Soil Data Explorer - BESEMAN

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BESEMAN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BESEMAN, 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 BESEMAN 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
88	UMN2863	S1978MN1372863	Beseman	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	47.4552155,-92.7595901
90A	40A1623	74WI067001	Beseman	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	45.3394432,-89.1630554

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with BESEMAN 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 BESEMAN 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 BESEMAN 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 BESEMAN, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing BESEMAN 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
Loxley and Beseman soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	418	7930	1456109	1kw68	mi053	2007	1:24000
Beseman and Greenwood soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	380	839	1456081	1kw5c	mi053	2007	1:24000
Loxley and Beseman soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	418	23055	2452461	2n9zn	mi071	1992	1:20000
Beseman and Greenwood soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	8380	1642	1674945	1t6xh	mi131	2007	1:24000
Loxley and Beseman soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	8418	96	1674949	1t6xm	mi131	2007	1:24000
Greenwood and Beseman soils, 0 to 3 percent slopes	38	489	1718011	1vnqq	mi606		1:12000
Beseman muck	531	3372	432926	gjhc	mn001	1996	1:20000
Beseman muck	531	18475	396373	f9g7	mn017	1973	1:20000
Loxley and Beseman soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	C37	10713	3314092	308xh	mn115	2009	1:24000
Beseman and Merwin soils, suomi catena, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B255A	119	2494025	2dv5q	mn613	2016	1:24000
Beseman and Merwin soils, suomi catena, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B255A	10658	2943809	2dv5q	mn625	2015	1:24000
Beseman and Merwin soils, nebish catena, 0 to 1 percent slopes	A40A	3221	2943784	2dv4s	mn625	2015	1:24000
Beseman-Rumney-Loxley complex	17	2260	290061	9qtt	ny019	1995	1:24000
Beseman mucky peat	Bo	1236	290114	9qwj	ny019	1995	1:24000
Loxley-Beseman complex	15	753	290060	9qts	ny019	1995	1:24000
Beseman mucky peat	Bo	19	2679445	9qwj	ny033	2018	1:24000
Beseman-Rumney-Loxley complex	17	12	2521635	9qtt	ny033	2018	1:24000
Loxley and Beseman mucks, 0 to 1 percent slopes	LoA	1981	293179	9v2d	ny083	1980	1:15840
Loxley and Beseman soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	414A	24854	1542699	1ns9h	wi003	2006	1:12000
Haplosaprists, Peats and Mucks, 0 to 1 percent slopes	9155A	5805	1444563	1kh5t	wi003	2006	1:12000
Loxley, Beseman, and Dawson peats, 0 to 1 percent slopes	3403A	1937	1700372	3110s	wi003	2006	1:12000
Beseman peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes	Be	806	431279	ggs7	wi005	1993	1:20000
Loxley, Beseman, and Dawson peats, 0 to 1 percent slopes	3403A	10782	1383580	3110s	wi007	2005	1:12000
Haplosaprists, Peats and Mucks, 0 to 1 percent slopes	9155A	7070	1383955	1hg3q	wi007	2005	1:12000
Loxley, Beseman, and Dawson peats, 0 to 1 percent slopes	3403A	1001	448354	3110s	wi013	2004	1:12000
Loxley and Beseman soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	C37	183	3314107	308xh	wi013	2004	1:12000
Greenwood and Beseman soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	484A	101	656104	q0qn	wi013	2004	1:12000
Beseman muck, 0 to 1 percent slopes	Be	9355	421494	g4ll	wi017	1985	1:15840
Loxley, Beseman, and Dawson peats 0 to 1 percent slopes	Lm	5537	431882	ghdp	wi019	1994	1:20000
Loxley, Beseman, and Dawson peats, 0 to 1 percent slopes	3403A	25659	781218	3110s	wi031	2005	1:12000
Loxley and Beseman soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	C37	3211	3314119	308xh	wi031	2005	1:12000
Loxley, Beseman, and Dawson peats, 0 to 1 percent slopes	3403A	4342	430012	3110s	wi037	1995	1:12000
Loxley, Beseman, and Dawson peats, 0 to 1 percent slopes	3403A	29404	429843	3110s	wi041	1995	1:12000
Loxley, Beseman, and Dawson peats, 0 to 1 percent slopes	3403A	875	782086	3110s	wi051	2006	1:12000
Haplosaprists, Peats, and Mucks, 0 to 1 percent slopes	9155A	732	1701264	1v39h	wi051	2006	1:12000
Loxley and Beseman soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	414A	368	782093	v7tt	wi051	2006	1:12000
Loxley, Beseman, and Dawson peats, 0 to 1 percent slopes	3403A	11736	421059	3110s	wi067	1983	1:20000
Loxley, Beseman, and Dawson peats, 0 to 1 percent slopes	3403A	14165	431625	3110s	wi069	1993	1:20000
Loxley, Beseman, and Dawson peats, 0 to 1 percent slopes	3403A	1259	422409	3110s	wi075	1987	1:20000
Loxley, Beseman, and Dawson peats, 0 to 1 percent slopes	3403A	12553	421089	3110s	wi085	1988	1:20000
Haplosaprists, Peats, and Mucks, 0 to 1 percent slopes	9155A	31085	1395735	1hvcq	wi099	2006	1:12000
Loxley and Beseman soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	414A	30665	627375	p1tx	wi099	2006	1:12000
Loxley, Beseman, and Dawson peats, 0 to 1 percent slopes	3403A	16279	1483052	3110s	wi099	2006	1:12000
Loxley and Beseman soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	414A	10693	625152	nzj6	wi107	2006	1:12000
Loxley and Beseman soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	414A	37017	625400	nzs6	wi113	2006	1:12000
Loxley, Beseman, and Dawson peats, 0 to 1 percent slopes	3403A	14121	1672284	3110s	wi113	2006	1:12000
Haplosaprists, Peats, and Mucks, 0 to 1 percent slopes	9155A	10267	1386103	1hjc0	wi113	2006	1:12000
Loxley and Beseman soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	414A	13329	435141	glst	wi119	2002	1:12000
Loxley, Beseman, and Dawson peats, 0 to 1 percent slopes	3403A	3017	421251	3110s	wi125	1985	1:20000
Loxley, Beseman, and Dawson peats, 0 to 1 percent slopes	3403A	6338	635990	3110s	wi129	2002	1:12000
Greenwood and Beseman soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes	484A	2027	635995	pbsz	wi129	2002	1:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BESEMAN 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).