Soil Data Explorer - AIKEN

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the AIKEN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of AIKEN, 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 AIKEN 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
15	78P0461	78CA033026	Aiken	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.8334885,-122.6813507
22A	UCD6758120	67-CA-58-120x	AIKEN	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.5832558,-121.048233
22A	UCD7204045	72-CA-04-045x	AIKEN	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.838089,-121.4877167
22A	40A2910	S1959CA005011	Aiken	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.5080566,-120.5363922
22A	40A3076	S1959CA005012	Aiken	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.5047226,-120.5455551
22B	UCD5852038	58-CA-52-038	AIKEN	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.4353752,-121.7231979
22B	UCD6445148	64-CA-45-148x	AIKEN	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.6291046,-121.8117599
22B	UCD7204038	72-CA-04-038x	AIKEN	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.9644508,-121.7115173
22B	UCD7204051	72-CA-04-051x	AIKEN	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.8374176,-121.591217
5	UCD6012010	60-CA-12-010x	AIKEN	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.0087967,-123.6856003
6	40A0923	S1955OR027001	AIKEN	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	45.672039,-121.637001
6	40A0924	S1955OR027002	AIKEN	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	45.6328735,-121.6353302
n/a	84P0461	83CA063319	Aiken	7	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 AIKEN 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 AIKEN 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 AIKEN 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 AIKEN 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 flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with AIKEN 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 AIKEN 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 AIKEN 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 terrace figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with AIKEN, 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 AIKEN 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
Collayomi-Aiken-Whispering complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	127	10204	459530	hf5k	ca033	1985	1:24000
Collayomi-Aiken-Whispering complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	128	6107	459531	hf5l	ca033	1985	1:24000
Aiken-Sobrante association, 5 to 15 percent slopes	101	1174	459504	hf4q	ca033	1985	1:24000
Aiken-Sobrante association, 15 to 30 percent slopes	102	434	459505	hf4r	ca033	1985	1:24000
Aiken loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	102	5165	458926	hdk2	ca055	1974	1:24000
Aiken loam, 2 to 15 percent slopes	100	2780	458924	hdk0	ca055	1974	1:24000
Aiken loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes	101	1950	458925	hdk1	ca055	1974	1:24000
Aiken loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	102n		1607428	1qynj	ca097	1968	1:20000
Aiken loam, 2 to 15 percent slopes	100n		1607426	1qyng	ca097	1968	1:20000
Aiken loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes	101n		1607427	1qynh	ca097	1968	1:20000
Aiken stony loam, 15 to 30 percent	AbD	11502	459926	hflb	ca607	1967	1:20000
Aiken loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes, low ffd	AaB	8954	459921	2x8ky	ca607	1967	1:20000
Aiken stony loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes	AbB	6924	459924	hfl8	ca607	1967	1:20000
Aiken stony loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	AbC	6621	459925	hfl9	ca607	1967	1:20000
Aiken loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	AaC	6321	459922	hfl6	ca607	1967	1:20000
Cohasset-Aiken stony loams, 0 to 30 percent slopes	CpD	3166	459971	hfms	ca607	1967	1:20000
Aiken loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, low ffd	AaD	2716	459923	2xhk8	ca607	1967	1:20000
Aiken very stony loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	AcE	825	459927	hflc	ca607	1967	1:20000
Aiken loam, 10 to 30 percent slopes	AaDte	14	2766064	hgcb	ca607	1967	1:20000
Aiken-Horseshoe complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	101	1255	460366	hg1j	ca618	1991	1:24000
Horseshoe-Aiken complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	168	330	460475	hg51	ca618	1991	1:24000
Aiken loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes, high precip	AfC	5114	460173	2x8kv	ca619	1970	1:24000
Aiken loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes, N Low-Mid Montane	AfB	4623	460172	2x8kw	ca619	1970	1:24000
Aiken loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, N Low Mid Montane	AfD	4417	460174	2xhk9	ca619	1970	1:24000
Aiken cobbly loam, 2 to 30 percent slopes	AgD	2265	460176	hfvd	ca619	1970	1:24000
Aiken loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	AfE	1968	460175	hfvc	ca619	1970	1:24000
Aiken cobbly loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	AgE	918	460177	hfvf	ca619	1970	1:24000
Aiken loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes, C Lower Montane	100	7150	460264	2x8kx	ca620	1975	1:24000
Aiken cobbly loam, 2 to 15 percent slopes	102	1050	460266	hfy9	ca620	1975	1:24000
Aiken loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes, low precip	101	660	460265	2x8kt	ca620	1975	1:24000
