Soil Data Explorer - ASHDALE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ASHDALE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ASHDALE, 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 ASHDALE 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
105	UMN1319	S1971MN0451319	Ashdale	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.649704,-92.2155457
105	84P0321	S1983WI043098	Ashdale	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.8222222,-90.9166667
105	04N1049	S2004WI065001	Ashdale	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.7244015,-90.4038543
105	04N1050	S2004WI065002	Ashdale	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.7127514,-90.3839242
95B	68IL177003	1968IL177003	Ashdale	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.3655707,-89.5743771
95B	04N0447	S2003IL177010	Ashdale	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.3508339,-89.6299973

Water Balance

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

There are insufficient data to create the sibling sketch figure.

Select annual climate data summaries for the ASHDALE 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 ASHDALE 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.

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

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with ASHDALE 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 ASHDALE 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 ASHDALE 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 ASHDALE, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing ASHDALE 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
Ashdale silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	804	3893	409716	frbn	ia131	1971	1:15840
Ashdale silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	804B	2189	409717	frbp	ia131	1971	1:15840
Ashdale silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	411C2	510	849352	xhtg	il015	2005	1:12000
Ashdale silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	411B	37	849349	xhtc	il015	2005	1:12000
Ashdale silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	411B	463	921368	zxrk	il103	2004	1:12000
Ashdale silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	411C2	290	921369	zxrl	il103	2004	1:12000
Ashdale silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	411B	6254	208618	702m	il141	2005	1:12000
Ashdale silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	411C2	3648	208619	702n	il141	2005	1:12000
Ashdale silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	411C2	6147	1592031	1qfmv	il177	2006	1:12000
Ashdale silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	411B	2092	1592030	1qfmt	il177	2006	1:12000
Ashdale silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	411B	178	793065	vm7r	il195	2003	1:12000
Ashdale silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	411B	1589	174082	5v4k	il201	1997	1:12000
Ashdale silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	411C2	1021	174083	5v4l	il201	1997	1:12000
Ashdale silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	AsC2	1103	753458	t913	wi025	1972	1:15840
Ashdale silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	AsB	426	753457	t912	wi025	1972	1:15840
Ashdale silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded	AsB2	3485	425200	g8g4	wi045	1969	1:12000
Ashdale silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded	AsC2	2529	425201	g8g5	wi045	1969	1:12000
Ashdale silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded	AsD2	897	425202	g8g6	wi045	1969	1:12000
Ashdale silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded	AsC2	24735	424740	g7z9	wi065	1964	1:15840
Ashdale silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded	AsB2	12957	424738	g7z7	wi065	1964	1:15840
Ashdale silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded	AsD2	1274	424743	g7zd	wi065	1964	1:15840
Ashdale silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	AsB	470	424737	g7z6	wi065	1964	1:15840
Ashdale silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, very deep, moderately eroded	128D2	3131	2393932	2lc2m	wi123	1965	1:12000
Ashdale silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, very deep, moderately eroded	128C2	708	2393931	2lc2l	wi123	1965	1:12000
Ashdale silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, very deep, moderately eroded	128B2	96	2393930	2lc2k	wi123	1965	1:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ASHDALE 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).