	1979	1:24000
Gatewood-Aaron complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	73290	32	2502319	2vxrv	mo187	1979	1:24000
Gatewood-Aaron complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, severely eroded	73291	5280	2502324	2vxrw	mo221	2003	1:24000
Gatewood-Aaron complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	73290	2641	2502320	2vxrv	mo221	2003	1:24000
Aaron silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	AaB	3227	170071	5pz5	oh001	1987	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	AaA	1666	170070	5pz4	oh001	1987	1:15840
Gilpin-Aaron complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	GpC	274	1008312	12v76	oh009	1981	1:15840
Aaron-Gilpin complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	AgC	194	1008368	12v90	oh009	1981	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes	AbC	61	1008307	2z392	oh009	1981	1:15840
Aaron-Gilpin complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	AdC2	30	1008407	12vb8	oh009	1981	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	AaC2	10	1008406	2z394	oh009	1981	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	AaB	2	1710444	2z390	oh013	1978	1:15840
Aaron silty clay loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	AoC2	7	1670011	1t1sb	oh019	1981	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	AaC2	8519	536591	2z39d	oh031	1996	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	AaB	1419	536590	2z390	oh031	1996	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	AbC	10	2108970	2z393	oh031	1996	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	AbC2	4	2108955	2z395	oh031	1996	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	AbB	1	2108954	2z391	oh031	1996	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	AaC	605	536787	2z393	oh053	1988	1:15840
Aaron-Gilpin complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	AbC	32	1460307	1l0kp	oh053	1988	1:15840
Aaron-Upshur complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	AbC2	6509	536862	l0n4	oh059	1998	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	AaC	4715	536860	2z393	oh059	1998	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	AaB	2242	536859	2z391	oh059	1998	1:15840
Aaron-Upshur complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	AbB	2044	536861	l0n3	oh059	1998	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	AaC2	293	1592904	2z395	oh059	1998	1:15840
Aaron silty clay loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	AbC2	6775	536711	l0h8	oh067	1993	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	AaB	861	536710	2z390	oh067	1993	1:15840
Berks-Aaron complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	BmC	495	536716	l0hf	oh067	1993	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	AcC	52	1695488	2z393	oh067	1993	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes	AaC	5	1398169	2z392	oh073	1986	1:15840
Aaron silty clay loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	AoC2	5	1652922	1sh02	oh081	1987	1:15840
Berks-Aaron complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	BlC	5	1652923	1sh03	oh081	1987	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	AaB	28	1540758	2z391	oh089	1986	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	AaC2	5	1540759	2z395	oh089	1986	1:15840
Aaron-Gilpin complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	AgC	2442	537139	l0y2	oh105	1991	1:15840
Aaron-Upshur complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	AuC2	1490	537140	l0y3	oh105	1991	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	AaC2	965	537418	2z394	oh115	1992	1:15840
Aaron-Gilpin complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	AgC2	30	537419	l173	oh115	1992	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	AaC2	9553	537850	2z395	oh119	1989	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, eroded	AaD2	2747	537851	2z39f	oh119	1989	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	AaB	1215	537849	2z391	oh119	1989	1:15840
Aaron-Upshur complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	AcB	463	537852	l1p2	oh119	1989	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	AaC2	31	1481785	2z394	oh121	1986	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	AaC	240	1589368	2z393	oh157	1981	1:15840
Aaron silty clay loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	AnC2	153	1589381	1qbwc	oh157	1981	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	AaB	43	1589367	2z391	oh157	1981	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	AbB	8	1589380	2z390	oh157	1981	1:15840
Gilpin-Aaron complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	GcC	3228	536385	l04r	oh163	1998	1:15840
Aaron silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes	AbC	5	536353	2z392	oh163	1998	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the AARON 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).