Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the HERSEY soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of HERSEY, 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 HERSEY 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
10440A1571S1960WI093002Hersey5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.6680565,-92.2488861
10440A1572S1960WI093003Hersey6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.6886101,-92.1569443
10440A1603S1960WI093004Hersey5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.7883339,-92.1675034
10494P0161S1993WI091009Hersey6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.5099983,-92.148056
10494P0162S1993WI091011HERSEY6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.5091667,-92.148056
10494P0167S1993WI093003Hersey6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.6794434,-92.1577759
105UMN1275S1971MN0491275Hersey2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.3842506,-92.8949966

Water Balance

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

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with HERSEY, 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. WI-2010-11-08-05 | Pepin County - 2002

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Pepin-Dorerton-Churchtown association (Soil Survey of Pepin County, Wisconsin; 2002).

Map Units

Map units containing HERSEY 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
Downs-Hersey complex, 2 to 6 percent slopesN574B340913862392yvb5mn03920051:12000
Downs-Hersey complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately erodedN574C2339813862382yvb7mn03920051:12000
Downs-Hersey, bedrock substratum, complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately erodedN572C2154513850091hh6qmn03920051:12000
Downs-Hersey, bedrock substratum, complex, 12 to 18 percent slopes, moderately erodedN572D2126313850101hh6rmn03920051:12000
Downs-Hersey, bedrock substratum, complex, 2 to 6 percent slopesN572B97613850021hh6hmn03920051:12000
Downs-Hersey complex, 12 to 18 percent slopes, moderately erodedN574D274513849912yvb9mn03920051:12000
Fayette-Hersey, bedrock substratum, complex, 18 to 25 percent slopes, moderately erodedN537E254213850111hh6smn03920051:12000
Fayette-Hersey complex, 18 to 25 percent slopes, moderately erodedN560E211813849991hh6dmn03920051:12000
Mt. Carroll-Hersey complex, 2 to 6 percent slopesN585B5382815919512yvbdmn04920071:12000
Mt. Carroll-Hersey complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately erodedN585C23050415919502yvbmmn04920071:12000
Downs-Hersey complex, 2 to 6 percent slopesN574B1053315919622yvb5mn04920071:12000
Downs-Hersey complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately erodedN574C2713615919632yvb7mn04920071:12000
Mt. Carroll-Hersey complex, 12 to 18 percent slopes, moderately erodedN585D2583916701332yvbnmn04920071:12000
Oak Center-Hersey complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately erodedN601C2163016700161t1shmn04920071:12000
Downs-Hersey, bedrock substratum, complex, 12 to 18 percent slopes, moderately erodedN572D2105317116511vg3kmn04920071:12000
Oak Center-Hersey complex, 12 to 18 percent slopes, moderately erodedN601D297716700281t1swmn04920071:12000
Downs-Hersey complex, 12 to 18 percent slopes, moderately erodedN574D295315919642yvb9mn04920071:12000
Downs-Hersey, bedrock substratum, complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately erodedN572C276317116501vg3jmn04920071:12000
Downs-Hersey, bedrock substratum, complex, 2 to 6 percent slopesN572B41217116491vg3hmn04920071:12000
Fayette-Hersey, bedrock substratum, complex, 18 to 25 percent slopes, moderately erodedN537E220517116451vg3cmn04920071:12000
Mt. Carroll-Hersey complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately erodedN585C23447922161822yvbmmn15720081:12000
Mt. Carroll-Hersey complex, 2 to 6 percent slopesN585B284587213602yvbdmn15720081:12000
Downs-Hersey complex, 2 to 6 percent slopesN574B2665920251542yvb5mn15720081:12000
Downs-Hersey complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately erodedN574C22607720251552yvb7mn15720081:12000
Downs-Hersey complex, 12 to 18 percent slopes, moderately erodedN574D2598922161612yvb9mn15720081:12000
Mt. Carroll-Hersey complex, 12 to 18 percent slopes, moderately erodedN585D2482622161842yvbnmn15720081:12000
Hersey-Oak Center-Mt. Carroll complex, 2 to 6 percent slopesN520B4228721382s6ndmn15720081:12000
Hersey-Oak Center-Mt. Carroll complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately erodedN520C21038194688723bwtmn15720081:12000
Downs-Hersey, bedrock substratum, complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately erodedN572C21522201682dj8bmn15720081:12000
Downs-Hersey, bedrock substratum, complex, 12 to 18 percent slopes, moderately erodedN572D2522201692dj8cmn15720081:12000
Hersey silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded826B232826394752yvb3wi01119601:12000
Hersey silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded826C2626394742yvb4wi01119601:12000
Hersey silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded826B2323225184752yvb3wi03320031:12000
Hersey silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded826C2287225184742yvb4wi03320031:12000
Hersey silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded826B2302525184772yvb3wi09119981:12000
Hersey silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded826C213425184762yvb4wi09119981:12000
Hersey silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded826B23138516931332yvb3wi09320061:12000
Hersey silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded826C22736616931342yvb4wi09320061:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the HERSEY 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 .