Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the HELDT soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of HELDT, 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 HELDT 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
67A40A3117S1964WY015001Heldt8Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.0171928,-104.2602921
67B88P076688CO039001Heldt7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.4927788,-103.7627792
67B99P037999CO087002Heldt8Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.2905006,-103.5698853
67B99P038099CO087003Heldt8Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.280056,-103.5936661
n/a88P076788CO039002Heldt7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a
n/a88P076888CO039003Heldt7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a
n/a88P076988CO039004Heldt6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a
n/a88P077088CO039005Heldt7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the HELDT 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 HELDT 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 HELDT 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 HELDT 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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There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with HELDT 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 HELDT series and competing. 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 HELDT 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 .

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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 HELDT, 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. WY-2012-03-23-08 | Goshen County, Southern Part - November 1971

    Typical pattern of soils, topography, and parent material in association 7 (Soil Survey of Goshen County, Wyoming, Southern Part; 1971).

Map Units

Map units containing HELDT 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
Heldt clay, 0 to 3 percent slopesHlB108899405434w0co00119681:20000
Heldt clay, 3 to 9 percent slopesHlD8589405534w1co00119681:20000
Heldt clay, 0 to 3 percent slopesHlB22509413734ypco00519711:20000
Heldt clay, saline, 0 to 3 percent slopesHsB13889413834yqco00519711:20000
Heldt clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded181812943052xst7co01719851:24000
Heldt clay loam, saline4224909452435c5co07519741:24000
Heldt clay loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes411962945232xst9co07519741:24000
Heldt clay, 0 to 1 percent slopesHlA1568915370561nlfgco08719651:24000
Heldt clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesHtA673715370542xst6co08719651:24000
Heldt-Koen complexHx53531104443pxqco08719651:24000
Heldt sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesHvA49971104423pxnco08719651:24000
Heldt clay loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesHtB27211104402xst9co08719651:24000
Heldt clay, 1 to 3 percent slopesHlB16531104373pxhco08719651:24000
Heldt sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesHvB11291104433pxpco08719651:24000
Heldt clay loam, salineHu7191104413pxmco08719651:24000
Heldt clay, salineHs6791104383pxjco08719651:24000
Razor-Heldt complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes60234819502435w9co12119821:24000
Heldt silty clay, 1 to 3 percent slopes272092952053624co61819761:24000
Heldt silty clay, 3 to 5 percent slopes28184952063625co61819761:24000
Heldt clayHe286498723jqyvco62219681:20000
Heldt clay loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes2498504964142xst9co62319771:24000
Heldt clay loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes336706953933686co62519751:24000
Heldt silty clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesHe25851954952xyrfco62619741:24000
Heldt clay, 9 to 15 percent slopes631138497509jpppco64119801:24000
Heldt clay, 3 to 9 percent slopes62879497508jppnco64119801:24000
Razor-Heldt-Midway cobbly clay loams, 15 to 30 percent slopes127639497404jpl9co64119801:24000
Razor-Heldt clay loams, 9 to 25 percent slopes126493497403jpl8co64119801:24000
Heldt clay, 0 to 3 percent slopesHeB4686497575jprtco64319751:20000
Heldt clay, 3 to 5 percent slopesHeC2059497576jprvco64319751:20000
Heldt clay loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes4812232102712xst9co64319751:20000
Heldt clay loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes4880424976962xst9co64419801:24000
Heldt clay loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes4947794976972xstbco64419801:24000
Heldt clay, 0 to 3 percent slopesHeB2823210299jprtco64419801:24000
Heldt clay, 3 to 5 percent slopesHeC633210298jprvco64419801:24000
Heldt clay loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes303700496771jnxwco68319771:24000
Heldt clay loam, 12 to 25 percent slopes312160496772jnxxco68319771:24000
Heldt clay loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes292000496769jnxtco68319771:24000
Heldt clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes28900496768jnxsco68319771:24000
Heldt silty clay loam, 4 to 7 percent slopesHo5441345734clrqmt11119661:20000
Heldt silty clay loam, 4 to 8 percent slopesHlc13469345992cm11mt60719701:24000
Heldt silty clay loam, 2 to 4 percent slopesHlb4039345991cm10mt60719701:24000
Heldt-Hysham silty clay loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesHlf3495345995cm14mt60719701:24000
Heldt silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesHla2832345990cm0zmt60719701:24000
Heldt-Hysham silty clay loams, 2 to 4 percent slopesHlg2403345996cm15mt60719701:24000
Heldt silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopesHle1023345994cm13mt60719701:24000
Heldt silty clay loam, 8 to 15 percent slopesHld433345993cm12mt60719701:24000
Heldt silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesHs13125347070cn4tmt61119711:24000
Haverson-Heldt silty clay loams, 0 to 4 percent slopesHn8319347066cn4pmt61119711:24000
Heldt silty clay loam, saline, 0 to 6 percent slopesHw8001347074cn4ymt61119711:24000
Heldt silty clay loam, 2 to 4 percent slopesHt7453347071cn4vmt61119711:24000
Heldt silty clay loam, 4 to 8 percent slopesHu4677347072cn4wmt61119711:24000
Heldt silty clay loam, 8 to 15 percent slopesHv1433347073cn4xmt61119711:24000
Heldt silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesHh16576347867cnzjmt64319671:20000
Heldt silty clay loam, 4 to 8 percent slopesHm14017347869cnzlmt64319671:20000
Heldt silty clay loam, 2 to 4 percent slopesHk11665347868cnzkmt64319671:20000
Heldt silty clay loam, 2 to 8 percent slopesSJC149617044941v6nput0131:24000
Heldt clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes826454349362cqjrwy01119781:24000
Heldt clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes832085349363cqjswy01119781:24000
Renohill-Heldt-Worf association596989152105538mwy04319761:24000
Heldt clay loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes1544048349841cr16wy60519951:24000
Heldt-Bidman complex, saline, 0 to 3 percent slopes1553411349842cr17wy60519951:24000
Heldt silty clay, 0 to 3 percent slopesHtA79521047043hykwy61519651:20000
Heldt silty clay loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesHoA623350861cs33wy61919711:24000
Heldt silty clay loam, 3 to 6 slopesHoB414350862cs34wy61919711:24000
Heldt silty clay loam, 6 to 10 percent slopesHoC339350863cs35wy61919711:24000
Heldt-Bidman complex, saline, 0 to 3 percent slopes155248817540wfq8wy70520031:24000
Silhouette-Heldt association, 0 to 6 percent slopes1349251351512css3wy70919831:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the HELDT 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 .