Soil Data Explorer - APPAM

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the APPAM soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of APPAM, 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 APPAM 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
53A	91P0834	S1991ND105305	Appam	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	48.4152374,-103.5939484
53B	91P0835	S1991ND105306	Appam	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	48.5688477,-103.5833893

Water Balance

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

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the APPAM 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.

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 APPAM, 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. ND-2012-02-07-26 | Divide County - 2002

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Wabek-Appam-Lehr association (Soil Survey of Divide County, North Dakota; 2002).

2. ND-2012-02-08-27 | McIntosh County - 2001

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Wabek-Appam-Lehr association (Soil Survey of McIntosh County, North Dakota; 2001).

Map Units

Map units containing APPAM 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
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	7535	2595630	2q737	nd013	1991	1:24000
Appam-Wabek complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes	2187	2104	341128	cfz4	nd013	1991	1:24000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	1900	2595625	2q3h5	nd013	1991	1:24000
Appam-Wabek complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C806B	1495	2564073	2q52y	nd013	1991	1:24000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 35 percent slopes	2189	766	341130	cfz6	nd013	1991	1:24000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	2188	599	341129	cfz5	nd013	1991	1:24000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C800B	3	2595624	2q3gf	nd013	1991	1:24000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	11551	2564182	2q737	nd015	1967	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C800B	5485	2564122	2q3gf	nd015	1967	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C874B	3651	2595638	2q3h4	nd015	1967	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	C800A	2477	2564117	2q2hq	nd015	1967	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C800C	748	2564123	2q3gg	nd015	1967	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	93	2595639	2q3h5	nd015	1967	1:20000
Wabek-Appam sandy loams, 6 to 25 percent slopes	E4583E	83	2661725	2r6t8	nd015	1967	1:20000
Ruso-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C853B	22	2595655	2q534	nd015	1967	1:20000
Wabek-Appam sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	E4583B	7	2661724	2r6t7	nd015	1967	1:20000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	6308	2595439	2q737	nd021	1989	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	1364	2595432	2q3h5	nd021	1989	1:20000
Ruso-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C853B	1090	2595437	2q534	nd021	1989	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C800B	69	2564206	2q3gf	nd021	1989	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C874B	40	2595685	2q3h4	nd021	1989	1:20000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	12912	2595774	2q737	nd023	1992	1:24000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	2188	6743	341326	cg5j	nd023	1992	1:24000
Appam-Wabek complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C806B	5963	2564270	2q52y	nd023	1992	1:24000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 35 percent slopes	2189	5915	341327	cg5k	nd023	1992	1:24000
Appam-Wabek complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes	2187	5851	341325	cg5h	nd023	1992	1:24000
Appam-Wabek complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	C806D	2584	2564248	2q2gy	nd023	1992	1:24000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	2002	2595767	2q3h5	nd023	1992	1:24000
Appam-Wabek complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	2276	698	341330	cg5n	nd023	1992	1:24000
Wabek-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C874B	3	2595766	2q3h4	nd023	1992	1:24000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C800B	5866	2595809	2q3gf	nd029	1979	1:20000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	3874	2595459	2q737	nd029	1979	1:20000
Wabek-Appam sandy loams, 6 to 25 percent slopes	E4583E	1612	2661813	2r6t8	nd029	1979	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	463	2595445	2q3h5	nd029	1979	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C800C	10	2595810	2q3gg	nd029	1979	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	4	2595467	2q3h5	nd031	1990	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C874B	3	2595466	2q3h4	nd031	1990	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C800B	93043	2564392	2q3gf	nd043	1985	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	27279	2595479	2q3h5	nd043	1985	1:20000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	25800	2595486	2q737	nd043	1985	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C800C	14379	2564393	2q3gg	nd043	1985	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C874B	13555	2595478	2q3h4	nd043	1985	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes	C800D	5622	2564394	2q3gh	nd043	1985	1:20000
Appam-Wabek complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	C806A	19	2596842	2pwdq	nd043	1985	1:20000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	151	2595495	2q737	nd045	1966	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	2	2595487	2q3h5	nd045	1966	1:20000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	29579	2595507	2q737	nd047	1992	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C800B	13827	2566488	2q3gf	nd047	1992	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C874B	13579	2566492	2q3h4	nd047	1992	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	7184	2595499	2q3h5	nd047	1992	1:20000
Wabek-Appam sandy loams, 6 to 25 percent slopes	E4583E	948	2661881	2r6t8	nd047	1992	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	E4582B	523	2661879	2r6t6	nd047	1992	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	E4582A	233	2661886	2qz8w	nd047	1992	1:20000
Wabek-Appam sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	E4583B	85	2661880	2r6t7	nd047	1992	1:20000
Appam-Wabek complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	C806A	11	2596854	2pwdq	nd047	1992	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	5	2595512	2q3h5	nd049	1987	1:20000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	29918	2595530	2q737	nd051	1992	1:24000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	10912	2595520	2q3h5	nd051	1992	1:24000
