Soil Data Explorer - HAMAR

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the HAMAR soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of HAMAR, 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 HAMAR were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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
55B	55ND021503	55ND021503	Hamar	1	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	46.0638889,-98.0688889
55B	40A2520	S1974SD091001	Hamar	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	45.9230537,-97.8377762
55B	99P0280	S1998ND005001	Hamar	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	47.8524437,-98.6066666
88	UMN3419	S1900MN0073419	Hamar	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	48.317379,-95.2502289

Water Balance

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

Select annual climate data summaries for the HAMAR 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 HAMAR 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.

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with HAMAR 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).

Select annual climate data summaries for the HAMAR 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 HAMAR 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 3D hills figure.

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

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with HAMAR, 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. MN-2010-09-08-31 | Polk County - 2003

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Ulen-Rosewood-Flaming association (Soil Survey of Polk County, Minnesota; 2003).

2. ND-2012-02-08-66 | Wells County - June 1970

   Parent material and position of soils in association 8 (Soil Survey of Wells County, North Dakota; June 1970).

3. SD-2012-03-14-07 | Brown County - April 1993

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Serden-Hamar-Venlo and Hecla-Hamar-Ulen associations (Soil Survey of Brown County, SD; 1993).

Map Units

Map units containing HAMAR 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
Hamar loamy fine sand, Aspen Parkland, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I25A	456	2798910	prn9	mn089	1994	1:20000
Rosewood-Hamar complex	1966	144	357129	czm9	mn089	1994	1:20000
Hamar loamy fine sand	372	63	357135	czmh	mn089	1994	1:20000
Hamar loamy fine sand, Aspen Parkland, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I25A	4841	2799040	prn9	mn107	1970	1:20000
Hamar loamy fine sand, Aspen Parkland, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I25A	907	2799183	prn9	mn113	2003	1:12000
Hamar loamy fine sand, Aspen Parkland, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I25A	2576	2799647	prn9	mn119	1996	1:20000
Hamar loamy fine sand	372	333	352240	ctjl	mn119	1996	1:20000
Hamar sandy loam	Hc	252	401351	fgmt	mn121	1968	1:20000
Hamar loamy fine sand, Aspen Parkland, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I25A	2571	2799772	prn9	mn125	2001	1:12000
Hamar loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	J21A	2608	434800	glft	mn151	2000	1:12000
Hamar fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I360A	1263	2640849	1nyxn	nd017	1983	1:20000
Serden-Hamar complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes	I348D	46	2640872	1nyx7	nd017	1983	1:20000
Hamar loamy fine sand, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I359A	513	2643100	1nyxm	nd019	1987	1:20000
Hecla-Hamar loamy fine sands, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G389A	3408	2575335	2q5c4	nd021	1989	1:20000
Hamar loamy fine sand, 0 to 1 percent slopes	G323A	921	2575311	2q4zs	nd021	1989	1:20000
Bantry-Hamar-Aylmer complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	G337B	620	2575315	2q504	nd021	1989	1:20000
Ulen-Hamar fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G350A	534	2575318	2q50c	nd021	1989	1:20000
Hamar fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	G70A	1	2575274	2q3vg	nd021	1989	1:20000
Hamar fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I360A	3505	2642550	1nyxn	nd035	1980	1:20000
Hamar loamy sand, loamy substratum, 0 to 1 percent slopes	G34A	361	2577275	2q4ng	nd063		1:12000
Hamar loamy fine sand, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I359A	12387	2642969	1nyxm	nd067	1972	1:20000
Hamar fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I360A	10681	2642970	1nyxn	nd067	1972	1:20000
Serden-Hamar complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes	I348D	15546	2641288	1nyx7	nd073	1992	1:20000
Hamar loamy fine sand, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I359A	1082	2641295	1nyxm	nd073	1992	1:20000
Hamar loamy fine sand, 0 to 1 percent slopes	G323A	11	2581164	2q4zs	nd073	1992	1:20000
Serden-Hamar complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes	I348D	13639	2641087	1nyx7	nd077	2005	1:12000
Hamar fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I360A	1409	2641040	1nyxn	nd077	2005	1:12000
Hamar loamy fine sand, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I359A	614	2641124	1nyxm	nd077	2005	1:12000
Hamar fine sandy loam, stratified substratum, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I303A	510	2641074	1nyw3	nd077	2005	1:12000
Hamar loamy fine sand, stratified substratum, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I302A	379	2640968	1nyw2	nd077	2005	1:12000
Ulen-Hamar fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	F350A	3520	2588213	2q544	nd079	1990	1:24000
Bantry-Hamar-Aylmer complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	G337B	10668	2579518	2q504	nd081	1959	1:12000
Hecla-Hamar loamy fine sands, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G389A	9792	2579444	2q5c4	nd081	1959	1:12000
Hamar fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	G70A	1729	2579494	2q3vg	nd081	1959	1:12000
Hamar fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I360A	621	2641221	1nyxn	nd081	1959	1:12000
Hamar loamy fine sand, 0 to 1 percent slopes	G323A	71	2765552	2q4zs	nd081	1959	1:12000
Hamar loamy fine sand, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I359A	52	2641220	1nyxm	nd081	1959	1:12000
Hamar loamy sand, loamy substratum, 0 to 1 percent slopes	G34A	21	2579533	2q4ng	nd081	1959	1:12000
Hamar loamy fine sand, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I359A	698	2641607	1nyxm	nd097	1974	1:20000
Hamar fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I360A	66	2641608	1nyxn	nd097	1974	1:20000
Aylmer-Hamar-Venlo complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	G388B	2435	2797766	2sd35	sd013	1987	1:20000
Hecla-Hamar loamy fine sands, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G389A	1534	2797676	2q5c4	sd013	1987	1:20000
Hamar loamy fine sand, 0 to 1 percent slopes	G323A	1168	2797662	2q4zs	sd013	1987	1:20000
Hamar fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	G070A	218	2797643	2q3vg	sd013	1987	1:20000
Bantry-Hamar-Aylmer complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	G337B	1	2797665	2q504	sd013	1987	1:20000
Hecla-Hamar loamy fine sands, 0 to 2 percent slopes	G389A	3829	2799296	2q5c4	sd091	1970	1:20000
Hamar fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	G070A	3764	2799275	2q3vg	sd091	1970	1:20000
Aylmer-Hamar-Venlo complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	G388B	1308	2799339	2sd35	sd091	1970	1:20000
Hamar loamy fine sand, 0 to 1 percent slopes	G323A	482	2799284	2q4zs	sd091	1970	1:20000
Bantry-Hamar-Aylmer complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	G337B	5	2799285	2q504	sd091	1970	1:20000
Embden-Hamar fine sandy loams	Eh	2149	417817	g0rz	sd109	1977	1:20000
Hecla-Hamar loamy fine sands, 0 to 3 percent slopes	HmA	316	417839	g0sp	sd109	1977	1:20000
Hamar fine sandy loam	Ha	207	417832	g0sg	sd109	1977	1:20000
Hamar fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	I360A	202	2800176	1nyxn	sd109	1977	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the HAMAR 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).