Soil Data Explorer - DODON

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the DODON soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of DODON, 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 DODON 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
149A	00P0103	S1999MD003007	Dodon	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.7769432,-76.6752777
149A	08N0329	S2007MD033002	Dodon	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.8486938,-76.7056656

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the DODON 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 DODON 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 DODON 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 DODON 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 DODON 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 DODON 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 DODON 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 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 DODON, 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 DODON 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
Marr and Dodon soils, 15 to 25 percent slopes	MDE	10520	137791	4mcw	md003	2003	1:12000
Marr-Dodon complex, 5 to 10 percent slopes	MaC	10126	137789	4mct	md003	2003	1:12000
Marr-Dodon complex, 10 to 15 percent slopes	MaD	9850	137790	4mcv	md003	2003	1:12000
Marr-Dodon complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	MaB	7764	137788	4mcs	md003	2003	1:12000
Marr and Dodon soils, 25 to 40 percent slopes	MDF	2325	137792	4mcx	md003	2003	1:12000
Dodon very fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	DfB	1090	137753	4mbn	md003	2003	1:12000
Howell-Dodon complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	HoB	310	137784	4mcn	md003	2003	1:12000
Howell-Dodon complex, 5 to 10 percent slopes	HoC	260	137785	4mcp	md003	2003	1:12000
Dodon very fine sandy loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes	DfC	251	137754	4mbp	md003	2003	1:12000
Dodon very fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	DfA	146	137752	4mbm	md003	2003	1:12000
Howell and Dodon soils, 10 to 15 percent slopes	HOD	133	609589	ngb5	md003	2003	1:12000
Marr-Dodon-Urban land complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	MgB	103	137793	4mcy	md003	2003	1:12000
Marr-Dodon-Urban land complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes	MgD	78	137710	4m98	md003	2003	1:12000
Howell and Dodon soils, 15 to 25 percent slopes	HOE	62	609590	ngb6	md003	2003	1:12000
Downer-Dodon complex, 25 to 80 percent slopes	DoG	27402	2516869	2pz86	md009	1967	1:20000
Dodon and Marr soils, 15 to 25 percent slopes	DdE	12769	2516859	2pz7t	md009	1967	1:20000
Dodon-Marr complex, 5 to 10 percent slopes	DmC	10428	2516863	2pz7y	md009	1967	1:20000
Dodon-Marr complex, 10 to 15 percent slopes	DmD	6635	2516864	2pz7z	md009	1967	1:20000
Dodon and Marr soils, 25 to 80 percent slopes	DdG	6115	2516865	2pz80	md009	1967	1:20000
Marr-Dodon complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	MaB	3748	2516885	4mcs	md009	1967	1:20000
Dodon-Crosiadore complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	DeA	2229	2516868	2pz84	md009	1967	1:20000
Marr and Dodon soils, 25 to 40 percent slopes	MDF	1824	2516887	4mcx	md009	1967	1:20000
Annemessex silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	AsA	1206	2516852	2pz7r	md009	1967	1:20000
Matapeake-Dodon complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MfA	856	2516899	2pz8t	md009	1967	1:20000
Hambrook-Dodon complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HdA	546	2516874	2pz8c	md009	1967	1:20000
Marr-Dodon complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MaA	354	2516910	2q5zb	md009	1967	1:20000
Marr-Dodon complex, 5 to 10 percent slopes	MaC	271	2516906	2q5z1	md009	1967	1:20000
Marr and Dodon soils, 15 to 25 percent slopes	MDE	79	2516886	4mcw	md009	1967	1:20000
Marr-Dodon complex, 10 to 15 percent slopes	MaD	50	2516907	2q5z2	md009	1967	1:20000
Annemessex silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	AsA	9118	1608654	1qzy2	md017	2007	1:12000
Dodon fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	DfA	1576	1608620	1qzwz	md017	2007	1:12000
Marr-Dodon complex, 5 to 10 percent slopes	MnC	1534	1608640	1qzxm	md017	2007	1:12000
Dodon fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	DfB	1196	1608621	1qzx0	md017	2007	1:12000
Marr-Dodon complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	MnB	873	1608639	1qzxl	md017	2007	1:12000
Marr-Dodon complex, 10 to 15 percent slopes	MnD	759	1608641	1qzxn	md017	2007	1:12000
Marr-Dodon complex, 5 to 10 percent slopes	MnC	12598	2474822	2p27z	md033	2009	1:12000
Marr-Dodon complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes	MnE	11947	2474824	2p281	md033	2009	1:12000
Marr-Dodon complex, 10 to 15 percent slopes	MnD	10473	2474823	2p280	md033	2009	1:12000
Westphalia and Dodon soils, 25 to 40 percent slopes	WDF	6272	2474828	2p285	md033	2009	1:12000
Marr-Dodon complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	MnB	5508	2474821	2p27y	md033	2009	1:12000
Dodon fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	DfB	1682	2455225	2ndvt	md033	2009	1:12000
Marr-Dodon-Urban land complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes	MoD	1539	2474826	2p283	md033	2009	1:12000
Marr-Dodon-Urban land complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	MoB	1480	2474825	2p282	md033	2009	1:12000
Dodon fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	DfA	1359	2455224	2ndvs	md033	2009	1:12000
Westphalia and Dodon soils, 40 to 80 percent slopes	WDG	1128	2474829	2p286	md033	2009	1:12000
Urban land-Marr-Dodon complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	UrmB	1037	2474827	2p284	md033	2009	1:12000
Dodon fine sandy loam, 5 o 10 percent slopes	DfC	912	2455226	2ndvv	md033	2009	1:12000
Marr-Dodon complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MnA	407	2474820	2p27x	md033	2009	1:12000
Howell and Dodon soils, 15 to 25 percent slopes	HZE	94	2455289	2ndxw	md033	2009	1:12000
Howell and Dodon soils, 10 to 15 percent slopes	HZD	74	2455288	2ndxv	md033	2009	1:12000
Howell and Dodon soils, 25 to 40 percent slopes	HZF	40	2455290	2ndxx	md033	2009	1:12000
Howell-Dodon complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	HwB	34	2455286	2ndxs	md033	2009	1:12000
Howell-Dodon complex, 5 to 10 percent slopes	HwC	23	2455287	2ndxt	md033	2009	1:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the DODON 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).