Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the HECTOR soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of HECTOR, 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 HECTOR were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . 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
11291P015391OK107006Hector7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties35.4008331,-96.0919418
116AM93185161993MO185016Hector4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties38.04,-93.899
11769JA061969AR067006Hector3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties35.4939,-91.5381
11777-OK-51-1477-OK101-51-14Hector4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties35.5655972,-95.2107528
118A59JH011959AR071001Hector3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties35.5411,-93.4216
118A65FR261965AR047026Hector3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties35.5383,-93.825
118A99SB011999AR131001Hector2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties35.2531,-94.1903
118B73-OK-32-473-OK063-32-4Hector2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties35.0781139,-96.08595

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the HECTOR 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 HECTOR series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the HECTOR series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the HECTOR 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 .

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with HECTOR share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the HECTOR series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the HECTOR 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 .

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 HECTOR, 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 .

Block Diagrams

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  1. OK-2012-02-16-02 | Adair County - September 1965

    Soils in the Hector-Linker soil association and their general location in the landscape (Soil Survey of Adair County, Oklahoma; September 1965).

  2. OK-2012-02-16-08 | Cherokee and Delaware Counties - December 1970

    Major soils in soil association 5 and their relation to the landscape. The soils in this association are on both sides of the Sallisaw and Staser soils, which are in soil association 1 (Soil Survey of Cherokee and Delaware Counties, Oklahoma; December 1970).

  3. OK-2012-02-16-49 | Hughes County - December 1968

    Typical pattern of soils in association 3 (Soil Survey of Hughes County, Oklahoma; December 1968).

  4. OK-2012-02-17-16 | Okmulgee County - May 1968

    Relationship of the Dennis, Bates, and Parsons soils to the soils of the Collinsville-Talihina and Hector-Hartsells associations (Soil Survey of Okmulgee County, Oklahoma; May 1968).

  5. OK-2012-02-17-17 | Okmulgee County - May 1968

    Relationship of the Taloka and Choteau soils (upper right) to the soils of the Dennis-Bates-Parsons, Collinsville-Talihina, Hector-Hartsells, Konawa-Stidham, and Verdigris-Lightning-Pulaski associations. (The Deep Fork River is also known as the Deep Fork Canadian River) (Soil Survey of Okmulgee County, Oklahoma; May 1968).

  6. OK-2012-02-17-32 | Pittsburg County - May 1971

    Major soils and underlying material in soil associations 1, 2, 3, and 7 (Soil Survey of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma; May 1971).

  7. OK-2012-02-17-33 | Pittsburg County - May 1971

    Major soils and underlying material in soil associations 3 and 4 (Soil Survey of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma; May 1971).

  8. OK-2012-02-17-44 | Rogers County - August 1966

    General locations of soil associations 3 and 5 in a landscape that is typical of the central and eastern parts of Rogers County (Soil Survey of Rogers County, Oklahoma; August 1966).

  9. OK-2012-02-17-45 | Sequoyah County - June 1970

    Typical pattern of soils in associations 1, 2, and 5 (Soil Survey of Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; June 1970).

