Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

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

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Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRALab IDPedon IDTaxonnameCINSSL / NASIS ReportsLink To SoilWeb GMap
14058PA1150061958PA115006Basher5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.8108333,-75.9658333
14058PA1150181958PA115018Basher5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.6555556,-75.9688889
14791P030890PA057006Basher5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.918335,-78.2486115
14791P031090PA057008Basher3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.9641876,-78.0744247
14791P031490PA057012Basher3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.7275009,-78.1358337

Water Balance

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

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Sibling Summary

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

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

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Geomorphic description summaries for the BASHER 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 .

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Competing Series

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

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

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Geomorphic description summaries for the BASHER 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 .

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

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with BASHER, 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

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  1. MD-2010-09-07-08 | Washington County - 2003

    Relationship of soils to topography and underlying material in the Klinesville-Calvin general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Washington County, Maryland; 2003).

  2. MD-2012-02-03-30 | Washington County - 2003

    Relationship of soils to topography and underlying material in the Klinesville-Calvin general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Washington County, Maryland; 2003).

  3. PA-2012-03-12-11 | Bedford County - 1998

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Calvin-Klinesville-Leck Kill general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Bedford County, PA; 1998).

  4. PA-2012-03-13-06 | Cameron and Elk Counties - February 1993

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Leck Kill-Hartleton-Albrights association (Soil Survey of Cameron and Elk Counties, PA; 1993).

  5. PA-2012-03-13-55 | Luzerne County - October 1981

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in association 4 (Soil Survey of Luzerne County, PA; 1981).

  6. PA-2012-03-13-56 | Luzerne County - October 1981

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in association 7 (Soil Survey of Luzerne County, PA; 1981).

  7. PA-2012-03-13-60 | Lycoming County - November 1986

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Linden-Holly-Wheeling association (Soil Survey of Lycoming County, PA; 1986).

  8. PA-2012-03-13-76 | Montour County - April 1985

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Holly-Monongahela-Basher association (Soil Survey of Montour County, PA; 1985).

  9. PA-2012-03-14-08 | Northumberland County - March 1985

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Holly-Basher-Wheeling association (Soil Survey of Northumberland County, PA; 1985).

  10. PA-2012-03-14-24 | Union County - March 1985

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Holly-Basher-Monongahela association (Soil Survey of Union County, PA; 1985).

  11. PA-2012-03-14-33 | Wayne County - September 1985

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Holly-Basher-Wyoming association (Soil Survey of Wayne County, PA; 1985).

Map Units

Map units containing BASHER 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
Basher fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally floodedBaA26424010482llh5md00120091:12000
Basher fine sandy loamBc639534141kxtcmd04319981:12000
Basher silt loamBs37432904599r7nny02519991:24000
Basher silt loamBs10732916059sfmny03919851:24000
Basher fine sandy loamBe9282938999vtmny07119761:15840
Basher and Middlebury silt loamsBm36142944549wdjny09519651:15840
Basher silt loamBe3022954519xfpny11119741:15840
Basher-Birdsboro complex, 0 to 8 percent slopesBbB6383541759l5r3pa00919891:24000
Basher silt loamBa5293541758l5r2pa00919891:24000
Basher soilsBa3693542317l6b3pa01319781:20000
Basher loamBa3507538244l22qpa02719751:20000
Basher silt loamBc1054543885l7yppa03520021:24000
Basher fine sandy loamBd738539450l3bmpa03719651:20000
Basher silt loamBc3232540696l4mtpa04319671:15840
Basher fine sandy loamBf980545074l961pa05519991:24000
Basher fine sandy loamBf4450544817l8xrpa05719991:24000
Philo and Basher silt loamsPh6753542035l610pa06119741:20000
Philo and Basher silt loams, high bottomPo2984542036l611pa06119741:20000
Basher silt loam, neutral variantBc2024541957l5yhpa06119741:20000
Basher silt loamBcg4413976711hxd5pa07519761:20000
Basher soilsBf41042964109yfmpa07919741:20000
Basher silt loamBc3883539053l2xtpa08119811:20000
Basher silt loam, occasionally floodedBd2805539054l2xvpa08119811:20000
Basher silt loamBb4453539884l3smpa08319841:20000
Basher soils, frequently floodedBd1022538964l2typa09319801:20000
Basher soilsBc551538963l2txpa09319801:20000
Basher soils, frequently floodedBd4067539599l3hfpa09719801:20000
Basher soilsBc1398539598l3hdpa09719801:20000
Basher soilsBc2275693905r921pa09919801:15840
Basher sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally floodedBcA239129912302wsk1pa10519531:24000
Middlebury, acid subsoil and Basher soils, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally floodedMpA146424330892z5wmpa10519531:24000
Basher silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely floodedBeA125129912322wsk3pa10519531:24000
Basher silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally floodedBdA122029912312wsk2pa10519531:24000
Middlebury, acid subsoil, and Basher soils, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely floodedMnA44331557902z5wlpa10519531:24000
Basher silt loamBa6152539699l3lnpa10719771:20000
Basher soils, frequently floodedBd2811540789l4qtpa10919801:20000
Basher silt loamBa95542130l642pa11119771:20000
Basher-Birdsboro complex, 0 to 8 percent slopesBbB15542128l640pa11119771:20000
Basher silt loamBc27722970219z2bpa11519681:20000
Basher soils, frequently floodedBd1944540884l4twpa11919801:20000
Basher soilsBc1034540883l4tvpa11919801:20000
Basher silt loamBh68332965929ymhpa12719771:20000
Basher silt loamBb2513539153l311pa60719861:20000
Basher fine sandy loamBa472555679ln74wv06520031:24000
Basher fine sandy loamBa827515856k9sjwv62819801:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BASHER 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 .