Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BREMS soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BREMS, 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 BREMS 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
111CWH75121975IN181012Brems2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.7327111,-86.9042194
111CBE81301981IN007030Brems2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.7081611,-87.1799556
98MS72071972IN099007Brems2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.172375,-86.4577167
98LG76021976IN087002Brems2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.6801111,-85.2607806
98LP76031976IN091003Brems2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.380525,-86.8148417
98PR76111976IN127011Brems2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.2519139,-86.9961306
98JR78041978IN073004Brems2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.1862833,-87.1125806
98FU80121980IN049012Brems2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.0710917,-86.3470694
98S79MI-81-1S1979MI081001Brems6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.2651389,-85.6922222
9896P0068S1995IN073005Brems6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.1525002,-86.9830551

Water Balance

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

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There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with BREMS, 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. IN-2010-09-02-02 | Pulaski County - 2003

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Oakville-Denham-Brems association (Soil Survey of Pulaski County, Indiana; 2003).

  2. IN-2010-09-02-03 | Pulaski County - 2003

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Maumee-Morocco-Newton association (Soil Survey of Pulaski County, Indiana; 2003).

  3. IN-2010-09-02-07 | Pulaski County - 2003

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Whitepost-Headlee-Whiskerville association (Soil Survey of Pulaski County, Indiana; 2003).

  4. IN-2010-09-02-10 | Pulaski County - 2003

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Maumee-Goodell-Budd association (Soil Survey of Pulaski County, Indiana; 2003).

  5. IN-2010-09-24-01 | Elkhart County -

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Tyner-Osolo-Brems association (Soil Survey of Elkhart County, Indiana).

  6. IN-2010-09-27-01 | St. Joseph County -

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Tyner-Osolo-Brems association (Soil Survey of St. Joseph County, Indiana).

  7. IN-2010-09-27-02 | St. Joseph County -

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Gilford-Morocco-Maumee association (Soil Survey of St. Joseph County, Indiana).

  8. IN-2012-01-20-19 | White County - February 1982

    Typical pattern of soils, topography, and underlying material in the Gilford-Seafield map unit (Soil Survey of White County, Indiana; 1982).