Map Units

Map units containing HECTOR 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
Hector-Rock outcrop complex, 10 to 45 percent slopesHrF656213283762sr8fal00919741:24000
Hartsells-Hector complex, 6 to 15 percent slopesHhD264573283742sr7xal00919741:24000
Hector-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 10 percent slopesHrC9010328375c0pral00919741:24000
Linker-Hector complex, 2 to 10 percent slopesLhC2873328382c0pzal00919741:24000
Hector-Hartsells-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes (gorgas-hartsells-rock outcrop)HdC4560523010kk79al01919731:20000
Bankhead-Hector-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 60 percent slopesBhG47024945362psf5al07520101:24000
Townley-Hector association, 15 to 40 percent slopes38462503306412sr8gal09319761:20000
Hector-Rock outcrop association, 15 to 50 percent slopes10385003306112wc2fal09319761:20000
Hector fine sandy loam, eroded, hillyHm2211331092c3jdal10319491:15840
Hector fine sandy loam, severely eroded, hillyHo1327331094c3jgal10319491:15840
Hector stony fine sandy loam, steepHr816331097c3jkal10319491:15840
Hector stony fine sandy loam, hillyHq746331096c3jjal10319491:15840
Hector stony fine sandy loam, eroded, hillyHp642331095c3jhal10319491:15840
Hector fine sandy loam, hillyHn588331093c3jfal10319491:15840
Rock land-Hector-Townley association, steepRHE1755523256kkh7al12119691:20000
Linker-Hector complex, 12 to 40 percent slopesLhF4745565816lzs4ar06719711:20000
Hector-Mountainburg stony fine sandy loams, 3 to 40 percent slopes, rockyHoF361775665902vz7zar14319661:20000
Allen-Hector complex, 20 to 40 percent slopes (nella)AhF21699566550m0jtar14319661:20000
Allen-Hector complex, 40 to 55 percent slopes (nella)AhG11222566551m0jvar14319661:20000
Fayetteville-Hector complex, 20 to 40 percent slopesFhF4867566585m0kyar14319661:20000
Hector-Mountainburg gravelly fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesHmC4513566588m0l1ar14319661:20000
Hector-Mountainburg gravelly fine sandy loams, 8 to 12 percent slopesHmD1858566589m0l2ar14319661:20000
Hector-Townley-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 35 percent slopesHrE60202385425xzmga12920071:12000
Hartsells-Hector complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, rockyHcE2565224803162wc2bga61920121:24000
Rock outcrop-Hector complex, 5 to 60 percent slopesRhF1417325676502qyn1ga61920121:24000
Hartsells-Hector complex, 2 to 10 percent slopesHcC1051024803152wc2cga61920121:24000
Hartsells-Hector complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes, rockyHcD736725676422wc2dga61920121:24000
Hector-Townley-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 35 percent slopesHrE86926798302qvq8ga61920121:24000
Hector stony fine sandy loam, 15 to 40 percent slopesHeF18720531272ktttga62119751:20000
Hector stony fine sandy loam, 6 to 15 percent slopesHeD2390531271kttsga62119751:20000
Nella-Hector-Townley complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes, rubblyNtF1680562970lwtbga64820011:12000
Hector-Townley-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 35 percent slopesHrF1375562947lwslga64820011:12000
Bolivar-Hector complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes9211125414270812vwg5ks01119791:24000
Bolivar-Hector complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes9211342014269022vwg5ks02119831:24000
Bolivar-Hector complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes9211266713870231hk9pks03719691:24000
Bolivar-Hector complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes9211514688822vwg5ks04519741:24000
Bolivar-Hector complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes9211288514607412vwg5ks05919791:24000
Bolivar-Hector loams, 2 to 5 percent slopes9210110714607401l10nks05919791:24000
Bolivar-Hector complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes9211384214268712vwg5ks09919871:24000
Hector fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes4009932988868062xvgzmo01119691:24000
Hector fine sandy loam, 5 to 14 percent slopes, stony40102270125324752xvgvmo01119691:24000
Hector fine sandy loam, 5 to 14 percent slopes40100245125324732xvgymo01119691:24000
Hector fine sandy loam, 14 to 30 percent slopes, stony40103205825324792xvgwmo01119691:24000
Hector fine sandy loam, 5 to 25 percent slopes, stony40101441618869642xvgtmo18519841:24000
Hector fine sandy loam, 14 to 30 percent slopes, stony4010317525324772xvgwmo18519841:24000
Hector fine sandy loam, 5 to 14 percent slopes401001266225324742xvgymo21719741:24000
Hector fine sandy loam, 5 to 14 percent slopes, stony401021065525324762xvgvmo21719741:24000
Hector fine sandy loam, 14 to 30 percent slopes, stony40103308525324782xvgwmo21719741:24000
Enders-Linker-Hector association, 5 to 30 percent slopesHc810105717862pwxmok00119631:24000
