Soil Data Explorer - GARDENA

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the GARDENA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of GARDENA, 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 GARDENA 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
55A	83ND049213	83ND049213	Gardena	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	48.5455556,-100.8325

Water Balance

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

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the GARDENA 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).

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

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

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

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

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with GARDENA, 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-2012-02-07-10 | Bottineau County - May 1982

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Gardena-Overly-Fargo association (Soil Survey of Bottineau County, North Dakota; May 1982).

2. ND-2012-02-07-16 | Cass County Area - 1985

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Glyndon-Wyndmere-Tiffany association (Soil Survey of Cass County Area, North Dakota; 1985).

3. 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 GARDENA 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
Gardena silt loam	1949	1717	396070	f94g	mn011	1990	1:20000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I500A	1158	2799951	1tbn1	mn155	1986	1:20000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G485A	9087	2573617	2q5nq	nd003	1988	1:20000
Gardena-Glyndon loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G491A	4189	2573622	2q5p1	nd003	1988	1:20000
Gardena-Zell loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	G490B	4034	2573621	2q5p0	nd003	1988	1:20000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G485A	1666	2573754	2q5nq	nd005		1:12000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	F485A	1406	2587595	2q563	nd005		1:12000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	F486B	1020	2587768	2q565	nd005		1:12000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	G486B	280	2573680	2q5ns	nd005		1:12000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	F485A	55701	2585873	2q563	nd009	1981	1:20000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	F486B	7942	2586076	2q565	nd009	1981	1:20000
Gardena silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I202A	5050	2640866	1nyrs	nd017	1983	1:20000
Gardena-Glyndon silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I474A	2863	2521603	1tbls	nd017	1983	1:20000
Gardena-Glyndon loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G491A	818	2575089	2q5p1	nd017	1983	1:20000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I500A	785	2640937	1tbn1	nd017	1983	1:20000
Gardena-Glyndon loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I506A	672	2640835	1tbng	nd017	1983	1:20000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G485A	389	2575096	2q5nq	nd017	1983	1:20000
Gardena loam, clayey substratum, 2 to 6 percent slopes	I502B	168	2640854	1tbnk	nd017	1983	1:20000
Gardena loam, stratified substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I501A	133	2521586	1tbnm	nd017	1983	1:20000
Gardena silt loam, clayey substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I226A	93	2640882	1nysq	nd017	1983	1:20000
Eckman-Gardena loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	I493B	82	2640898	1tbn7	nd017	1983	1:20000
Gardena loam, clayey substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I502A	18	2640864	1tbnl	nd017	1983	1:20000
Barnes-Gardena loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G711A	3248	2575370	2q5wj	nd021	1989	1:20000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G485A	3207	2575346	2q5nq	nd021	1989	1:20000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	G486B	1775	2575347	2q5ns	nd021	1989	1:20000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G485A	454	2576317	2q5nq	nd027		1:12000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G486A	253	2576318	2q5nr	nd027		1:12000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	G486B	74	2576319	2q5ns	nd027		1:12000
Gardena silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I202A	15650	2642532	1nyrs	nd035	1980	1:20000
Zell-Gardena silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	I164B	1950	2642600	2qkvm	nd035	1980	1:20000
Zell-Gardena silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopes	I164C	1524	2642599	2qkvn	nd035	1980	1:20000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I500A	35	2642522	1tbn1	nd035	1980	1:20000
Gardena-Eckman silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	I202B	22	2642533	1nyrt	nd035	1980	1:20000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	G486B	2586	2576632	2q5ns	nd039	1991	1:24000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G485A	946	2576631	2q5nq	nd039	1991	1:24000
Barnes-Gardena loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	G711A	13376	2577124	2q5wj	nd045	1966	1:20000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G486A	3132	2577089	2q5nr	nd045	1966	1:20000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G485A	1863	2577088	2q5nq	nd045	1966	1:20000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	G486B	750	2577090	2q5ns	nd045	1966	1:20000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	F485A	7805	2585569	2q563	nd049	1987	1:20000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G485A	109	2571380	2q5nq	nd049	1987	1:20000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G485A	1784	2577338	2q5nq	nd063		1:12000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	G486B	782	2577339	2q5ns	nd063		1:12000
Gardena very fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I581A	5930	2643008	2mbkm	nd067	1972	1:20000
Zell-Gardena silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopes	I164C	662	2643027	2qkvn	nd067	1972	1:20000
Gardena silt loam, clayey substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I226A	278	2642953	1nysq	nd067	1972	1:20000
Gardena silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I202A	96	2642949	1nyrs	nd067	1972	1:20000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	F485A	35847	2587169	2q563	nd069	1975	1:20000
Gardena loam, clayey substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes	F500A	12673	2587303	2q568	nd069	1975	1:20000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	F486B	7277	2587293	2q565	nd069	1975	1:20000
Camtown-Gardena loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	F716A	6352	2587292	2q5lt	nd069	1975	1:20000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G485A	75	2582322	2q5nq	nd069	1975	1:20000
