Soil Data Explorer - HILLSDALE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the HILLSDALE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of HILLSDALE, 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 HILLSDALE 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
111C	SA6903	1969IN141003	Hillsdale	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.5856556,-86.2873
111C	SA6904	1969IN141004	Hillsdale	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.5418778,-86.2909472
111C	KO7202	1972IN085002	Hillsdale	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.2648,-85.765625
111C	WH7411	1974IN181011	Hillsdale	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.8632083,-86.7417444
111C	DK7805	1978IN033005	Hillsdale	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.5195611,-85.1881778
98	LG7410	1974IN087010	Hillsdale	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.7570722,-85.3171167
98	LG7411	1974IN087011	Hillsdale	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.759675,-85.316125
98	LG7413	1974IN087013	Hillsdale	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.7144583,-85.2072306
98	WH7602	1976IN181002	Hillsdale	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.8938861,-86.7138528
98	40A1907	S1971MI045002	Hillsdale	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.4252853,-84.8921432
98	02N0759	S2001MI149001	Hillsdale	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.9703611,-85.4885806

Water Balance

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with HILLSDALE, 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. IN-2010-09-27-07 | St. Joseph County -

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Tracy-Hillsdale-Tyner association (Soil Survey of St. Joseph County, Indiana).

2. IN-2010-09-27-09 | St. Joseph County -

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Riddles-Crosier-Oshtemo association (Soil Survey of St. Joseph County, Indiana).

3. MI-2010-09-07-02 | Calhoun County - 1997

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Hillsdale-Kalamazoo-Oshtemo association (Soil Survey of Calhoun County, Michigan; 1997).

4. MI-2012-02-06-13 | Hillsdale County - 1997

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Riddles-Hillsdale association (Soil Survey of Hillsdale County, Michigan; 1997).

5. MI-2012-02-06-26 | Ingham County - August 1979

   Pattern of Riddles and Hillsdale, and Aubbeenaubbee soils in association 5 (Soil Survey of Ingham County, Michigan; August 1979).

