Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the EAPA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of EAPA, 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 EAPA 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
58A00P1145S2000MT017001Eapa7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.3060837,-105.9767532
58A13N97460S2013MT017001Eapa8Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.2352083,-106.0369194
58D83P002482SD063001Eapa8Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties45.4099998,-103.8269424

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the EAPA 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 EAPA 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 EAPA 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 EAPA 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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Competing Series

Soil series competing with EAPA 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 EAPA 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 EAPA 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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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with EAPA, 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. SD-2012-03-15-74 | Meade County, Northern Part - January 1986

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the Cabbart-Delridge association (Soil Survey of Meade County, Northern Part, SD; 1986).

Map Units

Map units containing EAPA 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
Eapa loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes84C920023432552tvlnmt01119921:24000
Eapa loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes84A163523432542v2ksmt01119921:24000
Eapa-Yamacall loams, 2 to 8 percent slopes167C8079342946chvsmt01119921:24000
Eapa-Archin loams, 2 to 8 percent slopes184C7468342988chx4mt01119921:24000
Eapa loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes84D1973343256cj5smt01119921:24000
Eapa loam, warm, 1 to 6 percent slopes603C977343162cj2rmt01119921:24000
Eapa loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes41C208213434402tvlnmt01719951:24000
Chinook-Twilight-Eapa complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes355C13563343403cjbjmt01719951:24000
Eapa loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes41A54773434392v2ksmt01719951:24000
Eapa loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes654B295343614cjkbmt01719951:24000
Eapa-Delpoint loams, 2 to 8 percent slopes969C90343820cjrzmt01719951:24000
Kremlin-Eapa loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes501B14044754481tb33mt02119711:24000
Eapa loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes30B1001754476tb2ymt02119711:24000
Eapa loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes84C354873422982tvlnmt02519911:24000
Eapa-Yamacall loams, 2 to 8 percent slopes167C5096342118ch02mt02519911:24000
Eapa loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes84A40933422972v2ksmt02519911:24000
Eapa loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes84D628342299ch5xmt02519911:24000
Chinook-Twilight-Eapa complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes383C32667342644chk1mt03320021:24000
Eapa loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes48C23864342657chkgmt03320021:24000
Eapa loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes48B22895342656chkfmt03320021:24000
Eapa loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes481A3373427412v2ksmt03320021:24000
Eapa loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes481C723397342tvlnmt03320021:24000
Eapa-Gerdrum complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes624724344427ckdkmt05519811:24000
Eapa loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes6125373444262tvlnmt05519811:24000
Eapa loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes6017963444252v2ksmt05519811:24000
Eapa loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes52B7655344596cgkhmt06519961:24000
Eapa-Attewan loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes152A3124344485cghwmt06519961:24000
Eapa loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes52A1607344595cgkgmt06519961:24000
Evanston loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes511280344940cky3mt07919861:24000
Evanston-Delpoint loams, 2 to 8 percent slopes521202344941cky4mt07919861:24000
Evanston loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes50804344937cky0mt07919861:24000
Kremlin-Eapa loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes146319114569517g5xmt07919861:24000
Kremlin-Eapa loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes501B115817116921vg4wmt08319731:24000
Eapa loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes30B29816775351t9m1mt10919561:31680
Eapa loam, calcareous, 0 to 8 percent slopes152B1182396643cghxmt11119661:20000
Eapa loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes830C451924342452mq11mt62420211:24000
Eapa loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes830B235124342422mq0ymt62420211:24000
Eapa-Attewan loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes152A14282513996cghwmt62420211:24000
Eapa loam, calcareous surface, 0 to 8 percent slopes816C840194951023fmfmt62420211:24000
Eapa loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes830D48126102512r8d0mt62420211:24000
Eapa loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes52A632513978cgkgmt62420211:24000
Eapa loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes52B532513979cgkhmt62420211:24000
Eapa loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes52B58617125481vh1hmt65519751:24000
Eapa loam, calcareous, 0 to 8 percent slopes152B20917125381vh15mt65519751:24000
Eapa loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes52B8299341697cgkhmt66620081:24000
Eapa-Attewan loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes152A2146341647cghwmt66620081:24000
Eapa loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes52A2053341696cgkgmt66620081:24000
Eapa-Attewan loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes, fan352A185217115271vfzkmt66620081:24000
Eapa loam, calcareous, 0 to 8 percent slopes152B351341648cghxmt66620081:24000
Marmarth-Eapa loams, 0 to 6 percent slopesL2819B14125634822qxl0nd01119691:20000
Marmarth-Eapa loams, 0 to 6 percent slopesL2819B1827159212qxl0nd08719741:20000
Eapa-Archin complex, 0 to 3 percent slopesEcA68793557382zj50sd06319841:24000
Eapa loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesEaA46843557372zj4zsd06319841:24000
Eapa-Grail complex, 2 to 6 percent slopesEgB30729355436cxvpsd60119831:24000
Eapa loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesEaB21378355432cxvksd60119831:24000
Eapa-Delridge loams, 2 to 6 percent slopesEdB19979355434cxvmsd60119831:24000
Eapa-Grail complex, 6 to 9 percent slopesEgC14776355437cxvqsd60119831:24000
Eapa-Delridge loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesEdC12058355435cxvnsd60119831:24000
Eapa loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesEaA3313355431cxvjsd60119831:24000
Eapa loam, 6 to 9 percent slopesEaC2183355433cxvlsd60119831:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the EAPA 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 .