Map Units

Map units containing BREMS 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
Brems loamy fine sand, moderately fine substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopesBkA1091646652yc4yin00319651:15840
Urban land-Brems, moderately fine substratum, complex, 0 to 2 percent slopesUdlA3134045383128lin00319651:15840
Brems variant fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesBmA1691645345j6kin00719851:15840
Brems loamy sand, 0 to 1 percent slopesBteA33601653225k0zin03919971:12000
Selfridge-Brems complex, 1 to 4 percent slopesSdzaB6221654695k5qin03919971:12000
Urban land-Brems complex, 0 to 1 percent slopesUdoA1091655005k6qin03919971:12000
Brems loamy sand, 1 to 4 percent slopesBteB751653235k10in03919971:12000
Brems loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesBtA15811625625g4yin04919841:15840
Brems loamy sand, 1 to 3 percent slopesBeB163041613455dwpin07319851:15840
Brems sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesBtA46327259394nbin08719781:20000
Brems fine sand, 0 to 4 percent slopesBsB154927244894hnin08919671:15840
Brems fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesBtA902427264994q4in09119791:15840
Brems-Morocco loamy sands, 0 to 1 percent slopesBsxA538124819322p9nbin09919781:15840
Urban land-Brems-Morocco complex, 0 to 1 percent slopesUewA4924855152pfcxin09919781:15840
Brems loamy sand, 0 to 1 percent slopesBteA4524957112qnf7in09919781:15840
Selfridge-Brems loamy sands, 1 to 4 percent slopesSdzaB124957042qnfcin09919781:15840
Brems loamy sand, 1 to 3 percent slopesBmB92271635175h4rin11119901:15840
Brems sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesBtA33441606385d4win12719781:15840
Urban land-Brems complexUd9251606955d6qin12719781:15840
Brems-Morocco loamy fine sands, 0 to 1 percent slopesBswA1814918500066hrin13120011:12000
Brems loamy fine sand, 1 to 4 percent slopesBstB300118492566fbin13120011:12000
Brems loamy fine sand, 0 to 1 percent slopesBstA160618492466f9in13120011:12000
Selfridge-Brems loamy fine sands, 1 to 4 percent slopesSdzcB46018499066hfin13120011:12000
Urban land-Brems-Morocco complex, 0 to 1 percent slopesUewA1114612264nk3gin14120011:12000
Brems-Morocco loamy sands, 0 to 1 percent slopesBsxA712612129njz3in14120011:12000
Brems loamy sand, 0 to 1 percent slopesBteA1962022866shcin14120011:12000
Selfridge-Brems loamy sands, 1 to 4 percent slopesSdzaB124612342nk5zin14120011:12000
Brems sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesBeA189461626075g6din14919801:15840
Brems loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopesBtA3271601875cpbin15119791:20000
Brems loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopesBmA79341618395fdmin18119791:20000
Brems sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes59A157318611567nqmi01519881:15840
Brems loamy sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes37B120618693068j0mi02719881:15840
Morocco-Brems sands, 0 to 3 percent slopesMrcaaA6626894412rfgtmi05719751:12000
Morocco-Brems sands, 0 to 3 percent slopesMrcaaA126894502rfgtmi08119841:15840
Brems loamy sand, dense substratum, 0 to 4 percent slopesBrmubB6830152382whtfmi09919671:20000
Brems-Urban land complex, 0 to 4 percent slopesBrmuaB130152372tx6smi09919671:20000
Morocco-Brems sands, 0 to 3 percent slopesMrcaaA926894542rfgtmi10719821:15840
Morocco-Brems sands, 0 to 3 percent slopesMrcaaA101426894762rfgtmi11719561:20000
Coloma-Brems-Fern complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesClmaaB266627632492tpkbmi12119661:15840
Coloma-Brems-Metea complex, 6 to 12 percent slopesClmaaC44827632502tpkcmi12119661:15840
Brems sand, 0 to 4 percent slopes94B24272186519682rmi12319901:15840
Brems-Urban land complex, 0 to 4 percent slopesBrmuaB101030152622tx6smi12519801:15840
Livonia-Urban land-Brems, loamy substratum complex, 0 to 4 percent slopesLvnucB8930152712v13zmi12519801:15840
Brems-Urban land complex, dense substratum, 0 to 4 percent slopesBrmubB230152632tx6vmi12519801:15840
Brems-Spinks complex, 0 to 2 percent slopesBrmaaA137127632572tpkdmi13919671:15840
Brems sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes17A792718630167vqmi15919841:15840
Urban land-Brems complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes65B66518634467x3mi15919841:15840
Brems-Urban land complex, 0 to 4 percent slopesBrmuaB488430151242tx6smi16319741:12000
Brems-Urban land complex, dense substratum, 0 to 4 percent slopesBrmubB478130151262tx6vmi16319741:12000
Brems-Urban land complex, loamy substratum, 0 to 4 percent slopesBrmucB312730151152tx6pmi16319741:12000
Livonia-Urban land-Brems, loamy substratum complex, 0 to 4 percent slopesLvnucB180930151602v13zmi16319741:12000
Brems sand, 0 to 4 percent slopesBrmacB13830151852whtcmi16319741:12000
Brems loamy sand, loamy substratum, 0 to 4 percent slopesBrmhcB11530151882whtgmi16319741:12000
Brems loamy sand, dense substratum, 0 to 4 percent slopesBrmhbB7330151872whtfmi16319741:12000
Brems loamy sand, 0 to 4 percent slopesBrmhaB6530151862whtdmi16319741:12000
Livonia-Brems, loamy substratum complex, 0 to 4 percent slopesLvnhcB6130152052whv0mi16319741:12000
Brems sand, dense substratum, 0 to 4 percent slopesBrmabB2030151522tx89mi16319741:12000
Brems loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesBrA84422926g62swi00119781:20000
Brems loamy sandBrA497753469t91gwi02519721:15840
Brems loamy fine sand, 0 to 6 percent slopesBrB90124236672xzpjwi04719741:20000
Brems loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesBrA2049423132g69fwi11119771:15840
Brems loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesBrmA99334227362xzpgwi13519821:15840
Brems loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesBrmA80824239802xzpgwi13719861:20000
Brems fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesBrB19224227682xzphwi13919771:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BREMS 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 .