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 . 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
130B88P096588NC199017Burton5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties35.7541656,-82.2733307
130B92P008791NC021007Burton7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties35.6958351,-82.3666687
130B92P008891NC021008Burton7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties35.6958351,-82.3666687
130B04N1082S2004NC009004Burton7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties36.4030266,-81.4637222
n/a40A4931S1953TN009027Burton4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a
n/a40A4932S1953TN009028Burton4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a
n/a40A4933S1953TN009029Burton4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/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.

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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 , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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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 .

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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 .

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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 and snapshot of the SC database .

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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 .

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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 .

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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 .

Block Diagrams

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  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 slopesBvF41012564746r4ga63219671:15840
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 95 percent slopesBuF5424548036ld8lnc01119971:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopesBuD1527548034ld8jnc01119971:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, stonyBwE1343548039ld8pnc01119971:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stonyBwD722548038ld8nnc01119971:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopesBuC164548033ld8hnc01119971:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 50 to 80 percent slopes, stonyBwF113548040ld8qnc01119971:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stonyBwC111548037ld8mnc01119971:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stonyWbD102548126ldchnc01119971:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very stonyWcF97548128ldcknc01119971:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very stonyWcE11548127ldcjnc01119971:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very boulderyBxF226016719751t3tpnc02120061:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very boulderyBxE151016719741t3tnnc02120061:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, boulderyWrE66816722121t42bnc02120061:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very rockyWpF66716722061t424nc02120061:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very rockyWsF50616722131t42cnc02120061:12000
Burton-Craggey complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, rockyBwD41016719731t3tmnc02120061:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, boulderyWrD33316722111t429nc02120061:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes, boulderyWoE11916722051t423nc02120061:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes, boulderyWrC2616722071t425nc02120061:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 95 percent slopes, extremely boulderyBuF30426792002r91wnc02720121:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, extremely boulderyBuD11926791992r91vnc02720121:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 95 percent slopes, stonyBuF453546389lbkgnc04319911:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stonyBuD339546387lbkdnc04319911:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very bouldery932F1425093052p8slnc08919741:20000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery932E325093072p8srnc08919741:20000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stony962D125093082p92nnc08919741:20000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 8 to 30 percent slopes, stonyBuD669547029lc73nc09919911:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 95 percent slopes, stonyBuF618547030lc74nc09919911:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 95 percent slopes, stonyBuF355545801l9yhnc11319901:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stonyBuD340545800l9ygnc11319901:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, boulderyWrE1416715061t3bknc11520061:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, boulderyWrD1216715051t3bjnc11520061:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes, boulderyWrC1016715041t3bhnc11520061:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very rockyWsF716715071t3blnc11520061:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very stonyWyE1133547606lctqnc12119971:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very stonyWyF1132547607lctrnc12119971:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stonyWhD1070547605lctpnc12119971:12000
Burton-Craggey complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes, extremely boulderyByC52547543lcrpnc12119971:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very bouldery933F48625018402q8l9nc17519681:15840
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very stony962F16125018892q8llnc17519681:15840
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very stony962E15925018882q8lknc17519681:15840
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stony962D14425018872q8ljnc17519681:15840
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery933E12625018412q8lbnc17519681:15840
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very bouldery933D6025018782q8lcnc17519681:15840
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very bouldery932F5725018832q8lfnc17519681:15840
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery932E3425018852q8lhnc17519681:15840
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very bouldery932D2125018822q8ldnc17519681:15840
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, thin surface, 30 to 50 percent slopes, stony963E2025018922q8lnnc17519681:15840
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony962C825018952q8lqnc17519681:15840
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, thin surface, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony963C725018932q8lpnc17519681:15840
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very bouldery932C625018842q8lgnc17519681:15840
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, thin surface, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stony963D225018902q8lmnc17519681:15840
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, stonyBwE2872563383lx7nnc18920011:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 95 percent slopesBuF1646563336lx64nc18920011:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stonyBwD1498563382lx7mnc18920011:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stonyBwC441563363lx70nc18920011:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopesBuD370563329lx5xnc18920011:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very boulderyBxF3778547819ld1lnc19919971:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very boulderyBxE3008547818ld1knc19919971:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very rockyWcF1200557504lq40nc19919971:12000
Burton-Craggey complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, rockyBwD882547817ld1jnc19919971:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, boulderyWhE877547884ld3pnc19919971:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, boulderyWhD590547883ld3nnc19919971:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes, boulderyWbE395547881ld3lnc19919971:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes, boulderyWhC115547882ld3mnc19919971:12000
Wayah-Burton complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, boulderyWbD72547880ld3knc19919971:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 8 to 30 percent slopesBuD318546752lby5nc60619911:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stony962D15025091102q1whnc60619911:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very bouldery932D7825091062q1vxnc60619911:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very stony962E5725091112q1wpnc60619911:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, thin surface, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stony963D4625091132q1wknc60619911:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery932E3925091092q1vvnc60619911:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, thin surface, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony963C3925091162q1vznc60619911:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, thin surface, 30 to 50 percent slopes, stony963E3425091152q1w1nc60619911:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery933E3325090672q1wdnc60619911:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony962C1225091182q1wnnc60619911:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very bouldery933F925090662q1wgnc60619911:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very bouldery932C725091082q1vync60619911:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, thin surface, 2 to 8 percent slopes, stony963B525091142p92xnc60619911:12000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, thin surface, 50 to 95 percent slopes, very bouldery932F125091072q1vwnc60619911:12000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, stonyBzF2378526432knsptn01920001:24000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, stonyBzE266526431knsntn01920001:24000
Burton-Craggey complex, windswept, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely boulderyBxE249526429knsltn01920001:24000
Craggey-Burton complex, windswept, 35 to 50 percent slopes, extremely boulderyCrF167526446knt4tn01920001:24000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stonyBzD149526430knsmtn01920001:24000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stonyWaE144526499knvvtn01920001:24000
Wayah-Burton complex, windswept, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very stonyWaF12526500knvwtn01920001:24000
Burton-Craggey complex, windswept, 8 to 15 percent slopes, extremely boulderyBxD8526428knsktn01920001:24000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, windswept, 30 to 95 percent slopesBuF1970526512knw8tn09120001:24000
Burton loam, 35 to 55 percent slopes, very stonyBtF913611910njr1tn09120001:24000
Burton loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stonyBtE857611911njr2tn09120001:24000
Burton loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes, stonyBtD27611912njr3tn09120001:24000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stonyBwD21526513knw9tn09120001:24000
Burton-Wayah complex, windswept, 50 to 95 percent slopes, stony187G267324013482llsvtn17119801:24000
Craggey-Burton complex, windswept, 35 to 50 percent slopes, extremely bouldery185F91624013472llsttn17119801:24000
Burton loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes175E53824013452llsrtn17119801:24000
Burton-Craggey complex, windswept, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely bouldery183E32824013462llsstn17119801:24000
Burton-Craggey-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 95 percent slopes, very stonyBuF21553569ll12tn64020071:24000
Burton loam, 35 to 55 percent slopes, very stony9E13416705371t2b9va07720061:24000
Burton loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony9D5016705361t2b8va07720061:24000
Burton loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes, stony8C1616705351t2b7va07720061:24000

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 .