Soil Data Explorer - CAVOUR

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the CAVOUR soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of CAVOUR, 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 CAVOUR 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
53A	40A0023	49ND013001	Cavour	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	48.8649673461914,-102.544746398926
53A	40A0024	58ND013005	Cavour	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	48.6880226135254,-102.291961669922
53A	40A0026	58ND101002	Cavour	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	48.6483001708984,-102.190567016602
55C	40A2369	S1951SD059006	Cavour	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.5780334,-98.8673553

Water Balance

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

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with CAVOUR 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 CAVOUR 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 CAVOUR 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 2D hillslope position figure.

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.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with CAVOUR, 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. ND-2010-09-27-04 | Burke County - 2003

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Barnes-Cresbard association (Soil Survey of Burke County, North Dakota; 2003).

2. ND-2012-02-07-23 | Dickey County - May 1993

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Cavour-Barnes association (Soil Survey of Dickey County, North Dakota; May 1993).

3. ND-2012-02-08-40 | Nelson County Area - June 1989

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Cresbard-Svea association (Soil Survey of Nelson County Area, North Dakota; June 1989).

4. SD-2010-11-01-15 | Spink County - 2009

   Pattern of soils and underlying materials in the Forman-Cresbard-Cavour association (Soil Survey of Spink County, South Dakota; 2009).

5. SD-2012-03-15-44 | Hand County - April 1963

   A cross section typical in both the south-central and northwestern parts of Hand County (Soil Survey of Hand County, SD; 1963).

