Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the FINCHFORD soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of FINCHFORD, 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 FINCHFORD 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
104UMN2183S1976MN1092183Finchford3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.9905815,-92.5856171
104X53-159-2S1983IA105008Finchford2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.2570802,-91.2067023
104X53-159-1S1985IA105008Finchford1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.0325569,-91.1709905
10540A1605S1957WI063004Finchford5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.0158348,-91.2936096
10540A1606S1957WI063005Finchford5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.9969444,-91.2963867
105X49-159-1S1988IA097021Finchford2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.0883139,-90.1974338
10592P0531S1991WI033001Finchford6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.7258339,-91.8877792
10592P0536S1991WI091001FINCHFORD6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.6061096,-92.0127792
10592P0537S1991WI091002FINCHFORD6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.648056,-91.9844437
115BM89001241989MO001024Finchford4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties38.9672203,-92.3450012
115CX23-159-2S1972IA045021Finchford1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.796517,-90.2575043
115CX23-159-1S1973IA045003Finchford1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.7915832,-90.2640523

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with FINCHFORD 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 FINCHFORD 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 FINCHFORD 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.

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with FINCHFORD, 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. WI-2010-11-08-07 | Pepin County - 2002

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Finchford-Plainfield-Burkhardt and Algansee-Kalmarville-Scotah associations (Soil Survey of Pepin County, Wisconsin; 2002).

Map Units

Map units containing FINCHFORD 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
Finchford loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes159821402827fj5fia01119771:15840
Finchford-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes41596045413301fw29ia01320011:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes1593818413224fvztia01320011:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 2 to 9 percent slopes159C575413364fw4bia01320011:12000
Finchford-Urban land complex, 2 to 9 percent slopes4159C140413388fw53ia01320011:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes1591423403207fjkpia01919781:15840
Finchford loamy sand, 2 to 9 percent slopes159C565403208fjkqia01919781:15840
Finchford loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes1593112404351fkrlia04519781:15840
Finchford loamy sand, 2 to 9 percent slopes159C314404352fkrmia04519781:15840
Finchford loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes159398404987flf3ia05519841:15840
Finchford loamy sand, 2 to 9 percent slopes159C309404988flf4ia05519841:15840
Finchford loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes159B3644074572v3g9ia09719881:15840
Finchford loamy sand, 2 to 9 percent slopes159C247408094fpnbia10519881:15840
Finchford loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes159225408093fpn9ia10519881:15840
Urban land-Finchford complex8402567429100gdhymn16919871:20000
Finchford loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes501B318925617352v3g9wi01119601:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes501A180125617332v3g8wi01119601:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes501A4524989582v3g8wi02319601:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes501A1143224989592v3g8wi03320031:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes501B686625058602v3g9wi03320031:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes501A139130997582v3g8wi03519741:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes501B10244218372v3g9wi03519741:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes501A80224989602v3g8wi05319941:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes501A399624989612v3g8wi06320011:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes501A20126851232v3g8wi08119811:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes501B5126851242v3g9wi08119811:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes501B323425058612v3g9wi09119981:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes501A300424989622v3g8wi09119981:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes501A197016910202v3g8wi09320061:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes501B111416910212v3g9wi09320061:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes501B220726835022v3g9wi12119691:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes501A27126834872v3g8wi12119691:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes501B25425058622v3g9wi12319651:12000
Finchford loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes501A3624989632v3g8wi12319651:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the FINCHFORD 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 .