Soil Data Explorer - ALGANSEE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ALGANSEE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ALGANSEE, 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 ALGANSEE 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
98	SR7706	1977IN149006	Algansee	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.3320806,-86.7005833

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the ALGANSEE 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 ALGANSEE 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 ALGANSEE 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 ALGANSEE 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 ALGANSEE 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 ALGANSEE 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 ALGANSEE 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 ALGANSEE, 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-2010-11-08-07 | Pepin County - 2002

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Finchford-Plainfield-Burkhardt and Algansee-Kalmarville-Scotah associations (Soil Survey of Pepin County, Wisconsin; 2002).

Map Units

Map units containing ALGANSEE 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
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1657A	702	3182377	2yt2k	ia045	1978	1:15840
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	2946	796569	2yt2k	il015	2005	1:12000
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	5876	1949681	2yt2k	il085	1990	1:12000
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	305	3182223	2yt2k	il195	2003	1:12000
Algansee loamy sand, frequently flooded	Ah	1016	162557	5g4s	in049	1984	1:15840
Algansee loamy sand, frequently flooded, undrained	Ap	490	163489	5h3v	in111	1990	1:15840
Algansee fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	An	2943	162605	5g6b	in149	1980	1:15840
Algansee variant sand, occasionally flooded	As	1085	162606	5g6c	in149	1980	1:15840
Algansee loamy sand, protected, 0 to 3 percent slopes	73A	2674	212490	743j	mi005	1984	1:15840
Algansee loamy fine sand	55	1486	186105	67nd	mi015	1988	1:15840
Algansee fine sand, occasionally flooded	61	971	188718	6bcp	mi025	1993	1:15840
Algansee sandy loam	Ah	401	187866	69h6	mi067	1965	1:15840
Algansee loam	Ae	174	187864	69h4	mi067	1965	1:15840
Algansee loamy sand	Ag	158	187865	69h5	mi067	1965	1:15840
Algansee loamy sand	47	986	186558	6840	mi073	1983	1:15840
Algansee loamy fine sand	5	3859	187161	68rg	mi081	1984	1:15840
Algansee sandy loam	An	521	191970	6frl	mi087	1966	1:15840
Algansee loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	31A	1419	187737	69c1	mi107	1982	1:15840
Algansee loamy fine sand	82	3657	186510	682g	mi123	1990	1:15840
Abscota loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	95A	967	186520	682s	mi123	1990	1:15840
Algansee loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded	69	253	189077	6br8	mi127	1992	1:15840
Algansee loam	Ag	645	189977	6cp9	mi133	1966	1:15840
Algansee sand	Ae	377	189976	6cp8	mi133	1966	1:15840
Algansee loamy sand	Ak	692	192630	6gfw	mi139	1967	1:15840
Algansee sandy loam	Ah	185	187765	69cy	mi155	1967	1:12000
Algansee-Cohoctah complex	66	11258	186345	67x4	mi159	1984	1:15840
Glendora-Algansee-Abscota complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	130A	1604	631193	p5t2	mi614	2005	1:12000
Algansee sandy loam, occasionally flooded	1821	1079	396793	f9ws	mn037	1980	1:15840
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	59	1860351	2yt2k	mn049	2007	1:12000
Algansee loamy sand	1821	364	1677301	1t9ch	mn123	1978	1:15840
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	1270	1946885	2yt2k	mn157	2008	1:12000
Algansee loamy sand	1821	1041	1677166	1t974	mn163	1978	1:15840
Algansee fine sand, occasionally flooded	Ag	289	170382	5q96	oh123	1981	1:15840
Algansee loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	AlA	262	422918	g62j	wi001	1978	1:20000
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	18358	2639476	2yt2k	wi011	1960	1:20000
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	12017	2498203	2yt2k	wi023	1960	1:12000
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	858	3182072	2yt2k	wi025	1972	1:15840
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	8026	2498204	2yt2k	wi033	2003	1:15840
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	2957	3099734	2yt2k	wi035	1974	1:15840
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	13429	2774766	2yt2k	wi043	1959	1:20000
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	6916	2806661	2yt2k	wi049	1960	1:20000
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	6208	2505886	2yt2k	wi053	1994	1:20000
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	15066	2498205	2yt2k	wi063	2001	1:12000
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	391	2685160	2yt2k	wi081	1981	1:15840
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	6132	2498207	2yt2k	wi091	1998	1:12000
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	2971	1691008	2yt2k	wi093	2006	1:12000
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	2782	2498208	2yt2k	wi103	2002	1:12000
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	8864	3182094	2yt2k	wi111	1977	1:15840
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	3868	2639498	2yt2k	wi121	1969	1:15840
Algansee-Kalmarville complex, river valleys, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1658A	2480	2498209	2yt2k	wi123	1965	1:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ALGANSEE 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).