Soil Data Explorer - BURTON

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BURTON soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BURTON, 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 BURTON were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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
130B	88P0965	88NC199017	Burton	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	35.7541656,-82.2733307
130B	92P0087	91NC021007	Burton	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	35.6958351,-82.3666687
130B	92P0088	91NC021008	Burton	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	35.6958351,-82.3666687
130B	04N1082	S2004NC009004	Burton	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.4030266,-81.4637222
n/a	40A4931	S1953TN009027	Burton	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	40A4932	S1953TN009028	Burton	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	40A4933	S1953TN009029	Burton	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the BURTON 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 BURTON series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the BURTON 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 BURTON 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 terrace figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with BURTON share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the BURTON 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 BURTON 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 terrace figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with BURTON, 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. NC-2012-02-07-07 | Clay County - 1998

   Typical relationship of soils, aspect, landscape position, and parent material in the Edneyville-Plott-Chestnut-Cullasaja general soil map unit in the intermediate mountains (Soil Survey of Clay County, North Carolina; 1998).

Map Units

Map units containing BURTON 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
Burton loam, 15 to 50 percent slopes	BvF	410	125647	46r4	ga632	1967	1:15840
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 95 percent slopes	BuF	5424	548036	ld8l	nc011	1997	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes	BuD	1527	548034	ld8j	nc011	1997	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, stony	BwE	1343	548039	ld8p	nc011	1997	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stony	BwD	722	548038	ld8n	nc011	1997	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes	BuC	164	548033	ld8h	nc011	1997	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 50 to 80 percent slopes, stony	BwF	113	548040	ld8q	nc011	1997	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony	BwC	111	548037	ld8m	nc011	1997	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stony	WbD	102	548126	ldch	nc011	1997	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very stony	WcF	97	548128	ldck	nc011	1997	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very stony	WcE	11	548127	ldcj	nc011	1997	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very bouldery	BxF	2260	1671975	1t3tp	nc021	2006	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery	BxE	1510	1671974	1t3tn	nc021	2006	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, bouldery	WrE	668	1672212	1t42b	nc021	2006	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very rocky	WpF	667	1672206	1t424	nc021	2006	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very rocky	WsF	506	1672213	1t42c	nc021	2006	1:12000
Burton-Craggey complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, rocky	BwD	410	1671973	1t3tm	nc021	2006	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, bouldery	WrD	333	1672211	1t429	nc021	2006	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes, bouldery	WoE	119	1672205	1t423	nc021	2006	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes, bouldery	WrC	26	1672207	1t425	nc021	2006	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 95 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	BuF	304	2679200	2r91w	nc027	2012	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	BuD	119	2679199	2r91v	nc027	2012	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 95 percent slopes, stony	BuF	453	546389	lbkg	nc043	1991	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stony	BuD	339	546387	lbkd	nc043	1991	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very bouldery	932F	14	2509305	2p8sl	nc089	1974	1:20000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery	932E	3	2509307	2p8sr	nc089	1974	1:20000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stony	962D	1	2509308	2p92n	nc089	1974	1:20000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 8 to 30 percent slopes, stony	BuD	669	547029	lc73	nc099	1991	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 95 percent slopes, stony	BuF	618	547030	lc74	nc099	1991	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 95 percent slopes, stony	BuF	355	545801	l9yh	nc113	1990	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stony	BuD	340	545800	l9yg	nc113	1990	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, bouldery	WrE	14	1671506	1t3bk	nc115	2006	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, bouldery	WrD	12	1671505	1t3bj	nc115	2006	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes, bouldery	WrC	10	1671504	1t3bh	nc115	2006	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very rocky	WsF	7	1671507	1t3bl	nc115	2006	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very stony	WyE	1133	547606	lctq	nc121	1997	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very stony	WyF	1132	547607	lctr	nc121	1997	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stony	WhD	1070	547605	lctp	nc121	1997	1:12000