Wabek-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C874B	8613	2595519	2q3h4	nd051	1992	1:24000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C800B	4826	2566580	2q3gf	nd051	1992	1:24000
Wabek-Appam sandy loams, 6 to 25 percent slopes	E4583E	523	2662013	2r6t8	nd051	1992	1:24000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	E4582B	107	2662011	2r6t6	nd051	1992	1:24000
Appam sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	E4582A	84	2662020	2qz8w	nd051	1992	1:24000
Wabek-Appam sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	E4583B	23	2662012	2r6t7	nd051	1992	1:24000
Ruso-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C853B	31199	2566704	2q534	nd055	1974	1:20000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	10635	2595554	2q737	nd055	1974	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C874B	5203	2566659	2q3h4	nd055	1974	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	3227	2595543	2q3h5	nd055	1974	1:20000
Wabek-Appam sandy loams, 6 to 25 percent slopes	E4583E	599	2662486	2r6t8	nd055	1974	1:20000
Ruso-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C853C	558	2566705	2q535	nd055	1974	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C800B	353	2567142	2q3gf	nd055	1974	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	E4582B	330	2662485	2r6t6	nd055	1974	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	C800A	55	2567141	2q2hq	nd055	1974	1:20000
Wabek-Appam sandy loams, 6 to 25 percent slopes	E4583E	1527	2699386	2r6t8	nd057	1976	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	E4582B	361	2755737	2r6t6	nd057	1976	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	E4582A	23	2755736	2qz8w	nd057	1976	1:20000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	25565	2595569	2q737	nd061	1988	1:24000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	15672	2595560	2q3h5	nd061	1988	1:24000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C800B	15173	2566746	2q3gf	nd061	1988	1:24000
Wabek-Appam sandy loams, 6 to 25 percent slopes	E4583E	965	2662533	2r6t8	nd061	1988	1:24000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	E4582B	117	2662532	2r6t6	nd061	1988	1:24000
Appam sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	E4582A	25	2662534	2qz8w	nd061	1988	1:24000
Appam-Wabek complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C806B	22	2567097	2q52y	nd061	1988	1:24000
Appam sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	C800A	14	2567088	2q2hq	nd061	1988	1:24000
Wabek-Appam sandy loams, 6 to 25 percent slopes	E4583E	1618	2526007	2r6t8	nd065	1971	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	E4582B	486	2526006	2r6t6	nd065	1971	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	E4582A	20	2526005	2qz8w	nd065	1971	1:20000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	11777	2595576	2q737	nd083	1990	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	11266	2566793	2q3h5	nd083	1990	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C874B	4152	2567177	2q3h4	nd083	1990	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C800B	1925	2566792	2q3gf	nd083	1990	1:20000
Ruso-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C853B	1	2567188	2q534	nd083	1990	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	19690	2595583	2q3h5	nd093	1990	1:24000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	17195	2595591	2q737	nd093	1990	1:24000
Wabek-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C874B	10184	2595582	2q3h4	nd093	1990	1:24000
Appam-Wabek complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	C806A	8723	2596875	2pwdq	nd093	1990	1:24000
Ruso-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C853B	262	2595588	2q534	nd093	1990	1:24000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C800B	147	2595735	2q3gf	nd093	1990	1:24000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C800B	10891	2566897	2q3gf	nd101	1967	1:20000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	6965	2566937	2q737	nd101	1967	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C874B	5608	2566903	2q3h4	nd101	1967	1:20000
Appam sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	C800A	3810	2566895	2q2hq	nd101	1967	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	1109	2567062	2q3h5	nd101	1967	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	907	2595603	2q3h5	nd103	1966	1:12000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	867	2595713	2q737	nd103	1966	1:12000
Wabek-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C874B	111	2595602	2q3h4	nd103	1966	1:12000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C800B	31	2566954	2q3gf	nd103	1966	1:12000
Appam sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	1249	18820	339016	ccs0	nd105	1993	1:24000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C800B	8304	2567006	2q3gf	nd105	1993	1:24000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	5503	2595614	2q737	nd105	1993	1:24000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	1122	2595607	2q3h5	nd105	1993	1:24000
Wabek-Appam sandy loams, 6 to 25 percent slopes	E4583E	642	2662593	2r6t8	nd105	1993	1:24000
Wabek-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C874B	549	2595606	2q3h4	nd105	1993	1:24000
Appam sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	E4582B	422	2662591	2r6t6	nd105	1993	1:24000
Appam sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	E4582A	292	2662596	2qz8w	nd105	1993	1:24000
Wabek-Appam sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	E4583B	126	2662592	2r6t7	nd105	1993	1:24000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	3391	2797880	2q3h5	sd021	1978	1:20000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	1392	2797904	2q737	sd021	1978	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	196	2798559	2q3h5	sd045	1973	1:20000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	195	2798576	2q737	sd045	1973	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	62	2798630	2q3h5	sd049	1981	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	2424	2798711	2q3h5	sd089	1980	1:20000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	2232	2798740	2q737	sd089	1980	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C874B	4	2798710	2q3h4	sd089	1980	1:20000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	9	2799466	2q737	sd107	1983	1:20000
Wabek-Lehr-Appam complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	C870E	1383	2800109	2q737	sd129	1975	1:20000
Wabek-Appam complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C874C	7	2800089	2q3h5	sd129	1975	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the APPAM 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).