Svea-Gardena loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	I433A	5199	2641341	1tzdy	nd073	1992	1:20000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G486A	1395	2581179	2q5nr	nd073	1992	1:20000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	G486B	379	2581180	2q5ns	nd073	1992	1:20000
Eckman-Gardena loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	I493B	347	2641335	1tbn7	nd073	1992	1:20000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I493A	66	2641336	1tbn8	nd073	1992	1:20000
Gardena silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I202A	45	2641267	1nyrs	nd073	1992	1:20000
Lankin-Gardena-Tonka complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I401A	11071	2641086	1nyyw	nd077	2005	1:12000
Gardena silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I202A	9322	2641071	1nyrs	nd077	2005	1:12000
Gardena-Eckman silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	I202B	5196	2641153	1nyrt	nd077	2005	1:12000
Gardena silt loam, clayey substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I226A	1159	2641104	1nysq	nd077	2005	1:12000
Eckman-Gardena loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	I493B	10	2641129	1tbn7	nd077	2005	1:12000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	F486A	1962	2588113	2q564	nd079	1990	1:24000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	F485A	1547	2587990	2q563	nd079	1990	1:24000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	F486B	420	2588218	2q565	nd079	1990	1:24000
Gardena-Glyndon loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G491A	29317	2579491	2q5p1	nd081	1959	1:12000
Gardena-Glyndon silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I474A	9673	2641248	1tbls	nd081	1959	1:12000
Gardena-Glyndon loams, sandy substratums, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G502A	3595	2579552	2q5p3	nd081	1959	1:12000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	G486B	3229	2579434	2q5ns	nd081	1959	1:12000
Lankin-Gardena-Tonka complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I401A	1230	2641229	1nyyw	nd081	1959	1:12000
Gardena-Eckman silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	I202B	368	2641193	1nyrt	nd081	1959	1:12000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G486A	314	2579574	2q5nr	nd081	1959	1:12000
Gardena-Glyndon silt loams, nearly level	GmA	290	1858517	20cy5	nd081	1959	1:12000
Gardena silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I202A	119	2641192	1nyrs	nd081	1959	1:12000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G485A	13	2579499	2q5nq	nd081	1959	1:12000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I500A	6347	2641396	1tbn1	nd091	1991	1:20000
Gardena silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I202A	767	2641363	1nyrs	nd091	1991	1:20000
Gardena-Eckman silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	I202B	19	2641364	1nyrt	nd091	1991	1:20000
Zell-Gardena silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopes	I164C	6	2641418	2qkvn	nd091	1991	1:20000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G485A	8	2581386	2q5nq	nd093	1990	1:24000
Gardena silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I202A	9603	2641572	1nyrs	nd097	1974	1:20000
Gardena-Eckman silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	I202B	918	2641573	1nyrt	nd097	1974	1:20000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I500A	63	2642438	1tbn1	nd097	1974	1:20000
Zell-Gardena silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopes	I164C	1	2642490	2qkvn	nd097	1974	1:20000
Gardena silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I202A	7133	2509496	1nyrs	nd099	1967	1:20000
Zell-Gardena silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopes	I164C	414	2642917	2qkvn	nd099	1967	1:20000
Gardena-Eckman silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	I202B	351	2509497	1nyrt	nd099	1967	1:20000
Gardena very fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I581A	1	2642899	2mbkm	nd099	1967	1:20000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G486A	3345	2579665	2q5nr	nd103	1966	1:12000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G485A	92	2579664	2q5nq	nd103	1966	1:12000
Eckman-Gardena very fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G493A	13152	2797779	2sd3q	sd013	1987	1:20000
Eckman-Gardena very fine sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	G493B	13099	2797780	2sd3r	sd013	1987	1:20000
Gardena very fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G492A	11262	2797778	2sd3p	sd013	1987	1:20000
Gardena-Glyndon silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G489A	5497	2797777	2sd3n	sd013	1987	1:20000
Gardena-Turton very fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G876A	3700	2797839	2sd70	sd013	1987	1:20000
Eckman-Gardena very fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G493A	45	2798498	2sd3q	sd037	1992	1:20000
Eckman-Gardena very fine sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	G493B	8	2798499	2sd3r	sd037	1992	1:20000
Eckman-Gardena very fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G493A	293	2799344	2sd3q	sd091	1970	1:20000
Eckman-Gardena very fine sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	G493B	225	2799345	2sd3r	sd091	1970	1:20000
Gardena-Glyndon loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G491A	113	2799305	2q5p1	sd091	1970	1:20000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	G486B	17	2799304	2q5ns	sd091	1970	1:20000
Gardena loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G485A	11	2799303	2q5nq	sd091	1970	1:20000
Gardena-Eckman loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I493A	1470	2800205	1tbn8	sd109	1977	1:20000
Gardena silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I202A	682	2800161	1nyrs	sd109	1977	1:20000
Eckman-Gardena loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	I493B	624	2800204	1tbn7	sd109	1977	1:20000
Gardena silt loam	Ga	414	417829	g0sc	sd109	1977	1:20000
Gardena-Eckman silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	I202B	7	2800162	1nyrt	sd109	1977	1:20000
Lankin-Gardena-Tonka complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	I401A	6	2800187	1nyyw	sd109	1977	1:20000
Eckman-Gardena very fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G493A	3571	2799603	2sd3q	sd115	1997	1:24000
Gardena-Turton very fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G876A	1071	2800060	2sd70	sd115	1997	1:24000
Gardena very fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G492A	941	2799602	2sd3p	sd115	1997	1:24000
Gardena-Glyndon silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G489A	792	2799601	2sd3n	sd115	1997	1:24000
Eckman-Gardena very fine sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	G493B	738	2799604	2sd3r	sd115	1997	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the GARDENA 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).