Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the CHURCHTOWN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of CHURCHTOWN, 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 CHURCHTOWN 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
105X61000-1S1969IA061001Churchtown2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.6078273,-90.9767534
10501P0215S2000WI063029Churchtown5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.9926033,-90.9727783
10501P0216S2000WI063030Churchtown5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.9925461,-90.9725189
10501P0217S2000WI063031Churchtown5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.9924088,-90.9709778
10501P0218S2000WI063032Churchtown5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.9922485,-90.9701843
10501P0219S2000WI063033Churchtown5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.9922714,-90.9694138
10501P0220S2000WI063034Churchtown5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.991848,-90.971344

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the CHURCHTOWN 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 CHURCHTOWN 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 CHURCHTOWN 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 CHURCHTOWN 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 CHURCHTOWN 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 CHURCHTOWN 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 CHURCHTOWN 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 CHURCHTOWN, 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. WI-2010-11-08-05 | Pepin County - 2002

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Pepin-Dorerton-Churchtown association (Soil Survey of Pepin County, Wisconsin; 2002).

Map Units

Map units containing CHURCHTOWN 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
Churchtown loam, 14 to 18 percent slopes862E2028402584fhxlia00519921:15840
Churchtown loam, 18 to 25 percent slopes862F792402586fhxnia00519921:15840
Churchtown loam, 14 to 18 percent slopes, moderately eroded862E2663402585fhxmia00519921:15840
Churchtown loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes, moderately eroded862D2354402583fhxkia00519921:15840
Churchtown loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes862D296402582fhxjia00519921:15840
Churchtown silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded388E93833982722v3fpmn05519811:15840
Churchtown silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded388D253773982712v3fqmn05519811:15840
Churchtown silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded388C218043982702v3frmn05519811:15840
Churchtown silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded388E90094290452v3fpmn16919871:20000
Churchtown silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded388D36094290442v3fqmn16919871:20000
Churchtown silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded388C15994290432v3frmn16919871:20000
Churchtown silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded116E21547525617762v3fpwi01119601:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded116D2573425617752v3fqwi01119601:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded116C262425617742v3frwi01119601:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded116E2664624982572v3fpwi02319601:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded116D2386125017252v3fqwi02319601:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded116C273025017192v3frwi02319601:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded116D212607535862v3fqwi02519721:15840
Churchtown silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded116C28087535852v3frwi02519721:15840
Churchtown silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded116E23937535872v3fpwi02519721:15840
Churchtown silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded116E2226424982582v3fpwi03320031:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded116D2131325017262v3fqwi03320031:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded116C237125017202v3frwi03320031:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded116D2592827747802v3fqwi04919601:20000
Churchtown silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded116E2247727747872v3fpwi04919601:20000
Churchtown silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded116C2104328066632v3frwi04919601:20000
Churchtown silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded116E22513424982592v3fpwi06320011:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded116D2404925017272v3fqwi06320011:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded116C255525017212v3frwi06320011:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded116E2695826850602v3fpwi08119811:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded116D2673226850572v3fqwi08119811:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded116C2300926850562v3frwi08119811:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded116E2386524982602v3fpwi09119981:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded116D2304425017282v3fqwi09119981:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded116C246525017222v3frwi09119981:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded116E2166516909262v3fpwi09320061:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded116D2150716909242v3fqwi09320061:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded116C276116909232v3frwi09320061:12000
Churchtown loam, till plain, 12 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded113D255416910051trmkwi09320061:12000
Churchtown loam, till plain, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded113C246416910071trmmwi09320061:12000
Churchtown loam, till plain, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded113E227316910061trmlwi09320061:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded116E23038724982612v3fpwi10320021:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded116D22685225017292v3fqwi10320021:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded116C2643325017232v3frwi10320021:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded116E21548324982622v3fpwi12319651:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded116D2825425017302v3fqwi12319651:12000
Churchtown silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded116C2200125017242v3frwi12319651:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the CHURCHTOWN 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 .