Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the EMRICK soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of EMRICK, 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 EMRICK 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
102C88ND09151188ND091511Emrick3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.3289607,-97.76115
53A40A003049ND013003Emrick5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties48.8797222,-102.2366667
55B89P024688ND091095Emrick4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties47.2463684082031,-97.473991394043
55B88ND09151488ND091514Emrick3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties47.3287419,-97.7612296
55B88ND09151688ND091516Emrick3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties47.329478,-97.7616324

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the EMRICK 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 EMRICK 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 EMRICK 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 EMRICK 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 EMRICK 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 EMRICK 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 EMRICK 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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There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

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

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with EMRICK, 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. ND-2012-02-07-37 | Foster County - July 1995

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Fram-Helmdal-Emrick association (Soil Survey of Foster County, North Dakota; July 1995).

  2. ND-2012-02-07-39 | Foster County - July 1995

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Cathay-Heimdal-Larson association (Soil Survey of Foster County, North Dakota; July 1995).

  3. ND-2012-02-08-51 | Sheridan County - November 1994

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Cathay-Emrick-Larson association (Soil Survey of Sheridan County, North Dakota; November 1994).

  4. ND-2012-02-08-52 | Sheridan County - November 1994

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Heimdal-Emrick association (Soil Survey of Sheridan County, North Dakota; November 1994).

  5. ND-2012-02-08-60 | Wells County - June 1970

    Parent material and position of soils in association 1 (Soil Survey of Wells County, North Dakota; June 1970).

  6. ND-2012-02-08-65 | Wells County - June 1970

    Parent material and position of soils in association 7 (Soil Survey of Wells County, North Dakota; June 1970).

  7. ND-2012-02-08-67 | Wells County - June 1970

    Parent material and position of soils in association 10 (Soil Survey of Wells County, North Dakota; June 1970

Map Units

Map units containing EMRICK 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
Emrick loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesJ66A5809434864glhwmn15120001:12000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesF229A3078525877762q3xqnd0051:12000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG229A1872325737962q4hvnd0051:12000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesF229B1448925876422q3xrnd0051:12000
Emrick-Heimdal loams, 0 to 1 percent slopesF227A866825877182q3xpnd0051:12000
Emrick-Cathay loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesF221A645925876402q3xdnd0051:12000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesG229B479225737072q4hwnd0051:12000
Emrick-Cathay loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG221A210025737112q4hmnd0051:12000
Emrick-Heimdal loams, 0 to 1 percent slopesG227A48225737322q4hknd0051:12000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesG229B231425750562q4hwnd01719831:20000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG229A106525751272q4hvnd01719831:20000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG229A3808225762302q4hvnd0271:12000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesG229B1184125762312q4hwnd0271:12000
Emrick-Cathay loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG221A229625754242q4hmnd0271:12000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG229A4322225764012q4hvnd03119901:20000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesG229B1711025764022q4hwnd03119901:20000
Emrick-Cathay loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG221A862325763972q4hmnd03119901:20000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesG229B2569425765902q4hwnd03919911:24000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG229A562625765892q4hvnd03919911:24000
Emrick-Cathay loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG221A366525765862q4hmnd03919911:24000
Emrick-Larson loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG218A625766882q61nnd03919911:24000
Emrick-Larson loams, low precipitation, 0 to 3 percent slopesC598A3225966762q6m2nd04319851:20000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesG229B101725772722q4hwnd0631:12000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG229A68325772712q4hvnd0631:12000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesF229B6627025872062q3xrnd06919751:20000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesF229A2682425872992q3xqnd06919751:20000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesG229B1717525822732q4hwnd06919751:20000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG229A1450525822722q4hvnd06919751:20000
Emrick-Cathay loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesF221A809225872042q3xdnd06919751:20000
Emrick loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesF235A556225872512q4tmnd06919751:20000
Emrick loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesG235A239325822882q4jcnd06919751:20000
Emrick-Cathay loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG221A234125822682q4hmnd06919751:20000
Emrick loam, 3 to 6 percent slopesG236B100825822892q4jdnd06919751:20000
Emrick loam, 3 to 6 percent slopesF236B97625871882q4tnnd06919751:20000
Esmond-Emrick loams, sandy substratums, 3 to 9 percent slopesF249C247625871082q4tsnd07119841:12000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesF229A194325882292q3xqnd07919901:24000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesF229B82025880572q3xrnd07919901:24000
Emrick-Cathay loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesF221A11525880522q3xdnd07919901:24000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesG229B2425794502q4hwnd08119591:12000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG229A725795342q4hvnd08119591:12000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG229A3240925819552q4hvnd08319901:20000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesG229B3183525819562q4hwnd08319901:20000
Emrick-Cathay loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG221A624625819502q4hmnd08319901:20000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, low precipitation, 3 to 6 percent slopesC290B369525668172q76tnd08319901:20000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, low precipitation, 0 to 3 percent slopesC290A34825668162q76snd08319901:20000
Emrick-Larson loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG218A5325820252q61nnd08319901:20000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG229A925125797372q4hvnd09119911:20000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesG229B906025797382q4hwnd09119911:20000
Emrick-Cathay loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG221A225813462q4hmnd09319901:24000
Emrick-Heimdal loams, 0 to 1 percent slopesI664A202626424982ptw8nd09719741:20000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG229A82225798192q4hvnd09719741:20000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesG229B51325798022q4hwnd09719741:20000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesF229A122925853082q3xqnd10119671:20000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesF229B65925851512q3xrnd10119671:20000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG229A15737425796182q4hvnd10319661:12000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesG229B5298025796192q4hwnd10319661:12000
Emrick-Larson loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG218A4771725797012q61nnd10319661:12000
Emrick-Larson loams, low precipitation, 0 to 3 percent slopesC598A296025669722q6m2nd10319661:12000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, low precipitation, 0 to 3 percent slopesC290A101425669792q76snd10319661:12000
Heimdal-Emrick loams, low precipitation, 3 to 6 percent slopesC290B41625669802q76tnd10319661:12000
Emrick-Cathay loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesG221A4425796152q4hmnd10319661:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the EMRICK 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 .