Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BLADEN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BLADEN, 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 BLADEN 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
152AS23_0201989-FL045-S23_020Bladen3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties30.1834259,-85.15728
153A05N045604GA179001Bladen7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties31.7534714,-81.5328903
153A80P038980SC089010Bladen5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties33.412365,-79.6436615
153A85P016184GA039001Bladen7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties31.0983111,-81.736525
153A85P016384GA179001Bladen7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties31.755188,-81.5373383
153A40A5120S1955GA179001BLADEN4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties31.8496304,-81.47789
153A40A0236S1955GA179002BLADEN4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties31.8807411,-81.42733
153A40A5123S1958GA191009BLADEN6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties31.5657501,-81.5139999
153B40A5122S1958GA191007BLADEN6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties31.5332508,-81.4140015

Water Balance

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

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 BLADEN, 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. FL-2012-04-26-27 | Washington County - May 1965

    Geologic formations of Washington County and the position of most soil series (Soil Survey of Washington County, Florida; May 1965).

Map Units

Map units containing BLADEN 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
Bladen fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesBbA4490328262c0l3al00520011:24000
Bladen fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedBdA230600713n52val00520011:24000
Bladen fine sandy loam411200328675c10fal03119761:20000
Wahee-Bladen complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedWbA8690331335c3s7al11319971:24000
Bladen fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally floodedBdA2950331339c3scal11319971:24000
Bladen loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, pondedBeA2600331366c3t7al11319971:24000
Bladen loam, rarely flooded6643314810441lq4mfl01319971:20000
Bladen fine sandy loam5485314727261lfh9fl04519971:24000
Rains and Bladen soils515920322739bttyfl07720041:24000
Bladen-Dunbar complex, occasionally flooded7133023984612lhsqfl13320091:12000
Bladen and Rains soils and swampBrs27780324519bwpcga03119651:20000
Bladen fine sandy loamBlA800324518bwpbga03119651:20000
Dunbar, Izagora, and Bladen soilsDib5295324623bwsqga09519651:20000
Bladen loamBiA4125324617bwsjga09519651:20000
Dunbar-Izagora-Bladen complexDob1885324624bwsrga09519651:20000
Bladen fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesBdA488017010881v33tga10320071:24000
Bladen fine sandy loamBd1515324750bwxtga10719931:20000
Bladen fine sandy loamBls3695324791bwz4ga16519661:20000
Bladen-Coxville fine sandy loamsBkA1451512462345p3ga19119601:20000
Bladen loam and clay loamBjA1332512462245p2ga19119601:20000
Bladen fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally floodedBdA1943025802451vrx9ga25120111:24000
Bladen-Coxville (bladen)-Weston (rains) complexBkA1951250634649ga30519621:20000
Bladen loam and clay loamBjA1951250624648ga30519621:20000
Bladen loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally floodedBdA1802026867752rz8wga61120121:24000
Bladen loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally floodedBk716481254052t1p6ga61619771:20000
Bladen fine sandy loamBk14230325516bxqjga61719761:20000
Bladen fine sandy loamBd1987612579446wwga64419801:20000
Pooler-Bladen complexPr1089912582346xtga64419801:20000
Bladen loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesBnA500331159263wmknc07319901:24000
Bladen fine sandy loamBd224451143143tyknc14719691:15840
Bladen fine sandy loamBd204531324124fscsc01319751:20000
Bladen fine sandy loam13324581322554fm9sc02919801:20000
Bladen loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes13512706395732sxr2sc04319801:20000
Bladen fine sandy loamBd336121301354cdxsc05119831:20000
Bladen fine sandy loamBd193001325324fx7sc05319751:20000
Bladen silt loamBt16311973240lbva13319601:20000
Bladen loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesBd518212048541cmva17919701:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BLADEN 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 .