Burton-Craggey complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	ByC	52	547543	lcrp	nc121	1997	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very bouldery	933F	486	2501840	2q8l9	nc175	1968	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very stony	962F	161	2501889	2q8ll	nc175	1968	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very stony	962E	159	2501888	2q8lk	nc175	1968	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stony	962D	144	2501887	2q8lj	nc175	1968	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery	933E	126	2501841	2q8lb	nc175	1968	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very bouldery	933D	60	2501878	2q8lc	nc175	1968	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very bouldery	932F	57	2501883	2q8lf	nc175	1968	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery	932E	34	2501885	2q8lh	nc175	1968	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very bouldery	932D	21	2501882	2q8ld	nc175	1968	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, thin surface, 30 to 50 percent slopes, stony	963E	20	2501892	2q8ln	nc175	1968	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony	962C	8	2501895	2q8lq	nc175	1968	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, thin surface, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony	963C	7	2501893	2q8lp	nc175	1968	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very bouldery	932C	6	2501884	2q8lg	nc175	1968	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, thin surface, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stony	963D	2	2501890	2q8lm	nc175	1968	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, stony	BwE	2872	563383	lx7n	nc189	2001	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 95 percent slopes	BuF	1646	563336	lx64	nc189	2001	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stony	BwD	1498	563382	lx7m	nc189	2001	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony	BwC	441	563363	lx70	nc189	2001	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes	BuD	370	563329	lx5x	nc189	2001	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very bouldery	BxF	3778	547819	ld1l	nc199	1997	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery	BxE	3008	547818	ld1k	nc199	1997	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very rocky	WcF	1200	557504	lq40	nc199	1997	1:12000
Burton-Craggey complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, rocky	BwD	882	547817	ld1j	nc199	1997	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, bouldery	WhE	877	547884	ld3p	nc199	1997	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, bouldery	WhD	590	547883	ld3n	nc199	1997	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes, bouldery	WbE	395	547881	ld3l	nc199	1997	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes, bouldery	WhC	115	547882	ld3m	nc199	1997	1:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, bouldery	WbD	72	547880	ld3k	nc199	1997	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 8 to 30 percent slopes	BuD	318	546752	lby5	nc606	1991	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stony	962D	150	2509110	2q1wh	nc606	1991	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very bouldery	932D	78	2509106	2q1vx	nc606	1991	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very stony	962E	57	2509111	2q1wp	nc606	1991	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, thin surface, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stony	963D	46	2509113	2q1wk	nc606	1991	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery	932E	39	2509109	2q1vv	nc606	1991	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, thin surface, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony	963C	39	2509116	2q1vz	nc606	1991	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, thin surface, 30 to 50 percent slopes, stony	963E	34	2509115	2q1w1	nc606	1991	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery	933E	33	2509067	2q1wd	nc606	1991	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony	962C	12	2509118	2q1wn	nc606	1991	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very bouldery	933F	9	2509066	2q1wg	nc606	1991	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very bouldery	932C	7	2509108	2q1vy	nc606	1991	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, thin surface, 2 to 8 percent slopes, stony	963B	5	2509114	2p92x	nc606	1991	1:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very bouldery	932F	1	2509107	2q1vw	nc606	1991	1:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, stony	BzF	2378	526432	knsp	tn019	2000	1:24000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, stony	BzE	266	526431	knsn	tn019	2000	1:24000
Burton-Craggey complex, windswept, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	BxE	249	526429	knsl	tn019	2000	1:24000
Craggey-Burton complex, windswept, 35 to 50 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	CrF	167	526446	knt4	tn019	2000	1:24000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stony	BzD	149	526430	knsm	tn019	2000	1:24000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stony	WaE	144	526499	knvv	tn019	2000	1:24000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very stony	WaF	12	526500	knvw	tn019	2000	1:24000
Burton-Craggey complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	BxD	8	526428	knsk	tn019	2000	1:24000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 95 percent slopes	BuF	1970	526512	knw8	tn091	2000	1:24000
Burton loam, 35 to 55 percent slopes, very stony	BtF	913	611910	njr1	tn091	2000	1:24000
Burton loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	BtE	857	611911	njr2	tn091	2000	1:24000
Burton loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes, stony	BtD	27	611912	njr3	tn091	2000	1:24000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stony	BwD	21	526513	knw9	tn091	2000	1:24000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, stony	187G	2673	2401348	2llsv	tn171	1980	1:24000
Craggey-Burton complex, windswept, 35 to 50 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	185F	916	2401347	2llst	tn171	1980	1:24000
Burton loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes	175E	538	2401345	2llsr	tn171	1980	1:24000
Burton-Craggey complex, windswept, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	183E	328	2401346	2llss	tn171	1980	1:24000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 95 percent slopes, very stony	BuF	21	553569	ll12	tn640	2007	1:24000
Burton loam, 35 to 55 percent slopes, very stony	9E	134	1670537	1t2b9	va077	2006	1:24000
Burton loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	9D	50	1670536	1t2b8	va077	2006	1:24000
Burton loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes, stony	8C	16	1670535	1t2b7	va077	2006	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BURTON 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).