Soil Data Explorer - FLAXTON

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the FLAXTON soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of FLAXTON, 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 FLAXTON 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
53B	81ND043171	81ND043171	Flaxton	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	46.6727778,-99.9594444
54	73ND057002	73ND057002	Flaxton	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	47.2452429,-101.6233071

Water Balance

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with FLAXTON, 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

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

1. ND-2012-02-07-32 | Dunn County - April 1982

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Vebar-Parshall association (Soil Survey of Dunn County, North Dakota; April 1982).

Map Units

Map units containing FLAXTON 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
Flaxton-Livona fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C354B	7837	2564138	2q3hw	nd015	1967	1:20000
Livona-Flaxton fine sandy loams, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C362C	3538	2564113	2q2km	nd015	1967	1:20000
Flaxton fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	C350A	1458	2564137	2q3hr	nd015	1967	1:20000
Flaxton fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C350B	58	2595645	2q3hs	nd015	1967	1:20000
Flaxton fine sandy loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C350C	56	2595646	2q3ht	nd015	1967	1:20000
Flaxton-Williams complex, 3 to 6 percent slopes	E3733B	7666	2707237	2qkwz	nd025	1981	1:20000
Flaxton-Williams complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	E3733C	4808	2707238	2qkx0	nd025	1981	1:20000
Flaxton-Livona fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	E3715A	498	2707236	2qkwq	nd025	1981	1:20000
Noonan-Flaxton fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	E3748B	7	2758490	2qkx1	nd025	1981	1:20000
Flaxton fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C350B	5958	2595447	2q3hs	nd029	1979	1:20000
Flaxton fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	C350A	5663	2595446	2q3hr	nd029	1979	1:20000
Flaxton fine sandy loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C350C	1918	2564319	2q3ht	nd029	1979	1:20000
Flaxton-Livona fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C354B	1003	2595811	2q3hw	nd029	1979	1:20000
Flaxton-Livona fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	E3715B	335	2661807	2qkwr	nd029	1979	1:20000
Livona-Flaxton fine sandy loams, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C362C	44	2595805	2q2km	nd029	1979	1:20000
Flaxton-Williams complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	C356B	1	2595812	2q4vw	nd029	1979	1:20000
Krem-Flaxton complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	C375B	22649	2564429	2q771	nd043	1985	1:20000
Flaxton fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C350B	8500	2595481	2q3hs	nd043	1985	1:20000
Flaxton fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	C350A	6921	2595480	2q3hr	nd043	1985	1:20000
Flaxton-Livona fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C354B	3977	2596662	2q3hw	nd043	1985	1:20000
Flaxton-Zahl complex, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C358B	110	2596664	2q4vy	nd043	1985	1:20000
Livona-Flaxton fine sandy loams, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C362C	16	2596652	2q2km	nd043	1985	1:20000
Flaxton-Williams complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	C356B	11	2596663	2q4vw	nd043	1985	1:20000
Flaxton fine sandy loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C350C	1	2596660	2q3ht	nd043	1985	1:20000
Flaxton-Williams complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	C356B	3439	2566502	2q4vw	nd047	1992	1:20000
Flaxton-Williams complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C356C	740	2566503	2q4vx	nd047	1992	1:20000
Flaxton fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C350B	115	2596703	2q3hs	nd047	1992	1:20000
Flaxton-Livona fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	E3715B	86	2661875	2qkwr	nd047	1992	1:20000
Flaxton-Livona fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	E3715A	14	2661874	2qkwq	nd047	1992	1:20000
Flaxton-Zahl complex, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C358B	4	2596704	2q4vy	nd047	1992	1:20000
Flaxton fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	C350A	1150	2595523	2q3hr	nd051	1992	1:24000
Flaxton fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C350B	579	2595524	2q3hs	nd051	1992	1:24000
Flaxton-Livona fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	E3715B	115	2662007	2qkwr	nd051	1992	1:24000
Flaxton-Livona fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	E3715A	64	2662006	2qkwq	nd051	1992	1:24000
Flaxton fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C350B	3659	2595547	2q3hs	nd055	1974	1:20000
Flaxton fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	C350A	1493	2566675	2q3hr	nd055	1974	1:20000
Flaxton fine sandy loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C350C	1063	2566677	2q3ht	nd055	1974	1:20000
Flaxton-Williams complex, 3 to 6 percent slopes	E3733B	9611	2699260	2qkwz	nd057	1976	1:20000
Flaxton-Livona fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	E3715B	9139	2699258	2qkwr	nd057	1976	1:20000
Flaxton-Williams complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	E3733C	5591	2699261	2qkx0	nd057	1976	1:20000
Noonan-Flaxton fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	E3748B	4158	2699295	2qkx1	nd057	1976	1:20000
Flaxton-Livona fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	E3715A	2266	2699257	2qkwq	nd057	1976	1:20000
Flaxton-Williams complex, 9 to 15 percent slopes	E3733D	1954	2699262	2q520	nd057	1976	1:20000
Flaxton-Williams loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	E3725A	1502	2699263	2qkww	nd057	1976	1:20000
Flaxton-Livona fine sandy loams, 6 to 9 percent slopes	E3715C	799	2699259	2qkws	nd057	1976	1:20000
Noonan-Flaxton fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	E3748A	26	2699294	2qz95	nd057	1976	1:20000
Flaxton-Livona fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	E3715B	98	2662528	2qkwr	nd061	1988	1:24000
Flaxton-Williams complex, 3 to 6 percent slopes	E3733B	10205	2525972	2qkwz	nd065	1971	1:20000
Flaxton-Williams loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	E3725B	7259	2525970	2qkwx	nd065	1971	1:20000
Flaxton-Livona fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	E3715B	5260	2525967	2qkwr	nd065	1971	1:20000
Flaxton-Williams complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	E3733C	5163	2525973	2qkx0	nd065	1971	1:20000
Flaxton-Livona fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	E3715A	3101	2525966	2qkwq	nd065	1971	1:20000
Flaxton-Williams loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	E3725A	2622	2525969	2qkww	nd065	1971	1:20000
Williams-Flaxton loams, 6 to 9 percent slopes	E3729C	1930	2525971	2qkwy	nd065	1971	1:20000
Flaxton-Williams complex, 9 to 15 percent slopes	E3733D	1211	2525974	2q520	nd065	1971	1:20000
Flaxton-Livona fine sandy loams, 6 to 9 percent slopes	E3715C	720	2525968	2qkws	nd065	1971	1:20000
Noonan-Flaxton fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	E3748B	545	2525977	2qkx1	nd065	1971	1:20000
Noonan-Flaxton fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	E3748A	118	2525976	2qz95	nd065	1971	1:20000
Flaxton fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C350B	434	2595573	2q3hs	nd083	1990	1:20000
Flaxton fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	C350A	387	2595572	2q3hr	nd083	1990	1:20000
Flaxton-Zahl complex, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C358B	1982	2566852	2q4vy	nd093	1990	1:24000
Flaxton fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	C350A	497	2566851	2q3hr	nd093	1990	1:24000
Krem-Flaxton complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	C375B	9	2595740	2q771	nd093	1990	1:24000
Flaxton-Livona fine sandy loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	E3715B	129	2662585	2qkwr	nd105	1993	1:24000
Flaxton-Livona fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	E3715A	9	2662584	2qkwq	nd105	1993	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the FLAXTON 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).