Soil Data Explorer - CORLISS

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the CORLISS soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of CORLISS, 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 CORLISS 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
88	UMN2508	S1977MN0292508	Corliss	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	47.8650017,-95.3083878
91A	UMN1149	S1970MN111001	Corliss	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	46.7169342,-96.1205902
91A	UMN1152	S1970MN111002	Corliss	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	46.6986122,-96.1306076
91A	UMN4371	S1990MN111003	Corliss	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	46.619139,-95.602369

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with CORLISS 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 CORLISS 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 CORLISS 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.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with CORLISS, 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. MN-2010-09-08-21 | Otter Tail County - 2001

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Arvilla-Sverdrup-Sandberg association (Soil Survey of Otter Tail County, Minnesota; 2001).

2. MN-2010-09-08-24 | Otter Tail County - 2001

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Dorset-Corliss-Nidaros association (Soil Survey of Otter Tail County, Minnesota; 2001).

3. MN-2010-09-10-08 | Roseau County -

   Relationship of soils, underlying materials, and landforms in the Karstad-Markey-Corliss association (Soil Survey of Roseau County, Minnesota).

Map Units

Map units containing CORLISS 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
Dorset-Corliss complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes	778B	7206	397565	2w0m5	mn005	1994	1:20000
Dorset-Corliss complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes	778C	5022	397566	2w0m6	mn005	1994	1:20000
Corliss-Dorset complex, 6 to 20 percent slopes	1247D	1123	397461	2w0m7	mn005	1994	1:20000
Corliss loamy sand, 20 to 35 percent slopes	721E	721	397553	fbp9	mn005	1994	1:20000
Eagleview-Nymore-Corliss complex, Mississippi River Valley, 15 to 60 percent slopes	D99G	455	2732686	2slnb	mn035	2009	1:24000
Dorset-Corliss complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes	778B	8251	436722	2w0m5	mn057	1998	1:24000
Dorset-Corliss complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes	778C	2276	436723	2w0m6	mn057	1998	1:24000
Corliss-Dorset complex, 6 to 20 percent slopes	1247D	224	436518	2w0m7	mn057	1998	1:24000
Corliss loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes	I727B	2659	2799012	2qktn	mn089	1994	1:20000
Dorset-Corliss complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes	778B	43178	435946	2w0m5	mn111	1996	1:20000
Dorset-Corliss complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes	778C	18305	435947	2w0m6	mn111	1996	1:20000
Corliss loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes	721B	8111	435923	gmm1	mn111	1996	1:20000
Corliss-Dorset complex, 6 to 20 percent slopes	1247D	4784	435581	2w0m7	mn111	1996	1:20000
Corliss loamy sand, 12 to 20 percent slopes	721D	3758	435925	gmm3	mn111	1996	1:20000
Corliss loamy sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes	721C	3293	435924	gmm2	mn111	1996	1:20000
Chapett-Corliss complex, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded	1112D	3051	435535	gm6j	mn111	1996	1:20000
Corliss loamy sand, 20 to 35 percent slopes	721E	1869	435926	gmm4	mn111	1996	1:20000
Chapett-Corliss complex, 20 to 30 percent slopes	1112E	1300	435536	gm6k	mn111	1996	1:20000
Corliss-Sverdrup complex, 12 to 20 percent slopes	1277D	959	435593	gm8d	mn111	1996	1:20000
Corliss loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes	I727B	3542	2799884	2qktn	mn135	1999	1:24000
Corliss loamy coarse sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes	I572B	4389	2643032	2ptxq	nd067	1972	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the CORLISS 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).