Soil Data Explorer - HARD LABOR

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the HARD LABOR soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of HARD LABOR, 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 HARD LABOR 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
136	S92AL-123-5	92AL123005-pgm	Hard Labor	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	32.8138889,-85.6344444

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the HARD LABOR 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 HARD LABOR 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 HARD LABOR 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 HARD LABOR 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 HARD LABOR 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 HARD LABOR 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 HARD LABOR 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 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 HARD LABOR, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing HARD LABOR 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
Hard Labor loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HdB	3872	1895722	21mnb	al037	2006	1:24000
Hard Labor loamy sand, 6 to 10 percent slopes	HdC	2641	1895723	21mnc	al037	2006	1:24000
Hard Labor loamy sand, 6 to 10 percent slopes	HdC	8560	1476418	1lkbd	al123	2005	1:24000
Hard Labor loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HdB	5035	1476417	1lkbc	al123	2005	1:24000
Hard Labor sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HaB	3500	1018582	135xh	ga035	2003	1:24000
Appling-Hard Labor complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes	AgC	12605	1654011	1sj46	ga121	2007	1:12000
Urban land-Appling-Hard Labor complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes	UdC	5675	1672368	1t47c	ga121	2007	1:12000
Appling-Hard Labor complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	AgB	2735	1672343	1t46k	ga121	2007	1:12000
Hard Labor-Appling complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HaB	12110	2580478	2qfl2	ga133	2011	1:24000
Hard Labor-Appling complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes	HaC	4175	2580479	2qfl3	ga133	2011	1:24000
Hard Labor-Cecil complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes, moderately eroded	HdC2	1701	2580481	2qfl5	ga133	2011	1:24000
Hard Labor-Cecil complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HcB	1594	2580480	2qfl4	ga133	2011	1:24000
Appling-Hard Labor complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	ApB	18120	639990	pgyv	ga135	1966	1:15840
Hard Labor sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HdB	3570	639993	pgyy	ga135	1966	1:15840
Hard Labor sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HaB	1130	2200534	2cvtz	ga207	2007	1:24000
Hard Labor-Appling complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HaB	3350	142608	4sd8	ga211	1998	1:24000
Hard Labor-Cecil complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes, severely eroded	HeC3	405	142611	4sdc	ga211	1998	1:24000
Hard Labor-Appling complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes, moderately eroded	HdC2	395	142609	4sd9	ga211	1998	1:24000
Cecil-Hard Labor complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded	CgB2	315	142610	4sdb	ga211	1998	1:24000
Appling-Hard Labor complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes	ApC	3925	2511182	trvr	ga223	2010	1:12000
Appling-Hard Labor complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	ApB	2155	2511291	2q0kh	ga223	2010	1:12000
Hard Labor-Appling complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HbB	15095	2639102	2rj4y	ga639	2012	1:24000
Hard Labor-Appling complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	HbD	14520	2639103	2rj4z	ga639	2012	1:24000
Hard Labor loamy coarse sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes, bouldery	HaB	1425	2639100	2rj4w	ga639	2012	1:24000
Hard Labor loamy coarse sand, 6 to 15 percent slopes, bouldery	HaD	1235	2639101	2rj4x	ga639	2012	1:24000
Hard Labor-Cecil complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HcB	490	2639099	2rj4v	ga639	2012	1:24000
Hard Labor-Cecil complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes, moderately eroded	HcC2	245	2639060	2rj3c	ga639	2012	1:24000
Hard Labor-Appling complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes, moderately eroded	HdC2	10236	747850	t366	ga655	2012	1:24000
Hard Labor-Appling complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HdB	9147	747849	t365	ga655	2012	1:24000
Hard Labor sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HaB	33271	639236	pg5j	sc071	2005	1:24000
Hard Labor sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	HaC	12096	639237	pg5k	sc071	2005	1:24000
Hard Labor sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HaB	959	2678803	2r2t6	sc083	1965	1:20000
Pacolet-Hard Labor complex, 10 to 15 percent slopes	PhD	790	2678817	2r2tm	sc083	1965	1:20000
Hard Labor sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HaB	12895	2513845	2lq1v	sc091	2013	1:15840
Hard Labor sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	HaC	8510	2513846	2lq1w	sc091	2013	1:15840
Pacolet-Hard Labor complex, 10 to 15 percent slopes	PhD	3202	2513860	2lq34	sc091	2013	1:15840
Urban Land-Hard Labor-Saw complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes	UsC	1377	2513873	2lq4f	sc091	2013	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the HARD LABOR 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).