Soil Data Explorer - CONASAUGA

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the CONASAUGA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of CONASAUGA, 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 CONASAUGA 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
128	S00AL-015-2	00AL015002-pgm	Conasauga	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	33.7486111,-85.9952778

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with CONASAUGA 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 CONASAUGA 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 CONASAUGA 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 mountains figure.

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 CONASAUGA, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing CONASAUGA 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
Conasauga silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	CnB2	336	523302	kkjq	al015	1959	1:20000
Conasauga silt loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes	CdB	34560	522986	kk6j	al019	1973	1:20000
Conasauga silt loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes	CdC	4972	522987	kk6k	al019	1973	1:20000
Conasauga-Firestone-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	CfB	4805	522988	kk6l	al019	1973	1:20000
Firestone-Conasauga-Rock outcrop complex, 6 to 25 percent slopes	FcD	2670	523001	kk70	al019	1973	1:20000
Conasauga-Leesburg complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	CgE	1721	522989	kk6m	al019	1973	1:20000
Conasauga loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes	12	25000	329379	c1r4	al055	1976	1:20000
Conasauga-Urban land complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	17	5800	329384	c1r9	al055	1976	1:20000
Conasauga-Firestone loams, 15 to 30 percent slopes	14	2350	329381	c1r6	al055	1976	1:20000
Conasauga-Rock outcrop complex, 6 to 25 percent slopes	16	2000	329383	c1r8	al055	1976	1:20000
Conasauga-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	15	1100	329382	c1r7	al055	1976	1:20000
Conasauga loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes	13	610	329380	c1r5	al055	1976	1:20000
Conasauga and Firestone silt loams, 1 to 8 percent slopes	CoB	36000	331385	c3tv	al115	1983	1:24000
Firestone and Conasauga silt loams, 8 to 15 percent slopes	FcD	1500	331390	c3v0	al115	1983	1:24000
Conasauga silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	CoB	1210	531163	2wml4	ga047	1987	1:20000
Conasauga silt loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	CoC	485	531164	2wml5	ga047	1987	1:20000
Conasauga silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	CoB	5870	2023801	25xxx	ga129	2007	1:12000
Townley-Conasauga complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	TcB	2605	2023787	25xxg	ga129	2007	1:12000
Townley-Conasauga complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	TcD	2335	2023788	25xxh	ga129	2007	1:12000
Whitwell-Conasauga complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes, rarely flooded	WxB	1280	2023835	25xz0	ga129	2007	1:12000
Conasauga-Urban land complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	CuB	405	2023848	25xzf	ga129	2007	1:12000
Conasauga silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	CnB	1701	2507960	2wml4	ga619	2012	1:24000
Conasauga silt loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	CnC	714	2507961	2wml5	ga619	2012	1:24000
Conasauga-Urban land complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes	CrC	460	2507957	2q78f	ga619	2012	1:24000
Conasauga silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	CnB	19090	531232	2wml4	ga621	1975	1:20000
Conasauga silt loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	CnC	5005	531233	2wml5	ga621	1975	1:20000
Conasauga-Urban land complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes	CrC	1265	531234	ktsl	ga621	1975	1:20000
Docena-Conasauga complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	DsB	19010	562795	lwmp	ga648	2001	1:12000
Conasauga silt loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	CsC	7420	562798	2wml5	ga648	2001	1:12000
Conasauga-Urban land complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes	CuC	1865	562938	lws9	ga648	2001	1:12000
Conasauga silt loam, eroded undulating phase	Ck	1989	526866	kp7p	tn011	1951	1:20000
Conasauga silt loam, undulating phase	Cm	1377	526868	kp7r	tn011	1951	1:20000
Conasauga silt loam, level phase	Cl	320	526867	kp7q	tn011	1951	1:20000
Conasauga silt loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes	CuC	448	1421553	1jq7k	tn121	1968	1:15840
Conasauga silt loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes	CoC	591	728836	sgdv	tn143	2003	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the CONASAUGA 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).