Soil Data Explorer - DEPUTY

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the DEPUTY soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of DEPUTY, 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 DEPUTY 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
114B	JF7609	1976IN077009	Deputy	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.6932556,-85.5364222
114B	90P0291	89IN143002	Deputy	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.6780548,-85.5849991
114B	90P0527	S1987IN143013	DEPUTY	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.7936096,-85.7469406
114B	06N0336	S2005IN079004	Deputy	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.9433327,-85.6147232

Water Balance

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

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with DEPUTY 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 DEPUTY 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 DEPUTY 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 DEPUTY, 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 DEPUTY 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
Deputy-Trappist silt loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	DtvC2	2849	201109	6r8d	in019	2001	1:12000
Trappist-Deputy complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, severely eroded	TsaC3	2724	185159	66nw	in019	2001	1:12000
Deputy silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	DeB2	1467	964641	11csg	in077	1982	1:15840
Deputy silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	DeC2	839	964642	11csh	in077	1982	1:15840
Deputy silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, severely eroded	DeC3	264	964643	11csj	in077	1982	1:15840
Deputy-Trappist silty clay loams, 6 to 15 percent slopes, severely eroded	DtzC3	3296	1651450	1sfgl	in079	2010	1:12000
Scottsburg-Deputy silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	ScfB2	2621	1651410	1sff9	in079	2010	1:12000
Deputy silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	DtwC2	2554	1651449	1sfgk	in079	2010	1:12000
Blocher, soft black shale substratum-Jennings-Deputy silt loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	BlcC2	1960	1613347	1r4tg	in079	2010	1:12000
Blocher, soft black shale substratum-Jennings-Deputy silt loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes, severely eroded	BlcC3	1822	1613439	1r4xf	in079	2010	1:12000
Urban land-Deputy-Scottsburg complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	UdaB	1108	1613225	1r4pj	in079	2010	1:12000
Deputy silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	DddB2	1613	165642	5kc9	in143	1995	1:12000
Deputy silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	DddC2	1088	165643	5kcb	in143	1995	1:12000
Deputy silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, severely eroded	DddC3	567	165644	5kcc	in143	1995	1:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the DEPUTY 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).