Soil Data Explorer - ALBATON

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ALBATON soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ALBATON, 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 ALBATON 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
107B	40A1475	S1970IA133005	ALBATON	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.0277786,-96.1938858
107B	97P0025	S1996IA193018	Albaton	8	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.236557,-96.2708893
107B	01N0172	S2000KS103006	Albaton	8	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.3768082,-94.9183884
115B	M9015108	1990MO151008	Albaton	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.9672203,-92.3450012

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the ALBATON 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 ALBATON 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 ALBATON 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 ALBATON 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 ALBATON 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 ALBATON 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 ALBATON 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 2D hillslope position figure.

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

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ALBATON, 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. IA-2010-09-02-23 | Monona County - 2003

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Albaton-Percival-Sarpy and Albaton-Onawa-Forney associations (Soil Survey of Monona County, Iowa; 2003).

2. MO-2012-02-06-15 | Buchanan County - September 1989

   Pattern of soils and parent material in the Haynie-Onawa-Waldron association (Soil Survey of Buchanan County, Missouri; September 1989).

3. NE-2012-02-10-04 | Cedar County - October 1985

   Typical pattern of soils in the Sarpy-Blake-Albaton association and the relationship of the soils to topography and parent material (Soil Survey of Cedar County, Nebraska; October 1985).

4. NE-2012-02-13-67 | Nemaha County - December 1985

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Monona-Ida and Onawa-Haynie-Albaton associations (Soil Survey of Nemaha County, Nebraska; December 1985).

5. NE-2012-02-14-14 | Washington County - September 1964

   Soil pattern of the Luton-Volin and Albaton-Haynie associations (Soil Survey of Washington County, Nebraska; September 1964).

Map Units

Map units containing ALBATON 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
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	156	2773	406101	2xbkt	ia071	1968	1:20000
Albaton silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	157	666	406102	2xbkq	ia071	1968	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	156	15722	406737	2xbkt	ia085	1971	1:15840
Albaton silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	157	3070	406738	2xbkq	ia085	1971	1:15840
Albaton and Sarpy soils	315	2408	406761	fn8b	ia085	1971	1:15840
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	156	3960	409540	2xbkt	ia129	1979	1:15840
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	156	14145	447351	2xbkv	ia133	1994	1:12000
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	1156	3401	447410	2xbkt	ia133	1994	1:12000
Albaton silty clay, depressional, undrained, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	946	1887	447398	2xbkz	ia133	1994	1:12000
Albaton silty clay, depressional, drained, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	945	637	447397	2xbky	ia133	1994	1:12000
Albaton silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	157	542	447352	2xbkr	ia133	1994	1:12000
Albaton silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	155	267	447350	2xbkx	ia133	1994	1:12000
Albaton silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	1157	206	447411	2xbkq	ia133	1994	1:12000
Albaton silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	1155	50	447409	2xbkw	ia133	1994	1:12000
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	156	374	410324	2xbkv	ia149	1972	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	156	8134	410447	2xbkt	ia155	1986	1:15840
Albaton silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, overwash, occasionally flooded	156+	675	410448	2xbks	ia155	1986	1:15840
Albaton-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	4156	466	410485	2xbl1	ia155	1986	1:15840
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	156	7768	401854	2xbkv	ia193	2003	1:12000
Onawa-Albaton complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	3146	4079	741626	swqf	ia193	2003	1:12000
Percival-Albaton complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	2515	1340	741627	swqg	ia193	2003	1:12000
Albaton silty clay, depressional, drained, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	945	688	401983	2xbky	ia193	2003	1:12000
Albaton silty clay, occasionally flooded	7710	12	1475380	1lj7x	ks005	1998	1:24000
Albaton silty clay, occasionally flooded	7710	1172	747149	t2gl	ks043	1977	1:24000
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	13503	710	2528311	2qmt8	mo003	1986	1:24000
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	13503	1035	2528310	2qmt8	mo021	1984	1:24000
Albaton silty clay, occasionally flooded, wet	7709	667	357605	2rmhr	ne015	1976	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	7710	4118	427801	2xbkt	ne021	1978	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, depressional, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	7711	732	427802	2xbl0	ne021	1978	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	7710	653	1691458	2xbkt	ne025	1981	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, rarely flooded	7712	2568	427074	gbdl	ne027	1982	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, frequently flooded	7711	261	427075	gbdm	ne027	1982	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	7710	6892	426712	2xbkt	ne043	1972	1:20000
Albaton silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	7713	429	426711	2xbkw	ne043	1972	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, depressional, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	7711	209	426713	2xbl0	ne043	1972	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, occasionally flooded	7710	1642	426652	g9yz	ne051	1975	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, occasionally flooded	7710	250	357676	2tj80	ne103	1977	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, occasionally flooded, wet	7709	40	3256757	2rmhr	ne103	1977	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, occasionally flooded, wet	7709	507	2570459	2rmhr	ne107	1989	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, occasionally flooded	7710	213	849179	2tj80	ne107	1989	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, frequently flooded, wet	7708	74	2570458	2rmhs	ne107	1989	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	7710	4004	1691651	2xbkt	ne127	1983	1:20000
Percival-Albaton silty clays, occasionally flooded	7806	861	1691690	1tsbn	ne127	1983	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	7710	1856	1691518	2xbkt	ne131	1979	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	7710	1292	1691026	2xbkt	ne147	1967	1:20000
Haynie and Albaton soils, occasionally flooded	7742	881	1691034	1trnh	ne147	1967	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	7710	1857	427692	2xbkt	ne173	1966	1:20000
Albaton silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	7713	488	427693	2xbkw	ne173	1966	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, depressional, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	7711	15	2217280	2xbl0	ne173	1966	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	7710	2814	395459	2xbkt	ne177	2000	1:12000
Albaton silty clay, depressional, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	7711	767	395460	2xbl0	ne177	2000	1:12000
Albaton silty clay, rarely flooded	Ab	2617	2615582	2rmht	sd023	1980	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, occasionally flooded, wet	S402A	2547	2615581	2rmhr	sd023	1980	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, frequently flooded, wet	S401A	190	2615580	2rmhs	sd023	1980	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Ac	3102	445526	gylt	sd027	1995	1:24000
Albaton silty clay, depressional	Ad	362	445527	gylv	sd027	1995	1:24000
Albaton clay, frequently flooded	Wf	1537	353527	cvw3	sd117	1977	1:24000
Albaton silty clay	Ac	7665	453674	h72n	sd127	1974	1:20000
Albaton silty clay, depressional	Ad	1852	453675	h72p	sd127	1974	1:20000
Albaton silt loam, overwash	Ab	1028	453673	h72m	sd127	1974	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ALBATON 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).