Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the DOROVAN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of DOROVAN, 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 DOROVAN 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
133AS57_0151972-FL113-S57_015Dorovan2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties30.6049423,-87.0670624
133AS66_0151979-FL131-S66_015Dorovan2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties30.735817,-86.3793259
n/aS19_0191987-FL037-S19_019Dorovan3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a

Water Balance

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

There are insufficient data to create the 2D hillslope position figure.

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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 DOROVAN, 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. NC-2012-02-07-02 | Carteret County - September 1987

    Very poorly drained soils high in organic matter are on narrow flood plains. Well drained soils low in organic matter are near drainageways (Soil Survey of Carteret County, North Carolina; September 1987).

  2. NC-2012-02-07-10 | Craven County - March 1989

    The soils on stream terraces and flood plains formed in sandy and loamy sediment and in organic material. Natural drainage is related to landscaped position (Soil Survey of Craven County, North Carolina; March 1989).

  3. VA-2012-05-10-07 | City of Chesapeake - 2007

    The dry edge effect on the water table of soils located in Northwest Park (Soil Survey of the City of Chesapeake, Virginia; 2007).

Map Units

Map units containing DOROVAN 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
Hyde, Bayboro, and Muck soilsHb71571328148c0gfal00319611:20000
SwampSw2224328213c0jjal00319611:20000
Dorovan muck, 0 to 1 percent slopesDaA8300328757c132al03919851:20000
Dorovan muckDo2756329323c1pbal05319691:20000
Dorovan, Byars and Grady soils, pondedDBA5756607297ncy7al06920021:24000
Johnston, Pamlico and Dorovan soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently floodedJPA1586029950212x5q8al09720181:24000
Dorovan and Johnston soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently floodedDJA784429950252x5s1al09720181:24000
Chowan-Dorovan complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, pondedCdA77429950502x5qqal09720181:24000
Dorovan muck, frequently flooded17209514448751khhwfl00319911:20000
Pamlico-Dorovan complex2228497320810brtqfl00519821:20000
Ebro-Dorovan complex531464320841brvqfl00519821:20000
Dorovan muck, frequently flooded295935631640p68hfl00719881:15840
Dorovan muck431151631648p68rfl00719881:15840
Dorovan-Pamlico-Rutlege association, depressional20302614810021lq38fl01319971:20000
Pamlico, loamy substratum-Dorovan complex463240797468vrtsfl02319811:24000
Dorovan muck212350797441vrsxfl02319811:24000
Dorovan muck, depressional, 0 to 2 percent slopes871050738899sswgfl03119961:24000
Dorovan muck and Fluvaquents, frequently flooded494812014253551jv66fl03319981:24000
Dorovan-Pamlico complex, depressional11319814770621ll05fl03719901:20000
Pickney, Dorovan, and Bibb soils, frequently flooded664348713816051hcnxfl03920061:12000
Pamlico-Dorovan mucks, frequently flooded204075321803bsvrfl04119891:20000
Dorovan-Croatan complex, depressional13307614727341lfhkfl04519971:24000
Dorovan muck, depressional594480114885717kgxfl04719951:24000
Dorovan-Pamlico association16729014249181jtr3fl06319771:20000
Pamlico-Dorovan mucks3013150700491rhxhfl06519841:20000
Pamlico and Dorovan soils, depressional1141600886564yrjvfl06719931:24000
Pamlico and Dorovan soils, frequently flooded10400886563yrjtfl06719931:24000
Dorovan mucky peat92901514544681kthbfl07319891:20000
Pamlico-Dorovan complex38373014544471ktgnfl07319891:20000
Pickney, Dorovan, and Bibb soils, frequently flooded6514625322756btvhfl07720041:24000
Dorovan-Pamlico complex, depressional131215322699btsnfl07720041:24000
