Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the CYCLONE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of CYCLONE, 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 CYCLONE 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
111ADC76041976IN031004Cyclone3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.4463833,-85.5912333
111AHY78061978IN065006Cyclone3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.9783694,-85.4836361
111ARU78181978IN139018Cyclone3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.7714694,-85.4880444
111ARU79171979IN139017Cyclone3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.4682583,-85.3858417
111DCS74031974IN017003Cyclone3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.6599056,-86.3618167
111DWB76131976IN169013Cyclone3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.7075667,-85.8423694
111DWB76151976IN169015Cyclone3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.7602667,-85.8430944
111DWB76181976IN169018Cyclone3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.7342,-85.8966972
111DCT77011977IN023001Cyclone3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.2393028,-86.2928917
111DCA84021984IN015002Cyclone3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.4897944,-86.6492306
n/a99P0275S1998IN169002CYCLONE7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the CYCLONE 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 CYCLONE 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 CYCLONE 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 CYCLONE 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 CYCLONE 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 CYCLONE 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 CYCLONE 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 CYCLONE, 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. IN-2010-09-09-04 | Boone County - 2004

    General pattern of soils, topography, and parent material in the Starks-Crosby-Cyclone association (Soil Survey of Boone County, Indiana; 2004).

  2. IN-2012-01-20-02 | Rush County - January 1986

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the Miami-Xenia-Russell map unit (Soil Survey of Rush County, Indiana; 1986).

  3. IN-2012-01-20-03 | Rush County - January 1986

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the Fincastlel-Cyclone-Xenia map unit (Soil Survey of Rush County, Indiana; 1986).

  4. IN-2012-01-20-10 | Wabash County - February 1983

    Pattern of soils and underlying material in the Fincastle-Cyclone map unit (Soil Survey of Wabash County, Indiana; 1983).

Map Units

Map units containing CYCLONE 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
Cyclone silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCxdA99152009172thygin00520021:12000
Urban land-Cyclone complex, 0 to 1 percent slopesUfoA622083486zsxin00520021:12000
Cyclone silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCxdA255626787032thygin01120031:12000
Urban land-Cyclone silty clay loam complex, 0 to 2 percent slopesUcyA54831050552y47cin01120031:12000
Cyclone silty clay loam-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopesYcyA36531050562w57yin01120031:12000
Cyclone-Urban land complex, 0 to 1 percent slopesYcxA27431050732y8l5in01120031:12000
Urban land-Cyclone complex, 0 to 1 percent slopesUfoA40695402rbmbin01120031:12000
Cyclone silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCz367221651602thygin01519871:15840
Cyclone silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCy336491624232thyfin01719791:15840
Cyclone silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCy288701623232thyfin02319781:20000
Cyclone silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCy268041623792thyfin03119801:15840
Cyclone silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCxcA95116128222thyfin04119581:15840
Cyclone silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCxdA47216128232thygin04119581:15840
Cyclone silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCy84581622712thyfin04719841:15840
Cyclone silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCy662732912782thyfin05719761:15840
Cyclone-Urban land complex, 0 to 1 percent slopesYcxA38232912822y8l5in05719761:15840
Cyclone silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCxdA132913032thygin05719761:15840
Cyclone silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCy523171652562thygin06519841:15840
Cyclone silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCy283232913262thyfin06719671:20000
Cyclone silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesCxdA109633187p7wdin07920101:12000
Cyclone silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCy3439732913382thyfin09519651:15840
Cyclone silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCz77151630112thygin10719841:15840
Cyclone silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCy210041609772thygin13919831:15840
Cyclone silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCy577532913602thyfin15919851:15840
Cyclone silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCxdA433916129722thygin16119581:15840
Cyclone silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCxcA314816129712thyfin16119581:15840
Cyclone silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCy146411611652thyfin16919801:15840
Cyclone silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCz37141631052thygin17119871:15840
Cyclone silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCvA51415899632thyfoh01719771:15840
Cyclone silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesCyA70866247662thyfoh13520051:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the CYCLONE 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 .