Soil Data Explorer - ATSION

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ATSION soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ATSION, 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 ATSION 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
153D	83P0279	S1982DE005001	Atsion	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.52,-75.4097222
153D	05N0568	S2005NJ005001	Atsion	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.7166824,-74.5153885

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the ATSION 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 ATSION series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-10-24), parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the ATSION 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 ATSION 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).

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

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with ATSION share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the ATSION 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).

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the ATSION 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 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 ATSION, 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 2024-10-23).

Block Diagrams

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

1. MLRA153D_Final | NJ - 2019

   Coastal and Subaqueous Soils of the Mid-Atlantic.

2. NJ-2010-09-13-02 | Cumberland County -

   Typical relationship of the soils, landform position, and parent material of soils that formed in sandy materials and organic deposits. The excessively drained Evesboro and Lakewood soils are in the higher landform positions. The very poorly drained Berryland, Mullica, and Manahawkin soils are in the lowest landform positions. The moderately well drained Galloway and Lakehurst soils are in the intermediate landform positions, but higher than the poorly drained Atsion soils (Soil Survey of Cumberland County, New Jersey).

3. NJ-2010-09-13-03 | Gloucester County -

   (Soil Survey of Gloucester County, New Jersey)

Map Units

Map units containing ATSION 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
Atsion sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, Northern Tidewater Area	AtsAO	28710	778446	2thvz	nj001	1975	1:24000
Atsion-Berryland sands, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	AttxAr	2223	745863	t143	nj001	1975	1:24000
Atsion sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, Northern Tidewater Area	AtsAO	44846	777780	2thvz	nj005	1967	1:24000
Atsion fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	AttA	11556	777782	v3br	nj005	1967	1:24000
Atsion sand, loamy substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes	AtshA	8061	777781	v3bq	nj005	1967	1:24000
Atsion fine sand, loamy substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes	AtthA	982	777783	v3bs	nj005	1967	1:24000
Atsion-Berryland sands, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	AttxAr	15	777784	v3bt	nj005	1967	1:24000
Atsion sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, Northern Tidewater Area	AtsAO	4685	710833	2thvz	nj007	1964	1:12000
Atsion-Berryland sands, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	AttxAr	3897	710834	rvp4	nj007	1964	1:12000
Atsion sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	AtsAr	1773	135819	4kb8	nj011	2003	1:24000
Atsion sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	AtsAr	4403	1089355	15kkh	nj015	2004	1:24000
Atsion sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, Northern Tidewater Area	AtsAO	569	1089354	2thvz	nj015	2004	1:24000
Atsion sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, Northern Coastal Plain	AtsA	4757	1398150	2thvy	nj023	1985	1:24000
Atsion sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, Northern Tidewater Area	AtsAO	11162	1401638	2thvz	nj025	1985	1:24000
Atsion sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, Northern Coastal Plain	AtsA	6644	2955455	2thvy	nj025	1985	1:24000
Atsion sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, Northern Tidewater Area	AtsAO	24475	697508	2thvz	nj029	1978	1:24000
Atsion sand, loamy substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes	AtshA	3	697599	rdx6	nj029	1978	1:24000
Atsion loamy sand	At	954	292904	9tsj	ny059	1983	1:24000
Atsion sand	At	2016	295218	9x65	ny103	1970	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ATSION 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).