Hector-Linker complex, 1 to 5 percent slopesHlC125605717872vz8bok00119631:24000
Endsaw-Hector complex, 8 to 30 percent slopes, very rocky36200405713502vz82ok00519771:24000
Endsaw-Hector complex, 5 to 8 percent slopes357176571349m5jmok00519771:24000
Endsaw-Hector complex, 3 to 5 percent slopes347173571348m5jlok00519771:24000
Endsaw-Hector complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes37546571351m5jpok00519771:24000
Clearview-Hector complex, 3 to 5 percent slopes, gullied475415713622sp26ok00519771:24000
Enders-Linker-Hector association, 5 to 30 percent slopesHlE895705718162pwxmok02119671:24000
Hector fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesHcC218585718152vz81ok02119671:24000
Rock outcrop-Hector complex, 40 to 100 percent slopesRs11021571827m611ok02119671:24000
Homa-Hector complex, 12 to 20 percent slopesHoE68704571600m5sqok02919691:24000
Homa-Hector complex, 20 to 45 percent slopesHoF2425571601m5srok02919691:24000
Hector-Bolivar complex, 5 to 20 percent slopesHlE103321065092xvh1ok03519681:20000
Hector-Bolivar complex, 1 to 5 percent slopesHlC76851065082xvh0ok03519681:20000
Hector-Linker association, 8 to 30 percent slopesHlE50571858m621ok04119671:24000
Hector fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesHcC21571857m620ok04119671:24000
Hector-Linker complex, 3 to 5 percent slopesHlC279765716842vz80ok06119721:24000
Hector stony loam, 3 to 12 percent slopes, stonyHcD134545716832vz84ok06119721:24000
Linker-Hector complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes, severely erodedLnD311120571693m5wqok06119721:24000
Hector-Endsaw complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes, stonyHtE14582111444972vz7xok06319651:24000
Clearview-Hector complex, 3 to 5 percent slopesHhC123525716362sp23ok06319651:24000
Clearview-Hector complex, 3 to 5 percent slopes, gulliedHsC278295716372sp26ok06319651:24000
Hector-Endsaw complex, 30 to 45 percent slopes, extremely stonyRo7272571651m5vcok06319651:24000
Endsaw-Hector association, 12 to 20 percent slopes1766005571726m5xsok09119801:24000
Linker-Hector complex, 3 to 5 percent slopes40285325717522vz8cok09119801:24000
Endsaw-Hector complex, 12 to 30 percent slopes, very rocky18205485717272vz7yok09119801:24000
Hector-Enders complex, 5 to 20 percent slopesHeE177251065572ydtcok09719721:24000
Hector-Steprock-Rock outcrop complex, 20 to 50 percent slopesHsF63611065583kwcok09719721:24000
Hector-Enders-Linker complex, 1 to 5 percent slopesHeC61201065562ydtfok09719721:24000
Enders-Linker-Hector association, 5 to 30 percent slopes18408861063783kpkok10119841:24000
Oktaha-Hector complex, 1 to 5 percent slopes50155621064143kqqok10119841:24000
Endsaw-Hector association, 15 to 50 percent slopes1970091063793kplok10119841:24000
Liberal-Hector association, 5 to 20 percent slopesLHC88061065893kxcok10519751:24000
Endsaw-Hector association, 5 to 20 percent slopesEHC88051065863kx8ok10519751:24000
Endsaw-Hector complex, 12 to 30 percent slopesEnHG17523384153dwr1ok10719961:24000
Endsaw-Hector complex, 5 to 12 percent slopesEnHE11948384152dwr0ok10719961:24000
Hector-Clearview complex, 3 to 5 percent slopes, very rockyHeCC106073841662sp25ok10719961:24000
Hector-Clearview complex, 5 to 12 percent slopesHeCE56823841672xdv2ok10719961:24000
Hector-Endsaw complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes, stonyHtE733221064642vz7xok11119681:24000
Hector-Clearview complex, 1 to 5 percent slopesHhC167721064632sp24ok11119681:24000
Endsaw-Hector-Clearview complex, 1 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stonyEHCF90246973512sp27ok12119661:24000
Clearview-Hector complex, 3 to 5 percent slopesClHC15186973422sp23ok12119661:24000
Hector stony sandy loam, 3 to 30 percent slopesHc160831066632xvgxok13119631:24000
Hector-Linker complex, 1 to 5 percent slopesHlC127111066642wwdnok13119631:24000
Hector-Endsaw complex, 20 to 35 percent slopesRs116911066752xvh2ok13119631:24000
Hector-Linker-Enders complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes, extremely stonyHeF2124935718872vz7tok13519661:24000
Linker-Hector complex, 3 to 5 percent slopesLnC355225718912vz8cok13519661:24000
Linker-Hector complex, 5 to 8 percent slopesLnD8325571892m634ok13519661:24000
Endsaw-Hector complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes1839461066983l0wok14319751:12000
Hector-Linker complex, 1 to 5 percent slopes2224931067032vz83ok14319751:12000
Hector-Enders complex, 5 to 30 percent slopesHeF253001067622ydtdok14519721:24000
Hector-Linker complex, 1 to 5 percent slopesHrC164661067632vz83ok14519721:24000
Hector-Rock outcrop complex, 20 to 50 percent slopesHsF41761067643l30ok14519721:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the HECTOR 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 .