Map Units

Map units containing HILLSDALE 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
Hillsdale fine sandy loam, 2 to 10 percent slopes	HdB	555	160326	5ctt	in033	1980	1:15840
Hillsdale sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HdB	10535	272603	94nn	in087	1978	1:20000
Hillsdale sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	HdC	3258	272604	94np	in087	1978	1:20000
Oshtemo-Hillsdale-Chelsea complex, 3 to 6 percent slopes	OuB	1505	272621	94p7	in087	1978	1:20000
Hillsdale sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HdA	1362	272602	94nm	in087	1978	1:20000
Oshtemo-Hillsdale-Chelsea complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes	OuC	1218	272622	94p8	in087	1978	1:20000
Hillsdale sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes	HkkB	2872	625139	nzhs	in141	2001	1:12000
Hillsdale-Oshtemo sandy loams, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	HknC2	1416	625137	nzhq	in141	2001	1:12000
Hillsdale-Tracy sandy loams, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	HkpC2	1122	625136	nzhp	in141	2001	1:12000
Urban land-Hillsdale complex, 1 to 5 percent slopes	UhmB	847	625295	nznt	in141	2001	1:12000
Hillsdale-Tracy sandy loams, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded	HkpD2	547	625142	nzhw	in141	2001	1:12000
Hillsdale-Oshtemo sandy loams, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded	HknD2	528	625138	nzhr	in141	2001	1:12000
Urban land-Hillsdale-Tracy complex, 5 to 10 percent slopes	UhpC	502	625559	nzyb	in141	2001	1:12000
Hillsdale sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	HkkA	346	625140	nzht	in141	2001	1:12000
Urban land-Hillsdale-Oshtemo complex, 5 to 10 percent slopes	UhoC	88	625296	nznv	in141	2001	1:12000
Urban land-Hillsdale-Tracy complex, 10 to 18 percent slopes	UhpD	63	625557	nzy8	in141	2001	1:12000
Urban land-Hillsdale complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	UhmA	27	627868	p2bt	in141	2001	1:12000
Urban land-Hillsdale-Oshtemo complex, 10 to 18 percent slopes	UhoD	4	625294	nzns	in141	2001	1:12000
Hillsdale-Riddles fine sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	5B	24623	186989	68kx	mi023	1984	1:15840
Hillsdale-Riddles fine sandy loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes	5C	1980	186990	68ky	mi023	1984	1:15840
Hillsdale sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	29B	33184	188698	6bc1	mi025	1993	1:15840
Hillsdale sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	29C	14296	188699	6bc2	mi025	1993	1:15840
Hillsdale sandy loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes	29D	2117	188700	6bc3	mi025	1993	1:15840
Hillsdale sandy loam, 18 to 25 percent slopes	29E	823	188701	6bc4	mi025	1993	1:15840
Hillsdale sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HaB	3707	186230	67sf	mi045	1974	1:15840
Hillsdale sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	HaC	3435	186231	67sg	mi045	1974	1:15840
Hillsdale-Riddles complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	10B	28118	188608	6b84	mi059	1991	1:15840
Hillsdale-Riddles complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	10C2	14366	188609	6b85	mi059	1991	1:15840
Hillsdale-Riddles complex, 12 to 18 percent slopes, eroded	10D2	2072	188610	6b86	mi059	1991	1:15840
Hillsdale-Riddles complex, 18 to 35 percent slopes	10E	901	188611	6b87	mi059	1991	1:15840
Riddles-Hillsdale sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	RdB	8937	186751	68b7	mi065	1977	1:15840
Riddles-Hillsdale sandy loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes	RdC	2663	186752	68b8	mi065	1977	1:15840
Riddles-Hillsdale sandy loams, 12 to 18 percent slopes	RdD	273	186753	68b9	mi065	1977	1:15840
Hillsdale-Riddles sandy loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes	49B	44942	188780	6bfp	mi075	1979	1:15840
Hillsdale-Riddles sandy loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes	49C	22361	188781	6bfq	mi075	1979	1:15840
Hillsdale-Riddles sandy loams, 18 to 30 percent slopes	49E	4283	188783	6bfs	mi075	1979	1:15840
Hillsdale-Riddles sandy loams, 12 to 18 percent slopes	49D	4281	188782	6bfr	mi075	1979	1:15840
Spinks, Boyer, Plainfield, and Hillsdale soils, 7 to 15 percent slopes, moderately eroded	ScC2	529	188567	6b6t	mi091	1957	1:20000
Spinks, Boyer, Plainfield, and Hillsdale soils, 3 to 7 percent slopes	ScB	173	188564	6b6q	mi091	1957	1:20000
Spinks, Boyer, Plainfield, and Hillsdale soils, 7 to 15 percent slopes	ScC	92	188566	6b6s	mi091	1957	1:20000
Spinks, Boyer, Plainfield, and Hillsdale soils, 3 to 7 percent slopes, moderately eroded	ScB2	78	188565	6b6r	mi091	1957	1:20000
Spinks, Boyer, Plainfield, and Hillsdale soils, 12 to 25 percent slopes, moderately eroded	ScD2	62	188568	6b6v	mi091	1957	1:20000
Hillsdale sandy loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes	HaB	56	188489	6b49	mi091	1957	1:20000
Hillsdale sandy loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes, moderately eroded	HaC2	25	188490	6b4b	mi091	1957	1:20000
Hillsdale sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HlB	5709	187567	695k	mi093	1968	1:20000
Hillsdale-Miami loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HmB	4697	187571	695p	mi093	1968	1:20000
Hillsdale sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	HlC	2324	187568	695l	mi093	1968	1:20000
Hillsdale sandy loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes	HlD	1533	187569	695m	mi093	1968	1:20000
Hillsdale sandy loam, 18 to 25 percent slopes	HlE	1064	187570	695n	mi093	1968	1:20000
Hillsdale-Miami loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes	HmC	1046	187572	695q	mi093	1968	1:20000
Hillsdale loamy sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes	HdC	588	187566	695j	mi093	1968	1:20000
Hillsdale loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HdB	533	187565	695h	mi093	1968	1:20000
Hillsdale sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HlB	1092	192671	6gh6	mi139	1967	1:15840
Hillsdale sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	HlC	822	192672	6gh7	mi139	1967	1:15840
Hillsdale sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	10B	21369	186262	67tg	mi149	1980	1:15840
Hillsdale sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	10C	10926	186263	67th	mi149	1980	1:15840
Hillsdale sandy loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes	10D	7167	186264	67tj	mi149	1980	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the HILLSDALE 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).