Dorovan and Pamlico soils, depressional748002013803401hbc3fl07919881:15840
Dorovan muck, frequently flooded63533014446881kh9vfl09119891:20000
Dorovan-Pamlico association717120823754wn5qfl11319781:20000
Dorovan and Pamlico soils, depressional305886014252241jv1zfl12319981:24000
Dorovan muck43361014146071jh0hfl12519891:15840
Dorovan muck, frequently flooded29158014145941jh02fl12519891:15840
Croatan-Dorovan mucks166009013990421hytdfl12919881:24000
Dorovan-Pamlico association, frequently flooded841510324047bw64fl13119851:20000
Dorovan muckDo3849640578phktfl60919681:24000
Dasher-Dorovan-Croatan association, ponded, 0 to 1 percent slopesDDA13933024083522sxqyga29920081:24000
Dasher-Dorovan-Croatan association, ponded, 0 to 1 percent slopesDDA15670526867612sxqyga61120121:24000
Dasher-Dorovan-Croatan association, ponded, 0 to 1 percent slopesDDA2400326868032sxqyga62620131:24000
Pamlico-Dorovan association (croatan-dorovan)PD10548332228c4q1ms03519761:20000
Dorovan-Johnston associationDh32916332260c4r2ms03919671:20000
Dorovan and Johnston soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently floodedDJA350126421782x5s1ms04120121:24000
Dorovan muckDo166332620c53pms06119741:20000
Dorovan and Pamlico mucks (dorovan and croatan)Dp5401332850c5c3ms07319691:20000
Dorovan-Croatan association, frequently floodedDC2639333117c5mqms09119831:20000
Dorovan-Croatan associationDC17531333537c628ms10919801:20000
Dorovan and Croatan soils, pondedDO4144333602c64cms11119971:20000
Dorovan mucky peat, frequently floodedDo81671115693r30nc01319861:24000
Dorovan mucky peat, frequently floodedDk303751114233qy9nc01519841:24000
Dorovan muck, frequently floodedDO89051154803w55nc01719831:24000
Dorovan muckDO141161155363w6znc01919831:24000
Dorovan muck, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedDoA271381117832v9nlnc02919881:24000
Dorovan muck, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedDO17411155882v9nlnc03119841:24000
Dorovan muck, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedDO69088113902v9nlnc04119821:24000
Dorovan muck, frequently floodedDo241801156403wbbnc04719861:24000
Dorovan muckDO80691157423wfmnc04919841:24000
Dorovan mucky peatDo113631121143rnlnc05319801:20000
Dorovan mucky peat, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedDoA185761159343wmtnc07319901:24000
Dorovan soilsDO160081131613srcnc09119811:24000
Dorovan muck, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedDoA48201132862v9nlnc09519961:24000
Dorovan muck, frequently floodedDo37751111283qmsnc11719851:24000
Dorovan soilsDO95681160373wr4nc12919741:15840
Dorovan muckDa45151160763wsdnc13319841:24000
Dorovan muck, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedDoA776217222662v9nlnc13920061:24000
Dorovan muck, frequently floodedDo113791161633ww6nc14119861:24000
Dorovan muck, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedDO61238114272v9nlnc14319821:24000
Dorovan muck, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedDo236001152522v9nlnc17719851:24000
Dorovan muck, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedDo176491162062v9nlnc18719791:24000
Dorovan and Ponzer soils, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedDpA1270618873nrznsc03119981:24000
Dorovan muckDo1223943392lchrsc05719671:20000
Dorovan silty clay loam, overwash, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently floodedDaA80416065371qxqssc06120051:24000
Dorovan muckDn19471310904ddqsc07919761:20000
Dorovan muckDo59981301904cgpsc61019851:20000
Dorovan muck, frequently floodedDa17561313384dnqsc69619881:15840
Dorovan muck, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded12A2847705271rnwpva17519961:24000
Dorovan-Belhaven complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded181464314450051khn2va55020041:12000
Dorovan mucky peat12883012088741slva81019821:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the DOROVAN 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 .