Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the CORDESTON soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of CORDESTON, 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 CORDESTON 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
6205N0373S02SD081001BCordeston6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.1928222,-103.7195722

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the CORDESTON 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 CORDESTON 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 CORDESTON 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 CORDESTON 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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Competing Series

Soil series competing with CORDESTON 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 CORDESTON 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 CORDESTON 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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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with CORDESTON, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing CORDESTON 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
Cordeston-Rapidcreek, rarely flooded complex, dry, 2 to 9 percent slopesQ0620C1825169972krlhsd04719801:24000
Cordeston-Marshbrook loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes, floodedQ0206B485623757012kr3jsd08120071:24000
Bullflat, moist-Cordeston silt loams, 2 to 9 percent slopesQ0502C67823757312kr4hsd08120071:24000
Heely-Cordeston complex, 2 to 15 percent slopesQ0209D66523756702kr2jsd08120071:24000
Marshbrook-Cordeston loams, 2 to 9 percent slopes, floodedQ0217C61823756852kr30sd08120071:24000
Cordeston loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, floodedQ0518B61625137562mv3fsd08120071:24000
Cordeston-Rapidcreek, rarely flooded complex, 2 to 9 percent slopesQ0520C27723757522kr55sd08120071:24000
Cordeston loam, 6 to 10 percent slopesQ0518C25524271542mgn9sd08120071:24000
Bullflat, moist-Cordeston silt loams, 2 to 9 percent slopesQ0502C17425139582kr4hsd60019741:24000
Marshbrook-Cordeston loams, 2 to 9 percent slopes, floodedQ0217C9425145252kr30sd60019741:24000
Cordeston-Rapidcreek, rarely flooded complex, 2 to 9 percent slopesQ0520C8725139652kr55sd60019741:24000
Cordeston loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, floodedQ0518B5925137582mv3fsd60019741:24000
Cordeston-Rapidcreek, rarely flooded complex, dry, 2 to 9 percent slopesQ0620C5425169962krlhsd60019741:24000
Cordeston loam, 6 to 10 percent slopesQ0518C4825139432mgn9sd60019741:24000
Bullflat-Cordeston, dry silt loams, high mica, 2 to 9 percent slopesQ0300C689925866062krjfsd60720111:24000
Cordeston-Marshbrook loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes, floodedQ0206B660025866342kr3jsd60720111:24000
Heely-Cordeston complex, 2 to 15 percent slopesQ0209D606425865512kr2jsd60720111:24000
Bullflat-Cordeston, dry silt loams, 2 to 9 percent slopesQ0609C577425864172mhnlsd60720111:24000
Cordeston-Rapidcreek, rarely flooded complex, dry, 2 to 9 percent slopesQ0620C465625864422krlhsd60720111:24000
Cordeston loams, dry, high mica, 2 to 10 percent slopes, floodedQ0306C438625865802krjwsd60720111:24000
Cordeston, dry-Marshbrook loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes, floodedQ0307B426025864482krjxsd60720111:24000
Cordeston loam, high mica, 2 to 10 percent slopes, floodedQ0205C399325866302kr8ssd60720111:24000
Heely-Cordeston complex, dry, 6 to 15 percent slopesQ0310D368425864622krk0sd60720111:24000
Bullflat, moist-Cordeston silt loams, 2 to 9 percent slopesQ0502C181425865912kr4hsd60720111:24000
Bullflat, moist-Cordeston silt loams, high mica, 2 to 9 percent slopesQ0200C149225866122kr29sd60720111:24000
Cordeston loam, dry, 2 to 10 percent slopesQ0619C90425864502mhx2sd60720111:24000
Cordeston-Rapidcreek, rarely flooded complex, 2 to 9 percent slopesQ0520C75325864122kr55sd60720111:24000
Cordeston loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, floodedQ0518B830625137572mv3fwy01119781:24000
Cordeston-Hickok loams, 2 to 6 percent slopesQ0519B248924389072mvwfwy01119781:24000
Cordeston loam, 6 to 10 percent slopesQ0518C94525139422mgn9wy01119781:24000
Cordeston silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes, floodedQ0813A62124392332mw6ywy01119781:24000
Nunnston, thick surface-Cordeston loams, 1 to 6 percent slopesQ0913B33824412862myc5wy01119781:24000
Cordeston, warm-Lakoa loams, 2 to 6 percent slopesP094B20227681712rwdwwy01119781:24000
Cordeston loam, high mica, 2 to 10 percent slopes, floodedQ0205C6525169832kr8swy01119781:24000
Cordeston loam, dry, 0 to 6 percent slopesP092B4327681742rxtnwy01119781:24000
Cordeston loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, floodedQ0518B177724381632mv3fwy04519841:24000
Cordeston loam, dry, 0 to 6 percent slopesP092B173727459712rxtnwy04519841:24000
Cordeston loam, 6 to 10 percent slopesQ0518C2525139412mgn9wy04519841:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the CORDESTON 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 .