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 . 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
111A91P001690IN035007Belmore6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.101387,-85.5758362
111BAL-0971958-OH003-097Belmore2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.8807411,-84.0006027
111BAL-1041958-OH003-104Belmore2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.6674461,-83.9608612
111BWE85021985IN179002Belmore3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.7652361,-85.19165
99PD-0531955-OH125-053Belmore2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.9923058,-84.7883911
99VW-s101956-OH161-S10Belmore2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.8761902,-84.4773712
99WD-0821956-OH173-082Belmore3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.2009735,-83.5303879
99HN-0841964-OH069-084Belmore3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.2292519,-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.

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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 , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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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 .

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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 .

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

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with BELMORE 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 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 .

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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 .

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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 .

Block Diagrams

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  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 slopesBhB11051646645jbrin00319651:15840
Belmore loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesBhA5351646635jbqin00319651:15840
Belmore fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesBeB1081646625jbpin00319651:15840
Belmore silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesBdmA14541647685jg3in03519971:12000
Belmore silt loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes, erodedBdmB211931647695jg4in03519971:12000
Strawn-Belmore loams, 15 to 30 percent slopes, erodedSvsE24111649845jp2in03519971:12000
Belmore loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, erodedBdlC23611647675jg2in03519971:12000
Lybrand-Belmore loams, 30 to 50 percent slopesLteG2401648815jkrin03519971:12000
Strawn-Belmore loams, 30 to 50 percent slopesSvsG2111649855jp3in03519971:12000
Lybrand-Belmore loams, 15 to 30 percent slopesLteE1191648805jkqin03519971:12000
Belmore variant loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedBdA2901612435dsdin17919881:15840
Belmore loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesBmB6891684285n85oh03919811:15840
Belmore loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesBdB41721095s2xoh04319981:12000
Morley-Belmore complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes, erodedMsC25261689525nt2oh06519871:15840
Belmore loam, 12 to 18 percent slopesBeD116059611qx46oh07719881:15840
Belmore loam, till substratum, 2 to 6 percent slopesBeB8124454786gmoh12519931:12000
Belmore loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesBmB11561706095qjjoh13719711:20000
Belmore sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesBlB4561706075qjgoh13719711:20000
Belmore loam, 6 to 12 percent slopesBmC1921706105qjkoh13719711:20000
Belmore loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesBmA1241706085qjhoh13719711:20000
Belmore loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesBeB8541707155qmyoh13919711:15840
Belmore loam, 6 to 12 percent slopesBeC6331707165qmzoh13919711:15840
Belmore loam, 12 to 18 percent slopesBeD2691707175qn0oh13919711:15840
Belmore loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesBaB39371695495pfboh14319831:15840
Belmore loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesBdB20091699625pvnoh14719781:15840
Belmore-Morley complex, 18 to 50 percent slopes, erodedBfF28701699635pvpoh14719781:15840
Belmore loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesBmB8651680645mwfoh16119671:15840
Belmore loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesBmA1371680635mwdoh16119671:15840
Belmore sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesBlB991680625mwcoh16119671:15840
Belmore loam, 6 to 12 percent slopesBmC651680655mwgoh16119671:15840
Belmore sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopesBlB4611681265myfoh17119751:15840
Belmore sandy loam, 1 to 4 percent slopesBeB581682155n19oh17320001:12000
Belmore loam, 1 to 4 percent slopesBfB181682145n18oh17320001:12000
Belmore loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesBeB14441695935pgroh17519801:15840
Belmore loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesBeA8881695925pgqoh17519801:15840

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 .