Aggregate lab data for the ALLEGHENY soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ALLEGHENY, 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 ALLEGHENY 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:
Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the ALLEGHENY 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.
Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the ALLEGHENY series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-10-24), parsed OSD records (updated 2025-02-20) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2025-02-20).
Select annual climate data summaries for the ALLEGHENY 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 2024-10-23).
Geomorphic description summaries for the ALLEGHENY 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 2024-10-23).
Soil series competing with ALLEGHENY share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2025-02-20) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2025-02-20).
Select annual climate data summaries for the ALLEGHENY 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 2024-10-23).
Geomorphic description summaries for the ALLEGHENY 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 2024-10-23).
There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.
Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ALLEGHENY, 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 2025-02-20).
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Typical pattern of soils, parent material, and topography in the Udorthents-Nelse-Allegheny and Shelocta-Hazleton-Blairton general soil map units. The Udorthents-Nelse-Allegheny general soil map unit is along the Tug and Lavista Forks of the Big Sandy River and their major tributaries, and the Shelocta-Hazleton-Blairton general soil map unit is on the mountains (Soil Survey of Lawrence and Martin Counties, Kentucky; 2005).
Typical pattern of soils, parent material, and topograhy in the Upshur-Vandalia-Rarden general soil map unit. This map unit is on the mountains (Soil Survey of Lawrence and Martin Counties, Kentucky; 2005).
Typical pattern of soils and their relationship to geology and topography in the Shrouts-Woolper-Allegheny general soil map unit in Estill County (Soil Survey of Estill and Lee Counties, Kentucky; 2007).
Typical pattern of soils and their relationship to geology and topography in the Jessietown-Rohan-Allegheny-Muse general soil map unit in Estill County (Soil Survey of Estill and Lee Counties, Kentucky; 2007).
Typical pattern of soils and their relationship to geology and topography in the Grigsby-Nolin-Elk-Morehead general soil map unit in Estill County (Soil Survey of Estill and Lee Counties, Kentucky; 2007).
Typical pattern of soils and their relationship to geology and topography in the Shelocta-Pope-Helechawa-Gilpin general soil map unit in Magoffin County (Soil Survey of Magoffin and Morgan Counties, Kentucky; 2002).
Typical pattern of soils and their relationship to geology and topography in the Shelocta-Gilpin-Latham-Marrowbone general soil map unit in Morgan County (Soil Survey of Magoffin and Morgan Counties, Kentucky; 2002).
Typical pattern of soils and their relationship to geology and topography in the Shelocta-Gilpin-Allegheny-Grigsby general soil map unit in Morgan County (Soil Survey of Magoffin and Morgan Counties, Kentucky; 2002).
Relationship of soils to topography and underlying material in the Newark-Nolin-Melvin association (Soil Survey of Butler and Edmonson Counties, Kentucky).
Relationship of soils to topography and underlying material in the Allegheny-Sciotoville association (Soil Survey of Butler and Edmonson Counties, Kentucky).
Typical landscape in the southern part of association 4 showing the topography, the relationship of some of the principal soils, and the parent rocks (Soil Survey of Bath County, Kentucky; September 1963).
Cross section of Bath County showing the major soils and their relationship to the rock formations and to relief (Soil Survey of Bath County, Kentucky; September 1963).
Major soil series in soil association 11, their relationship to the landscape, and the parent rocks from which the soils formed (Soil Survey of Clark County, Kentucky; 1964).
Geolgic cross section of Clark County, showing some of the principal soils and their relation to the rock formations (Soil Survey of Clark County, Kentucky; 1964).
Diagram of Rock land-Monongahela-Pope association, showing relationship of soil series to topography and parent material (Soil Survey of Elliott County, Kentucky; 1965).
Pattern of soils and underlying material in the Fairmount-Shrouts-Allegheny association (Soil Survey of Estill and Lee Counties, Kentucky; August 1974).
Pattern of soils and underlying material in the Colyer-Shrouts-Allegheny association (Soil Survey of Estill and Lee Counties, Kentucky; August 1974).
Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Nolichucky-Canmer general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Hart County, Kentucky; May 1993).
Pattern of soils, topography, and underlying material in the Allegheny-Huntington-Newark map unit (Soil Survey of Knox County and Eastern Part of Whitley County, Kentucky; May 1988).
Pattern of soils, topography, and underlying material in the Allegheny-Cotaco-Huntington map unit (Soil Survey of Knox County and Eastern Part of Whitley County, Kentucky; May 1988).
Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Westbend general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Powell and Wolfe Counties, Kentucky; September 1993).
Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Grigsby-Allegheny-Knowlton general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Powell and Wolfe Counties, Kentucky; September 1993).
Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Atkins-Philo-Monongahela association (Soil Survey of Clearfield County, PA; 1988).
Parent material, position, and pattern of soils in the Monongahela-Philo-Atkins soil association (Soil Survey of Fayette County, PA; 1973).
Parent material, position, and pattern of soils in the Monongahela-Allegheny-Pope-Philo association (Soil Survey of Indiana County, PA; 1968).
Pattern of soils and underlying material in Alton-Monongahela-Philo association (Soil Survey of Venango County, PA; 1975).
Typical pattern of soils that are underlain with limestone. The soils named on the land surface are shown in their natural relationship to each other and in their relationship to parent material and landform position (Soil Survey of Lee County, Virginia; 2006).
Typical pattern of soils that are underlain with limestone. The soils named on the land surface are shown in their natural relationship to each other and in their relationship to parent material and landform position (Soil Survey of Lee County, Virginia; 2006).
Map units containing ALLEGHENY as a major component. Limited to 250 records.
Approximate geographic distribution of the ALLEGHENY 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 2024-10-30).