Soil Data Explorer - BENONA

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BENONA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BENONA, 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 BENONA 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
98	07N0385	F2006MI121008	Benona	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.4463611,-86.2296111
98	10N0106	S09MI123003	Benona	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.310833,-86.0166397
98	10N0107	S09MI139001	Benona	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.8756104,-86.1836929

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with BENONA 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 BENONA 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 BENONA 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 BENONA, 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. MI-2012-02-06-46 | Oceana County - April 1996

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Benona-Spinks-Grattan association (Soil Survey of Oceana County, Michigan; April 1996).

Map Units

Map units containing BENONA 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
Benona sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes	64B	880	192590	6gdl	mi105	1992	1:15840
Benona sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes	64C	337	192591	6gdm	mi105	1992	1:15840
Benona sand, 12 to 18 percent slopes	64D	199	192592	6gdn	mi105	1992	1:15840
Benona sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes	59B	29870	189064	6bqv	mi127	1992	1:15840
Benona sand, 6 to 18 percent slopes	59C	14450	189065	6bqw	mi127	1992	1:15840
Spinks-Benona complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes	45C	11906	189041	6bq3	mi127	1992	1:15840
Spinks-Benona complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	45B	10026	189040	6bq2	mi127	1992	1:15840
Spinks-Benona complex, 12 to 18 percent slopes, lake moderated	107D	4916	3223690	2zdhz	mi127	1992	1:15840
Benona sand, 18 to 35 percent slopes	59E	3884	189066	6bqx	mi127	1992	1:15840
Benona sand, deep banded, 0 to 6 percent slopes	56B	3334	189058	6bqn	mi127	1992	1:15840
Spinks-Benona complex, 18 to 35 percent slopes, lake moderated	107E	2111	3223691	2zdj0	mi127	1992	1:15840
Spinks-Benona complex, 12 to 18 percent slopes	45D	1142	189042	6bq4	mi127	1992	1:15840
Benona sand, deep banded, 6 to 18 percent slopes	56C	987	189059	6bqp	mi127	1992	1:15840
Benona sand, deep banded, 18 to 35 percent slopes	56E	584	189060	6bqq	mi127	1992	1:15840
Spinks-Benona complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes	45F	224	189044	6bq6	mi127	1992	1:15840
Spinks-Benona complex, 18 to 35 percent slopes	45E	167	189043	6bq5	mi127	1992	1:15840
Benona sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes	64B	19419	193277	6h3r	mi614	2005	1:12000
Benona sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes	64C	8010	193278	6h3s	mi614	2005	1:12000
Benona sand, 18 to 35 percent slopes	64E	5709	193351	6h64	mi614	2005	1:12000
Benona sand, 12 to 18 percent slopes	64D	4595	193279	6h3t	mi614	2005	1:12000
Benona sand, 35 to 70 percent slopes	64F	853	193423	6h8g	mi614	2005	1:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BENONA 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).