Soil Data Explorer - BENSON

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BENSON soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BENSON, 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 BENSON 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
n/a	40A5415	S1956VT013002	Benson	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the BENSON 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 BENSON series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the BENSON 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 BENSON 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 BENSON share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the BENSON 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).

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the BENSON 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).

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 BENSON, 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. NY-2012-02-15-19 | Genesee County - March 1969

   A typical cross section of the Cazenovia-Ovid association, the Benson-Honeoye, moderately deep, association, and the Onondaga limestone escarpment (Soil Survey of Genesee County, New York; March 1969).

Map Units

Map units containing BENSON 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
Benson silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes	BeB	343	301808	b41r	me607	1960	1:20000
Benson silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	BeC	324	301809	b41s	me607	1960	1:20000
Benson silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	BeD	173	301810	b41t	me607	1960	1:20000
Aurora, Farmington, and Benson very rocky soils, 20 to 70 percent slopes	AzF	3163	289366	9q3d	ny011	1968	1:15840
Benson loam, 1 to 8 percent slopes	BeB	809	289368	9q3g	ny011	1968	1:15840
Benson very rocky loam, 2 to 20 percent slopes	BkD	322	289370	9q3j	ny011	1968	1:15840
Benson loam, 8 to 14 percent slopes	BeC	213	289369	9q3h	ny011	1968	1:15840
Gardenisle-Benson complex, strongly sloping, rocky	GfC	1934	290159	9qxz	ny019	1995	1:24000
Benson loam, strongly sloping, very rocky	BhC	1160	290112	9qwg	ny019	1995	1:24000
Benson loam, steep, very rocky	BhE	177	290113	9qwh	ny019	1995	1:24000
Benson very channery loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	BfA	1828	290749	9rk0	ny029	1979	1:15840
Benson very channery loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	BfB	505	290750	9rk1	ny029	1979	1:15840
Benson-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	BhB	352	290752	9rk3	ny029	1979	1:15840
Urban land-Benson complex, 3 to 6 percent slopes	UeB	210	290910	9rq6	ny029	1979	1:15840
Benson very channery loam, very rocky, 8 to 15 percent slopes	BgC	200	290751	9rk2	ny029	1979	1:15840
Benson soils, 0 to 8 percent slopes	BeB	4750	301673	b3xd	ny037	2004	1:24000
Benson soils, 8 to 25 percent slopes	BeD	722	301674	b3xf	ny037	2004	1:24000
Benson soils, 25 to 40 percent slopes	BeE	366	301675	b3xg	ny037	2004	1:24000
Benson-Galoo complex, very rocky, 0 to 8 percent slopes	BgB	31192	291770	9sly	ny045	1981	1:15840
Benson channery silt loam, very rocky, 25 to 50 percent slopes	BfF	4018	291769	9slx	ny045	1981	1:15840
Benson loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very rocky	210B	2976	3105770	2ywkv	ny051	2019	1:24000
Benson channery loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes	BcB	2048	292669	9tjy	ny055	1967	1:15840
Benson silt loam, undulating	BeB	4083	293533	9vft	ny067	1973	1:20000
Benson-Wassaic-Rock outcrop association, sloping	BNC	3126	293530	9vfq	ny067	1973	1:20000
Benson-Wassaic-Rock outcrop association, very steep	BNF	1416	293531	9vfr	ny067	1973	1:20000
Benson silt loam, rolling	BeC	357	293534	9vfv	ny067	1973	1:20000
Wassaic-Benson silt loams, moderately steep	WDD	289	293665	9vl2	ny067	1973	1:20000
Benson-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes	BeC	6000	296278	9y9c	pa089	1975	1:20000
Benson-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 70 percent slopes	BeF	5680	296279	9y9d	pa089	1975	1:20000
Benson-Rock outcrop complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	BeB	1772	296277	9y9b	pa089	1975	1:20000
Benson rocky silt loam, over shaly limestone, 3 to 8 percent slopes	BeB	5265	279234	9ckk	vt013	1956	1:20000
Benson rocky silt loam, over shaly limestone, 8 to 15 percent slopes	BeC	2904	279235	9ckl	vt013	1956	1:20000
Benson very rocky loam, over massive limestone, 3 to 8 percent slopes	BdB	1397	279229	9ckd	vt013	1956	1:20000
Benson rocky silt loam, over shaly limestone, 15 to 25 percent slopes	BeD	1001	279236	9ckm	vt013	1956	1:20000
Benson very rocky loam, over massive limestone, 8 to 15 percent slopes	BdC	599	279230	9ckf	vt013	1956	1:20000
Benson rocky loam, over massive limestone, 3 to 8 percent slopes	BcB	530	279226	9ck9	vt013	1956	1:20000
Benson rocky silt loam, over shaly limestone, 0 to 3 percent slopes	BeA	166	279233	9ckj	vt013	1956	1:20000
Benson very rocky loam, over massive limestone, 15 to 25 percent slopes	BdD	130	279231	9ckg	vt013	1956	1:20000
Benson rocky loam, over massive limestone, 8 to 15 percent slopes	BcC	101	279227	9ckb	vt013	1956	1:20000
Benson rocky silt loam, over shaly limestone, 25 to 35 percent slopes	BeE	87	279237	9ckn	vt013	1956	1:20000
Benson very rocky silt loam, over shaly limestone, 8 to 15 percent slopes	BfC	83	279240	9ckr	vt013	1956	1:20000
Benson rocky silt loam, over shaly limestone, 35 to 50 percent slopes	BeF	80	279238	9ckp	vt013	1956	1:20000
Benson very rocky loam, over massive limestone, 25 to 35 percent slopes	BdE	65	279232	9ckh	vt013	1956	1:20000
Benson very rocky silt loam, over shaly limestone, 3 to 8 percent slopes	BfB	29	279239	9ckq	vt013	1956	1:20000
Benson very rocky silt loam, over shaly limestone, 15 to 25 percent slopes	BfD	27	279241	9cks	vt013	1956	1:20000
Benson rocky loam, over massive limestone, 0 to 3 percent slopes	BcA	26	279225	9ck8	vt013	1956	1:20000
Benson very rocky loam, over massive limestone, 0 to 3 percent slopes	BdA	22	279228	9ckc	vt013	1956	1:20000
Benson very rocky silt loam, over shaly limestone, 25 to 50 percent slopes	BfE	15	279242	9ckt	vt013	1956	1:20000
Benson very channery loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	140D	487	282181	9gmm	vt021	1985	1:20000
Benson very channery loam, 25 to 50 percent slopes	140E	330	282182	9gmn	vt021	1985	1:20000
Benson very channery loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes	140C	259	282180	9gml	vt021	1985	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BENSON 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).