Soil Data Explorer - DALE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the DALE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of DALE, 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 DALE 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
78C	84P0695	84KS033001	Dale	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.0902786,-99.4402771
78C	84P0699	84KS033005	DALE	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.1458855,-99.5203857
80A	40A4706	S1956OK003002	Dale	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.7249985,-98.3777771

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the DALE 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 DALE 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 DALE 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 DALE 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 DALE 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 DALE 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 DALE 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 2D hillslope position figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D hills figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with DALE, 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. KS-2012-01-23-05 | Ford County - August 1965

   A geologic cross section west of Dodge City showing the major soil associations in Ford County (Soil Survey of Ford County, Kansas; 1965).

2. OK-2012-02-17-25 | Payne County - April 1987

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Yahola-Gaddy-Hawley map unit (Soil Survey of Payne County, Oklahoma; April 1987).

Map Units

Map units containing DALE 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
Dale silt loam, rarely flooded	6240	22231	1382475	1hdkz	ks007	1973	1:24000
Dale silt loam, rarely flooded	6240	9355	1381255	1hc9m	ks033	1987	1:24000
Dale silt loam, rarely flooded	6240	8185	1382928	2ylqq	ks035	1977	1:24000
Dale and Humbarger clay loams, rarely flooded	2325	17559	1380419	1hbfn	ks057	1962	1:24000
Dale silt loam, rarely flooded	6240	14627	1380420	2ww2l	ks057	1962	1:24000
Dale silt loam, rarely flooded	6240	2204	1380563	2ww2l	ks069	1965	1:24000
Dale silt loam, rarely flooded	6240	19939	1382679	2ylqq	ks077	1965	1:24000
Dale silt loam, rarely flooded	6240	5773	1380505	2ww2l	ks097	1983	1:24000
Dale and Reinach silt loams, rarely flooded	6236	1521	1444003	1kglr	ks173	1976	1:24000
Dale and Reinach silt loams, rarely flooded	6236	31079	1444640	1kh89	ks191	1974	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	6238	2032	1444641	1kh8b	ks191	1974	1:24000
Dale silt loam, rarely flooded	6240	56	1444642	2ylqq	ks191	1974	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	DaA	37680	381417	2tq6t	ok003	1971	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, rarely flooded	DlD	5035	381419	2tp6p	ok003	1971	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Da	8350	381718	2tq6t	ok011	1965	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Da	24499	381936	2tq6t	ok017	1972	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	10	2989	381992	dthb	ok019	1977	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mb	18879	382288	2tq6t	ok037	1952	1:24000
Dale clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Ma	1775	382287	2tp6v	ok037	1952	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Da	23582	382318	2tq6t	ok039	1973	1:24000
Dale loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	DllA	30	697429	rdqq	ok043	1961	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	DalA	225	393659	2tq6t	ok047	1965	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	15	10399	382545	2tq6t	ok049	1982	1:24000
Dale-Urban land complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	16	557	382546	2wrk1	ok049	1982	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	4	14149	382660	2tq6t	ok051	1975	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	6	20667	382747	2tq6t	ok053	1983	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, rarely flooded	7	2832	382748	2tp6p	ok053	1983	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	10	2633	383272	dvtm	ok069	1976	1:24000
Dale clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Dc	1375	383324	2tp6v	ok071	1965	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Ds	348	383325	2tq6t	ok071	1965	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	PsB	6146	383411	dvz3	ok073	1960	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Da	794	383507	2tq6t	ok081	1966	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	18	2941	383922	dwhl	ok099	1982	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	DalA	1483	384047	2tq6t	ok103	1994	1:24000
Dale-Urban land complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	DaUA	369	384046	2wrk1	ok103	1994	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	DalA	2860	384284	2tq6t	ok109	1996	1:12000
Dale-Urban land complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	DaUA	1580	384283	2wrk1	ok109	1996	1:12000
Dale silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	DleA	374	384288	dwwd	ok109	1996	1:12000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	DalA	3814	1423153	2tq6t	ok117	2007	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	73	1244	384574	2tq6t	ok119	1983	1:24000
Dale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	DalA	3075	385171	2tq6t	ok151	1995	1:24000
Dale loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Pa	5810	385289	dxxp	ok153	1961	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the DALE 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).