Aiken cobbly loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes	103	600	460267	hfyb	ca620	1975	1:24000
Aiken loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes, low precip	101pc	2920	462185	2x8kt	ca624	1968	1:20000
Aiken loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, C Low Montane	AfD	2690	462187	2xhkb	ca624	1968	1:20000
Aiken loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes, C Lower Montane	AfB	1670	462183	2x8kx	ca624	1968	1:20000
Aiken loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	AfC2	1162	462186	hhy7	ca624	1968	1:20000
Aiken cobbly loam, 3 to 30 percent slopes	AgD	972	462188	hhy9	ca624	1968	1:20000
Aiken loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes, eroded	AfB2	775	462184	hhy5	ca624	1968	1:20000
Aiken cobbly loam, 3 to 16 percent slopes	AkC	2192	462317	hj2g	ca628	1963	1:20000
Aiken cobbly loam, 16 to 31 percent slopes	AkD	1205	462318	hj2h	ca628	1963	1:20000
Aiken loam, 9 to 16 percent slopes	AhC	994	462316	hj2f	ca628	1963	1:20000
Aiken very rocky loam, 16 to 51 percent slopes	AmE	902	462320	hj2k	ca628	1963	1:20000
Aiken very rocky loam, 51 to 71 percent slopes	AmF	631	462321	hj2l	ca628	1963	1:20000
Aiken cobbly loam, 31 to 51 percent slopes	AkE	606	462319	hj2j	ca628	1963	1:20000
Aiken loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes, C Lower Montane	AhB	462	462315	2x8kx	ca628	1963	1:20000
Aiken loam, 10 to 30 percent slopes	AaD	339	460670	hgcb	ca645	1961	1:20000
Aiken loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes, S Low Montane	AlB	295	464185	2x8kz	ca654	1966	1:24000
Aiken very rocky loam, 45 to 70 percent slopes	AmF	236	464186	hl0r	ca654	1966	1:24000
Goldridge-Kistirn-Aiken families association, deep, 5 to 70 percent slopes	225	15034	470224	hs9j	ca701	1984	1:24000
Goldridge family, deep-Clallam family, moderately deep-Aiken family, deep association, 40 to 90 percent slopes	346	11522	470285	hsch	ca701	1984	1:24000
Goldridge-Aiken families association, deep, 5 to 40 percent slopes	349	6964	470287	hsck	ca701	1984	1:24000
Skalan-Aiken families association, deep, 5 to 40 percent slopes	348	3936	470286	hscj	ca701	1984	1:24000
Elioak-Hartleton-Aiken families, deep, 15 to 50 percent slopes	227	1354	470226	hs9l	ca701	1984	1:24000
Aiken-Holland families complex, deep, 10 to 40 percent slopes	316	978	470268	hsby	ca701	1984	1:24000
Aiken family, 15 to 50 percent slopes.	101	3336	470322	hsdp	ca702	1984	1:24000
Holland-Aiken-Clallam, deep families complex, 15 to 70 percent slopes.	140	2839	470361	hsfy	ca702	1984	1:24000
Holland-Aiken families association, 2 to 15 percent slopes.	139	2809	470360	hsfx	ca702	1984	1:24000
Aiken family-Dumps, mine tailings association, 2 to 30 percent slopes.	102	1557	470323	hsdq	ca702	1984	1:24000
Aiken-Holland families complex, deep, 10 to 40 percent slopes.	316sr	50	1905793	21z46	ca702	1984	1:24000
Aiken loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	AaCsh	170	1868304	20q3w	ca707	1983	1:24000
Aiken loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, low ffd	AaDsh	67	1868306	2xhk8	ca707	1983	1:24000
Aiken stony loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes	AbBsh	14	1868308	20q40	ca707	1983	1:24000
Aiken stony loam, 15 to 30 percent	AbDsh	4	1868310	20q42	ca707	1983	1:24000
Kistirn-Aiken-Deadwood families complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes.	222	28047	471231	htc0	ca713	1984	1:24000
Aiken family, 2 to 30 percent slopes.	101	4682	471110	ht73	ca713	1984	1:24000
Holland, basic-Aiken families association, 2 to 30 percent slopes.	205	2618	471214	htbg	ca713	1984	1:24000
Aiken family, 30 to 50 percent slopes.	102	2480	471111	ht74	ca713	1984	1:24000
Holland, basic-Aiken families association, 50 to 70 percent slopes, slumped.	207	1547	471216	htbj	ca713	1984	1:24000
Kistirn-Aiken-Deadwood families complex, 50 to 70 percent slopes.	223	1150	471232	htc1	ca713	1984	1:24000
Aiken family, 50 to 70 percent slopes.	103	697	471112	ht75	ca713	1984	1:24000
Aiken-Josephine families association, 2 to 50 percent slopes.	104	536	471113	ht76	ca713	1984	1:24000
Holland, basic-Aiken families association, 30 to 50 percent slopes.	206	132	471215	htbh	ca713	1984	1:24000
Cohasset-Aiken-Crozier complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	COE	4778	464624	hlgw	ca719	1982	1:24000
Cohasset-Aiken-Crozier complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes, altered	COE5	1623	464625	hlgx	ca719	1982	1:24000
Aiken-Cohasset complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes, altered	AIE5	643	464607	hlgb	ca719	1982	1:24000
Cohasset-Aiken-Crozier complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	COF	200	464626	hlgy	ca719	1982	1:24000
Aiken-Cohasset complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	AIE	112	464606	hlg9	ca719	1982	1:24000
Aiken loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes, low precip	101pc	17	1585904	2x8kt	ca719	1982	1:24000
Aiken loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes, C Lower Montane	100pc	13	1585902	2x8kx	ca719	1982	1:24000
Aiken-Cohasset loams, 2 to 30 percent slopes complex	101	1060	464851	hlq6	ca724	1985	1:24000
Aiken loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes, S Low Montane	AlBef	109	2370774	2x8kz	ca760	1981	1:24000
Aiken very rocky loam, 45 to 70 percent slopes	AmFef	6	2370775	2kkzm	ca760	1981	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the AIKEN 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).