Soil Data Explorer - BRAHAM

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BRAHAM soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BRAHAM, 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 BRAHAM 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
57	UMN1520	S1972MN1451520	Braham	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	45.7159348,-94.9126968
90B	UMN1072	S1965MN0031072	Braham	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	45.1459007,-93.0811462
90B	UMN1569	S1972MN1631569	Braham	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	45.2572784,-92.9287643

Water Balance

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

Geomorphic description summaries for the BRAHAM 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 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 BRAHAM, 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. MN-2010-09-10-12 | Sherburne County -

   Pattern of soils and parent material in the Nebish-Braham-Stonelake association (Soil Survey of Sherburne County, Minnesota).

Map Units

Map units containing BRAHAM 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
Braham loamy fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BtB	2104	395906	f8z5	mn003	1972	1:15840
Braham loamy fine sand, 6 to 18 percent slopes	BtC	593	395907	f8z6	mn003	1972	1:15840
Braham loamy fine sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes	C37C	77	729057	sgmz	mn009	2007	1:12000
Braham-Cutaway loamy sands, 2 to 12 percent slopes	C56C	5257	3247918	307cn	mn025	1990	1:15840
Braham loamy fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes	169B	969	396552	f9n0	mn025	1990	1:15840
Braham loamy fine sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes	169C	178	396553	f9n1	mn025	1990	1:15840
Braham loamy fine sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes	169B	4021	430433	gfwy	mn029	1993	1:20000
Braham loamy fine sand, 8 to 15 percent slopes	169C	1250	430434	gfwz	mn029	1993	1:20000
Braham loamy fine sand, 15 to 30 percent slopes	169E	103	430436	gfx1	mn029	1993	1:20000
Braham loamy fine sand, terrace, 2 to 5 percent slopes	D18B	155	451597	h4xn	mn053	2001	1:12000
Braham loamy fine sand, moderately wet, 2 to 6 percent slopes	1438B	1327	436545	gn83	mn057	1998	1:24000
Braham-Cutaway loamy sands, 2 to 12 percent slopes	C56C	2829	3247932	307cn	mn059	1956	1:20000
Braham loamy fine sand, 2 to 7 percent slopes	Nu	636	398379	fcjy	mn059	1956	1:20000
Braham loamy fine sand, 7 to 12 percent slopes	Np	117	398378	fcjx	mn059	1956	1:20000
Braham loamy fine sand, 12 to 18 percent slopes, moderately eroded	Nx	41	398376	fcjv	mn059	1956	1:20000
Braham loamy fine sand, 7 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded	Nd	14	398377	fcjw	mn059	1956	1:20000
Braham-Cutaway loamy sands, 2 to 12 percent slopes	C56C	4	3247945	307cn	mn065	2006	1:12000
Braham-Cutaway loamy sands, 2 to 12 percent slopes	C56C	2	3247948	307cn	mn095	2006	1:12000
Braham-Cutaway loamy sands, 2 to 12 percent slopes	C56C	649	3247961	307cn	mn115	2009	1:24000
Braham loamy fine sand, 6 to 15 percent slopes	169C	745	1677212	1t98m	mn123	1978	1:15840
Braham loamy fine sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes	169B	590	1677211	1t98l	mn123	1978	1:15840
Braham loamy fine sand, 3 to 6 percent slopes	169B	1846	431464	ggz6	mn141	1994	1:15840
Braham loamy fine sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes	169C	692	431465	ggz7	mn141	1994	1:15840
Braham loamy fine sand, 12 to 18 percent slopes	169D	171	431466	ggz8	mn141	1994	1:15840
Braham loamy sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes	169B	567	428506	gcws	mn153	1985	1:20000
Braham loamy fine sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes	169B	695	1677076	1t947	mn163	1978	1:15840
Braham-Cutaway loamy sands, 2 to 12 percent slopes	C56C	619	3247974	307cn	mn163	1978	1:15840
Braham loamy fine sand, 6 to 15 percent slopes	169C	231	1677077	1t948	mn163	1978	1:15840
Braham loamy fine sand, moderately wet, 2 to 5 percent slopes	1438B	417	435098	glrf	mn171	1998	1:12000
Braham loamy fine sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes	169C	121	433698	gk98	mn171	1998	1:12000
Braham-Cutaway loamy sands, 2 to 12 percent slopes	C56C	689	3247988	307cn	wi013	2004	1:12000
Braham-Cutaway loamy sands, 2 to 12 percent slopes	C56C	188	3248001	307cn	wi095	1978	1:15840
Braham-Shawano complex, 12 to 35 percent slopes	3082E	2	2487035	2pgyy	wi095	1978	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BRAHAM 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).