Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ARKABUTLA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ARKABUTLA, 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 ARKABUTLA were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

There are insufficient data to create the lab data summary figure.


Water Balance

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

Click the image to view it full size.



Click the image to view it full size.

Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the ARKABUTLA series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

Click the image to view it full size.

Select annual climate data summaries for the ARKABUTLA series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

Click the image to view it full size.

Geomorphic description summaries for the ARKABUTLA 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 .

Click the image to view it full size.

Click the image to view it full size.

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

Click the image to view it full size.

Click the image to view it full size.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with ARKABUTLA share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

Click the image to view it full size.

Select annual climate data summaries for the ARKABUTLA series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the ARKABUTLA 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 .

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 ARKABUTLA, 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 .

Block Diagrams

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

  1. MS-2012-02-06-09 | Prentiss County - October 1997

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Providence-Savannah-Chenneby general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Prentiss County, Mississippi; October 1997).

  2. TN-2012-03-16-10 | Gibson County - September 1994

    Pattern of soils in the Rosebloom-Arkabutla general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Gibson County, TN; 1994).

Map Units

Map units containing ARKABUTLA 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
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded2356275650692xz1zar00319771:20000
Arkabutla silt loamAr34690564372ly8kar03719661:20000
Tichnor and Arkabutla soils, frequently floodedTA24841565478lzf7ar04319721:24000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently floodedAt7365654462xz1zar04319721:24000
Arkabutla silty clay loamAr9160564217ly3kar10719711:20000
Arkabutla soils, frequently floodedAs3080564218ly3lar10719711:20000
Arkabutla silt loamAk19720564425lyb8ar12319641:20000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally floodedAuA10725562767lwlsga64820011:12000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedAf104215926961qgb9ky60219721:12000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally floodedAb51815973251qm4mky60219721:12000
Chenneby, Enville and Arkabutla soils, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedCV101122322292dxtdky61019681:12000
Arkabutla-Rosebloom complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedAo5622323192dxx9ky61019681:12000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedAf1122323162dxx6ky61019681:12000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally floodedAk426234452qyklky61019681:12000
Arkabutla and Rosebloom soils, frequently floodedAT53222326990bz82la10319851:24000
Arkabutla, Rosebloom, and Jena soils, frequently floodedAT1597217241341vw37la11719891:24000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally floodedAr250183317312w6fmms00319671:20000
Rosebloom-Arkabutla association, frequently floodedRk7762331749c46lms00319671:20000
Rosebloom-Arkabutla association, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded10230303317622x59jms00719971:24000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely floodedAt68653318012x2hcms00919721:20000
Chenneby-Arkabutla association, frequently flooded174808567526m1k9ms01519851:20000
Arkabutla silt loam, frequently flooded221642567532m1khms01519851:20000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally floodedAr163623318702w6fmms01719691:20000
Chenneby-Arkabutla association, frequently floodedCH10118331923c4d6ms01919821:20000
Arkabutla silt loam, occasionally floodedAk2208331920c4d3ms01919821:20000
Arkabutla silt loam, frequently floodedAr750331921c4d4ms01919821:20000
Arkabutla silt loamAr4338567673m1q1ms02919811:20000
Arkabutla-Rosebloom association, frequently floodedAR7563332382c4w0ms04519791:20000
Rosebloom-Arkabutla association, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedRA70023327832x59jms06919911:20000
Arkabutla-Chenneby association, frequently flooded1814343332815c59zms07119791:20000
Arkabutla silt loam, occasionally flooded5112571332832c5bjms07119791:20000
Arkabutla soils, frequently floodedAr2068332920c5fcms07719721:20000
Rosebloom and Arkabutla soils, frequently floodedRK63852332992c5hpms07920081:24000
Arkabutla loamAr1847333001c5hzms08119681:20000
Arkabutla and Falaya soils, 0 to 5 percent slopes, frequently flooded108512568118m25dms08319971:24000
Arkabutla silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes81026568132m25vms08319971:24000
Arkabutla silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded9322568133m25wms08319971:24000
Collins-Arkabutla-Falaya associationCR10839568264m2b3ms09319681:20000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely floodedAu59995682612x2hcms09319681:20000
Arkabutla-Rosebloom associationAR5944568260m29zms09319681:20000
Collins-Arkabutla-Bruno associationCN4019568263m2b2ms09319681:20000
Chenneby-Arkabutla associationCh10748333237c5rlms09719711:20000
Arkabutla silt loamAt5345333234c5rhms09719711:20000
Rosebloom-Arkabutla association, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedRA377133332762x59jms09919791:20000
Falaya silty clay loam (arkabutla) (occasionally flooded)Fs5121568315m2crms10719611:24000
Arkabutla-Rosebloom association, frequently floodedAR33794333527c61yms10919801:20000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely floodedAr205533336752x2hcms11519691:20000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally floodedAr863337942w6fmms11719951:24000
Cascilla-Arkabutla association, frequently flooded220889333845c6d6ms12119841:20000
Urbo-Arkabutla association, frequently flooded914176333882c6fdms12119841:20000
Rosebloom and Arkabutla soils, frequently floodedRk3438224313742mm1fms12320091:24000
Arkabutla silty clay loamAu2685568560m2mnms13719641:15840
Arkabutla silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded38152317159471vll4ms14320061:24000
Arkabutla silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded3977817159481vll5ms14320061:24000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely floodedAr216613342512x2hcms14519751:20000
Chenneby-Arkabutla association, frequently floodedCH5891334447c70mms15519741:20000
Arkabutla silt loamAk3463334443c70hms15519741:20000
Arkabutla silt loam, frequently floodedAr2457334592c759ms15919971:24000
Arkabutla silt loam, frequently floodedAu1897334637c76rms16119751:20000
Arkabutla silt loam, occasionally floodedAr1520334636c76qms16119751:20000
Arkabutla-Rosebloom complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedAo237425454002qshztn00520111:12000
Chenneby, Enville, and Arkabutla soils, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedCVA163325453282qsbctn00520111:12000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally floodedAk50925453212w6fmtn00520111:12000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded, very long durationAr80785667392wn58tn03319851:24000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded, very longAk27285667382zdghtn03319851:24000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded, very long durationAr126155670382wn58tn05319901:24000
Ina silt loam, local alluvium phase (Arkabutla)Ie21847327755c01rtn07719551:20000
Chenneby, Enville, and Arkabutla soils, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedCVA1433425452432qs7ktn07920121:12000
Arkabutla-Rosebloom complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedAo957325454052qsj6tn07920121:12000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally floodedAk151825452332w6fmtn07920121:12000
Arkabutla silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded, very long durationAr22175671432wn58tn09719851:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ARKABUTLA 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 .