Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BROOKINGS soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BROOKINGS, 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 BROOKINGS 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
102A40A2411S1957SD029001Brookings3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.8327599,-97.1192398
102A95P0214S1994SD011009Brookings7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.4158325,-96.7275009

Water Balance

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

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

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with BROOKINGS 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 BROOKINGS 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 BROOKINGS 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 hills figure.

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

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

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with BROOKINGS, 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. SD-2010-11-01-02 | Brookings County - 2004

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Kranzburg-Brookings association (Soil Survey of Brookings County, South Dakota; 2004).

  2. SD-2010-11-01-09 | Hamlin County - 2003

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Kranzburg-Brookings association (Soil Survey of Hamlin County, South Dakota; 2003).

  3. SD-2012-03-15-02 | Codington County - December 1966

    Diagram showing the relative position of the major soils in association 3 (Soil Survey of Codington County, SD; 1966).

  4. SD-2012-03-15-17 | Day County - August 1997

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Harmony-Aberdee-Nahon and Kranzburg-Brookings associations (Soil Survey of Day County, SD; 1997).

  5. SD-2012-03-15-27 | Deuel County - November 1997

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Kranzburg-Brookings association (Soil Survey of Deuel County, SD; 1997).

  6. SD-2012-03-15-81 | Minnehaha County - June 1964

    Block diagram showing the geographical association of the soils in association 9. Here, the soils formed in loess and till (Soil Survey of Minnehaha County, SD; 1964).

  7. SD-2012-03-15-84 | Moody County - April 1989

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the Kranzburg-Houdek association (Soil Survey of Moody County, SD; 1989).

Map Units

Map units containing BROOKINGS 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
Kranzburg-Brookings silty clay loams, 1 to 6 percent slopesJ90B179169914392wkp4mn08120071:12000
Brookings silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesJ71A68959914322wkp5mn08120071:12000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 1 to 6 percent slopesJ79B11869914422wkpxmn08120071:12000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 1 to 6 percent slopesJ79B39789889052wkpxmn10120081:12000
Kranzburg-Brookings silty clay loams, 1 to 6 percent slopesJ90B119476822wkp4mn10120081:12000
Kranzburg-Brookings silty clay loams, 1 to 6 percent slopesJ90B545087803222wkp4mn11720051:12000
Brookings silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesJ71A462117802652wkp5mn11720051:12000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 1 to 6 percent slopesJ79B37897806682wkpxmn11720051:12000
Kranzburg-Brookings silty clay loams, 1 to 6 percent slopesKrB297034187682wkp4sd01119951:24000
Kranzburg-Brookings silty clay loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesKrA203784187672wkp2sd01119951:24000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 1 to 6 percent slopesVbB129084188182wkpxsd01119951:24000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 0 to 2 percent slopesVbA96864188172wkpwsd01119951:24000
Brookings silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesBf35564187242wkp5sd01119951:24000
Kranzburg-Brookings silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesG790A868127978202sd5qsd01319871:20000
Kranzburg-Brookings-Buse complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesG792B272127978222sd5xsd01319871:20000
Kranzburg-Brookings silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopesG790B40427978212sd5rsd01319871:20000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 1 to 6 percent slopesZ192B2810527652462wkpxsd02920061:12000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 0 to 2 percent slopesZ192A1932127652452wkpwsd02920061:12000
Kranzburg-Brookings silty clay loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesJ143A1646316844362wkp2sd02920061:12000
Kranzburg-Brookings silty clay loams, 1 to 6 percent slopesJ143B823316844382wkp4sd02920061:12000
Brookings silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesZ190A237427652442wkp5sd02920061:12000
Kranzburg-Brookings silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesG790A3215127985262sd5qsd03719921:20000
Kranzburg-Brookings-Buse complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesG792B1185327985282sd5xsd03719921:20000
Kranzburg-Brookings silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopesG790B306127985272sd5rsd03719921:20000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 1 to 6 percent slopesVoB20824171422wkpxsd03719921:20000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 0 to 2 percent slopesVoA5104171412wkpwsd03719921:20000
Kranzburg-Brookings-Buse complex, 1 to 6 percent slopesKrB56417092g00lsd03719921:20000
Kranzburg-Brookings silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesKs37417093g00msd03719921:20000
Kranzburg-Brookings silty clay loams, 1 to 6 percent slopesKrB345814168672wkp4sd03919921:20000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 1 to 6 percent slopesVtB225474169112wkpxsd03919921:20000
Kranzburg-Brookings silty clay loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesKrA151854168662wkp2sd03919921:20000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 0 to 2 percent slopesVrA74374169102wkpwsd03919921:20000
Brookings silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesBr15714168392wkp5sd03919921:20000
Kranzburg-Brookings silty clay loams, 2 to 9 percent slopesKrC1276416868fzscsd03919921:20000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 1 to 6 percent slopesZ192B1351527129022wkpxsd05119771:20000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 0 to 2 percent slopesZ192A1002727129012wkpwsd05119771:20000
Brookings silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesZ190A60227129002wkp5sd05119771:20000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 1 to 6 percent slopesVbB175314173192wkpxsd05719921:20000
Kranzburg-Brookings silty clay loams, 1 to 6 percent slopesKrB61154172832wkp4sd05719921:20000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 0 to 2 percent slopesVbA50744173182wkpwsd05719921:20000
Kranzburg-Brookings silty clay loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesKrA19414172822wkp2sd05719921:20000
Brookings silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesBs5594172552wkp5sd05719921:20000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 1 to 6 percent slopesVbB22044175212wkpxsd07719921:20000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 0 to 2 percent slopesVbA8344175202wkpwsd07719921:20000
Kranzburg-Brookings silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesG790A1284127993742sd5qsd09119701:20000
Kranzburg-Brookings silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopesG790B849427993752sd5rsd09119701:20000
Kranzburg-Brookings-Buse complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesG792B152527993802sd5xsd09119701:20000
Kranzburg-Brookings silty clay loams, 1 to 6 percent slopesKaB183134183402wkp4sd10119851:20000
Kranzburg-Brookings silty clay loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesKbA30204183412wkp2sd10119851:20000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 1 to 6 percent slopesZ192B868327127972wkpxsd10919771:20000
Vienna-Brookings complex, 0 to 2 percent slopesZ192A297827127962wkpwsd10919771:20000
Kranzburg-Brookings silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesG790A688828000342sd5qsd11519971:24000
Kranzburg-Brookings-Buse complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesG792B555728000362sd5xsd11519971:24000
Kranzburg-Brookings silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopesG790B31428000352sd5rsd11519971:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BROOKINGS 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 .