Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the GREENLEE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of GREENLEE, 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 GREENLEE were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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
13693P026992NC171002Greenlee7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties36.3416672,-80.4894409

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the GREENLEE 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 GREENLEE series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

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Select annual climate data summaries for the GREENLEE 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).

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Geomorphic description summaries for the GREENLEE 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).

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with GREENLEE share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

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Select annual climate data summaries for the GREENLEE 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).

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Geomorphic description summaries for the GREENLEE 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).

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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 GREENLEE, 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

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  1. NC-2010-09-27-06 | Burke County - 2006

    Typical relationship between soils, landform, and parent material in the Ashe-Chestnut-Buladean general soil map unit in the Blue Ridge mountains (Soil Survey of Burke County, North Carolina; 2006).

  2. NC-2010-09-27-08 | Burke County - 2006

    Soil-landform relationships in the south end of the Linville Gorge (Soil Survey of Burke County, North Carolina; 2006).

  3. NC-2010-09-28-12 | Surry County - 2007

    Relationship of soils, landscape, and geology in the Cowee-Evard general soil map unit and the Chestnut-Peaks general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Surry County, North Carolina; 2007).

  4. NC-2010-09-28-13 | Surry County - 2007

    Relationship of soils, landscape, and geology of Pilot Mountain (Soil Survey of Surry County, North Carolina; 2007).

Map Units

Map units containing GREENLEE 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
Greenlee very cobbly sandy loam, central mountains, 30 to 50 percent slopes, extremely boulderyGrE8215480742v0yync01119971:12000
Greenlee-Tate complex, escarpment, 15 to 30 percent slopes, extremely stonyGrD12241170052xvwknc02320001:24000
Greenlee-Tate complex, escarpment, 30 to 50 percent slopes, extremely stonyGrE7761170062v0ywnc02320001:24000
Greenlee-Tate-Ostin complex, 1 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stonyGtC6451170073xrfnc02320001:24000
Greenlee very cobbly sandy loam, escarpment, 15 to 30 percent slopes, extremely boulderyGcD1441170042v0yvnc02320001:24000
Tate-Greenlee complex, escarpment, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stonyTgD519026792612v0z3nc02720121:12000
Greenlee-Tate complex, escarpment, 30 to 50 percent slopes, extremely stonyGrE451826792372v0ywnc02720121:12000
Greenlee very cobbly sandy loam, escarpment, 30 to 50 percent slopes, extremely boulderyGcE28026792362v0yxnc02720121:12000
Greenlee-Tate, rarely flooded-Ostin, frequently flooded complex, 1 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stonyGtC6026792392r934nc02720121:12000
Brevard-Greenlee complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes, very boulderyBrE12624247762md5lnc09720111:12000
Brevard-Greenlee complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes, very boulderyBrF2424247772md5mnc09720111:12000
Greenlee very cobbly loam, 6 to 25 percent slopes, very boulderyGrD28855471972v0ynnc11119891:24000
Maymead-Greenlee-Ostin complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes, very stonyMgD75723961322lfclnc11119891:24000
Tate-Greenlee complex, escarpment, 15 to 30 percent slopes, extremely stonyTaD21141111092xkfqnc14919921:24000
Tate-Greenlee complex, escarpment, 30 to 60 percent slopes, extremely boulderyTgE19751111102xkftnc14919921:24000
Tate-Greenlee complex, escarpment, 8 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stonyTaC9891111082xkfvnc14919921:24000
Greenlee-Tate complex, escarpment, 30 to 70 percent slopes, rubblyGbF16951176252v0z6nc16119971:24000
Greenlee-Tate complex, escarpment, 15 to 30 percent slopes, extremely boulderyGaD9541176242v0z4nc16119971:24000
Tate-Greenlee complex, escarpment, 6 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyTbC5881176502xkfsnc16119971:24000
Tate-Greenlee complex, escarpment, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stonyTbD5601176512v0z3nc16119971:24000
Greenlee-Tate complex, escarpment, 6 to 15 percent slopes, extremely boulderyGaC2951176232v0z2nc16119971:24000
Brevard-Greenlee complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes, extremely boulderyBrE314813836691hfthnc16919921:24000
Brevard-Greenlee complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes, extremely boulderyBrD65213836701hftjnc16919921:24000
Brevard-Greenlee complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes, very boulderyBrD65214275531jxh3nc17120051:24000
Brevard-Greenlee complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes, very boulderyBrE52812750948p6nc17120051:24000
Greenlee extremely bouldery fine sandy loam, 25 to 60 percent slopes, rubblyGrE19812754248q8nc17120051:24000
Greenlee-Ostin, frequently flooded complex, 3 to 40 percent slopes, very stonyGrD245623961252lfccnc19319931:24000
Greenlee very cobbly loam, 35 to 50 percent slopesGrF50955264552v0ystn01920001:24000
Greenlee very cobbly loam, 20 to 35 percent slopesGrE14795264542v0yrtn01920001:24000
Greenlee very cobbly loam, 35 to 55 percent slopes, very stonyGrF22365265362v0z8tn09120001:24000
Greenlee very cobbly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stonyGrE14395609732v0z9tn09120001:24000
Greenlee very cobbly loam, 55 to 80 percent slopes, very stonyGrG7925265372v0zbtn09120001:24000
Greenlee very cobbly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony25D8661914826228jlva06320071:24000
Greenlee very cobbly loam, 0 to 15 percent slopes, very stony25C4931914825228jkva06320071:24000
Greenlee very cobbly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony31D37316705161t29mva07720061:24000
Greenlee very cobbly loam, 35 to 55 percent slopes, very stony31E11016705171t29nva07720061:24000
Brevard-Greenlee complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes, very bouldery7D2016705041t297va07720061:24000
Greenlee very cobbly loam, 25 to 65 percent slopes, very stony18E242518645kdphva17319951:24000
Greenlee very cobbly loam, 7 to 35 percent slopes, very stony18D3558205lqvmva19119981:15840
Greenlee very cobbly loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very stony11987424200542m788va6061:24000
Greenlee very cobbly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony12036624200562m78bva6061:24000
Greenlee very cobbly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony12E48131740492z3dnva8501:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the GREENLEE 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).