Soil Data Explorer - BELMORE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BELMORE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BELMORE, 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 BELMORE 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
111A	91P0016	90IN035007	Belmore	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.101387,-85.5758362
111B	AL-097	1958-OH003-097	Belmore	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.8807411,-84.0006027
111B	AL-104	1958-OH003-104	Belmore	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.6674461,-83.9608612
111B	WE8502	1985IN179002	Belmore	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.7652361,-85.19165
99	PD-053	1955-OH125-053	Belmore	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.9923058,-84.7883911
99	VW-s10	1956-OH161-S10	Belmore	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.8761902,-84.4773712
99	WD-082	1956-OH173-082	Belmore	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.2009735,-83.5303879
99	HN-084	1964-OH069-084	Belmore	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.2292519,-84.2272186

Water Balance

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

Select annual climate data summaries for the BELMORE 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 BELMORE 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 BELMORE 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 BELMORE 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 BELMORE 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).

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with BELMORE, 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. OH-2012-02-16-06 | Allen County - August 1965

   A schematic drawing that shows the relief and relationship of the Belmore, Haney, Digby, and Millgrove soils (Soil Survey of Allen County, Ohio; August 1965).

Map Units

Map units containing BELMORE 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
Belmore loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BhB	1105	164664	5jbr	in003	1965	1:15840
Belmore loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	BhA	535	164663	5jbq	in003	1965	1:15840
Belmore fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BeB	108	164662	5jbp	in003	1965	1:15840
Belmore silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	BdmA	1454	164768	5jg3	in035	1997	1:12000
Belmore silt loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes, eroded	BdmB2	1193	164769	5jg4	in035	1997	1:12000
Strawn-Belmore loams, 15 to 30 percent slopes, eroded	SvsE2	411	164984	5jp2	in035	1997	1:12000
Belmore loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	BdlC2	361	164767	5jg2	in035	1997	1:12000
Lybrand-Belmore loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	LteG	240	164881	5jkr	in035	1997	1:12000
Strawn-Belmore loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	SvsG	211	164985	5jp3	in035	1997	1:12000
Lybrand-Belmore loams, 15 to 30 percent slopes	LteE	119	164880	5jkq	in035	1997	1:12000
Belmore variant loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded	BdA	290	161243	5dsd	in179	1988	1:15840
Belmore loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BmB	689	168428	5n85	oh039	1981	1:15840
Belmore loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BdB	4	172109	5s2x	oh043	1998	1:12000
Morley-Belmore complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	MsC2	526	168952	5nt2	oh065	1987	1:15840
Belmore loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes	BeD	1	1605961	1qx46	oh077	1988	1:15840
Belmore loam, till substratum, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BeB	81	244547	86gm	oh125	1993	1:12000
Belmore loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BmB	1156	170609	5qjj	oh137	1971	1:20000
Belmore sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BlB	456	170607	5qjg	oh137	1971	1:20000
Belmore loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	BmC	192	170610	5qjk	oh137	1971	1:20000
Belmore loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	BmA	124	170608	5qjh	oh137	1971	1:20000
Belmore loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BeB	854	170715	5qmy	oh139	1971	1:15840
Belmore loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	BeC	633	170716	5qmz	oh139	1971	1:15840
Belmore loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes	BeD	269	170717	5qn0	oh139	1971	1:15840
Belmore loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BaB	3937	169549	5pfb	oh143	1983	1:15840
Belmore loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BdB	2009	169962	5pvn	oh147	1978	1:15840
Belmore-Morley complex, 18 to 50 percent slopes, eroded	BfF2	870	169963	5pvp	oh147	1978	1:15840
Belmore loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BmB	865	168064	5mwf	oh161	1967	1:15840
Belmore loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	BmA	137	168063	5mwd	oh161	1967	1:15840
Belmore sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BlB	99	168062	5mwc	oh161	1967	1:15840
Belmore loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	BmC	65	168065	5mwg	oh161	1967	1:15840
Belmore sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	BlB	461	168126	5myf	oh171	1975	1:15840
Belmore sandy loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes	BeB	58	168215	5n19	oh173	2000	1:12000
Belmore loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes	BfB	18	168214	5n18	oh173	2000	1:12000
Belmore loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BeB	1444	169593	5pgr	oh175	1980	1:15840
Belmore loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	BeA	888	169592	5pgq	oh175	1980	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BELMORE 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).