Map Units

Map units containing CAVOUR 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
Svea-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G123A	19740	2573670	2q61d	nd003	1988	1:20000
Barnes-Cavour loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	G123B	1796	2573671	2q61f	nd003	1988	1:20000
Cavour-Ferney loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	F129B	1018	2587678	2q4gl	nd005		1:12000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G124A	170	2573740	2pwzd	nd005		1:12000
Cavour-Ferney loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G129A	81	2573766	2q4nt	nd005		1:12000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G125A	314	2575165	2pwzf	nd017	1983	1:20000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	F125A	30059	2587522	2q4gh	nd019	1987	1:20000
Ferney-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	F128A	3858	2587523	2q4gk	nd019	1987	1:20000
Barnes-Cavour loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	G123B	27573	2575383	2q61f	nd021	1989	1:20000
Cavour-Ferney loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G129A	24699	2575286	2q4nt	nd021	1989	1:20000
Forman-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G138A	14992	2575287	2q4nw	nd021	1989	1:20000
Svea-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G123A	12997	2575382	2q61d	nd021	1989	1:20000
Ferney-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G128A	3803	2575258	2pwzg	nd021	1989	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	G124B	41	2575285	2q4ns	nd021	1989	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G124A	10	2575257	2pwzd	nd021	1989	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G124A	63	2575397	2pwzd	nd027		1:12000
Ferney-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G128A	11	2575398	2pwzg	nd027		1:12000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G125A	341	2576374	2pwzf	nd031	1990	1:20000
Ferney-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G128A	184	2576375	2pwzg	nd031	1990	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G124A	18087	2576507	2pwzd	nd035	1980	1:20000
Cavour-Ferney loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G129A	3167	2576516	2q4nt	nd035	1980	1:20000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G125A	117	2576547	2pwzf	nd035	1980	1:20000
Ferney-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	F128A	50	2587483	2q4gk	nd035	1980	1:20000
Cavour-Ferney loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	F129B	15	2587467	2q4gl	nd035	1980	1:20000
Ferney-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G128A	9	2576485	2pwzg	nd035	1980	1:20000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G125A	4000	2576560	2pwzf	nd039	1991	1:24000
Ferney-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G128A	3856	2576561	2pwzg	nd039	1991	1:24000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G124A	1778	2577019	2pwzd	nd045	1966	1:20000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G125A	1037	2577020	2pwzf	nd045	1966	1:20000
Cavour-Ferney loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G129A	985	2577050	2q4nt	nd045	1966	1:20000
Svea-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G123A	60	2577135	2q61d	nd045	1966	1:20000
Barnes-Cavour loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	G123B	39	2577136	2q61f	nd045	1966	1:20000
Ferney-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G128A	25	2577021	2pwzg	nd045	1966	1:20000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G125A	8032	2571326	2pwzf	nd049	1987	1:20000
Ferney-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G128A	6077	2571327	2pwzg	nd049	1987	1:20000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	F125A	152	2585590	2q4gh	nd049	1987	1:20000
Ferney-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	F128A	80	2585756	2q4gk	nd049	1987	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G124A	7	2571325	2pwzd	nd049	1987	1:20000
Ferney-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G128A	30	2577143	2pwzg	nd055	1974	1:20000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G125A	3128	2577243	2pwzf	nd063		1:12000
Ferney-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G128A	1795	2577244	2pwzg	nd063		1:12000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	F125A	772	2587314	2q4gh	nd063		1:12000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G124A	487	2577242	2pwzd	nd063		1:12000
Ferney-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	F128A	295	2587368	2q4gk	nd063		1:12000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G124A	52	2581114	2pwzd	nd073	1992	1:20000
Svea-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G123A	10	2581223	2q61d	nd073	1992	1:20000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	F125A	254	2585338	2q4gh	nd075	1972	1:20000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	F125A	1795	2588012	2q4gh	nd079	1990	1:24000
Ferney-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	F128A	1413	2588182	2q4gk	nd079	1990	1:24000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 3 to 6 pecent slopes	F125B	965	2588163	2q4gj	nd079	1990	1:24000
Ferney-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G128A	4	2579441	2pwzg	nd081	1959	1:12000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G124A	559	2581929	2pwzd	nd083	1990	1:20000
Ferney-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G128A	355	2581931	2pwzg	nd083	1990	1:20000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G125A	180	2581930	2pwzf	nd083	1990	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	G124B	143	2581963	2q4ns	nd083	1990	1:20000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G125A	953	2579715	2pwzf	nd091	1991	1:20000
Ferney-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G128A	643	2579716	2pwzg	nd091	1991	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G124A	37	2579714	2pwzd	nd091	1991	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G124A	3707	2581325	2pwzd	nd093	1990	1:24000
Cavour-Ferney loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G129A	1820	2581352	2q4nt	nd093	1990	1:24000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	F125A	166	2586116	2q4gh	nd099	1967	1:20000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	F125A	236	2585120	2q4gh	nd101	1967	1:20000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G125A	150	2573492	2pwzf	nd101	1967	1:20000
Cavour-Ferney loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	F129B	24	2585182	2q4gl	nd101	1967	1:20000
Cavour-Ferney loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G129A	12	2573465	2q4nt	nd101	1967	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G124A	194	2579588	2pwzd	nd103	1966	1:12000
Svea-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G123A	79	2579698	2q61d	nd103	1966	1:12000
Cavour-Ferney loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G129A	31	2579625	2q4nt	nd103	1966	1:12000
Ferney-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G128A	11	2579589	2pwzg	nd103	1966	1:12000
Hamerly-Cavour-Badger complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Hc	416	418764	g1rj	sd011	1995	1:24000
Cresbard-Cavour-Forman loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes	G141B	16694	2797726	2sd13	sd013	1987	1:20000
Cavour-Ferney loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G129A	7866	2797657	2q4nt	sd013	1987	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour-Ferney loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G130A	6698	2797718	2sd0q	sd013	1987	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G124A	2795	2765627	2pwzd	sd013	1987	1:20000
Cavour-Cresbard loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G125A	2612	2765628	2pwzf	sd013	1987	1:20000
Barnes-Cavour loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	G123B	1969	2797713	2q61f	sd013	1987	1:20000
Svea-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G123A	675	2797712	2q61d	sd013	1987	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	G124B	66	2797656	2q4ns	sd013	1987	1:20000
Peever-Cavour complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G202A	58	2797743	2sd1y	sd013	1987	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour-Heil complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G126A	54	2797716	2q5cx	sd013	1987	1:20000
Forman-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G138A	49	2797658	2q4nw	sd013	1987	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G124A	4126	2797959	2pwzd	sd025	1992	1:20000
Cavour-Ferney loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G129A	3673	2797968	2q4nt	sd025	1992	1:20000
Peever-Cavour complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G202A	1956	2798006	2sd1y	sd025	1992	1:20000
Forman-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G138A	196	2797969	2q4nw	sd025	1992	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour-Heil complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G126A	92	2797989	2q5cx	sd025	1992	1:20000
Cavour-Ferney silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	J120A	557	1684451	1tjt4	sd029	2006	1:12000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G124A	1255	2798437	2pwzd	sd037	1992	1:20000
Cavour-Ferney loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G129A	1152	2798450	2q4nt	sd037	1992	1:20000
Cavour-Ferney loams	Ca	4	417054	fzzc	sd037	1992	1:20000
Peever-Cavour clay loams	Pg	352	416888	fzt0	sd039	1992	1:20000
Peever-Cavour complex	Pd	17790	418174	g14h	sd051	1977	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	G124B	4672	2798800	2q4ns	sd089	1980	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour-Ferney loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G130A	4119	2798829	2sd0q	sd089	1980	1:20000
Cavour-Ferney loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G129A	1689	2798801	2q4nt	sd089	1980	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G124A	1521	2798793	2pwzd	sd089	1980	1:20000
Forman-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G138A	33	2798802	2q4nw	sd089	1980	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour-Forman loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes	G141B	17	2799232	2sd13	sd089	1980	1:20000
Peever-Cavour complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	PhA	1655	417856	g0t7	sd109	1977	1:20000
Cresbard-Cavour-Heil complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G126A	18517	2799569	2q5cx	sd115	1997	1:24000
Cavour-Ferney loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G129A	16508	2799544	2q4nt	sd115	1997	1:24000
Cresbard-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G124A	11861	2799532	2pwzd	sd115	1997	1:24000
Peever-Cavour complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G202A	740	2799586	2sd1y	sd115	1997	1:24000
Forman-Cavour loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G138A	371	2799545	2q4nw	sd115	1997	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the CAVOUR 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).