Soil Data Explorer - HOUDEK

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the HOUDEK soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of HOUDEK, 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 HOUDEK were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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
55C	40A2355	S1951SD059003	HOUDEK	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.6450005,-98.9274979
55C	40A2399	S1951SD059005	Houdek	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.583889,-98.9075012
55C	40A2400	S1951SD059007	Houdek	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.625,-98.8602753

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the HOUDEK 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 HOUDEK series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the HOUDEK 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 HOUDEK 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 HOUDEK share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the HOUDEK 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 HOUDEK 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.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with HOUDEK, 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. SD-2010-11-01-17 | Spink County - 2009

   Pattern of soils and underlying materials in the Hand-Ethan-Bonilla and Northville-Farmsworth-Durrstein associations (Soil Survey of Spink County, South Dakota; 2009).

2. SD-2012-03-15-15 | Davison County - January 1974

   Typical pattern of Houdek and Stickney soils in association 3 and of Houdek, Prosper, and Tetonka in association 4 (Soil Survey of Davison County, SD; 1974).

3. SD-2012-03-15-16 | Davison County - January 1974

   Typical pattern of soils in associations 5 and 7 near the James River and Firesteel Creek (Soil Survey of Davison County, SD; 1974).

4. SD-2012-03-15-43 | Hand County - April 1963

   A typical cross section of the northeastern part of Hand County (Soil Survey of Hand County, SD; 1963).

5. SD-2012-03-15-58 | Jerauld County - September 1994

   Pattern of soils and parent material in the Clarno-Ethan-Prosper association (Soil Survey of Jerauld County, SD; 1994).

6. SD-2012-03-15-67 | Lake County - December 1973

   Relationship of soils to topography and the underlying materials in the Houdek-Prosper association (Soil Survey of Lake County, SD; 1973).

7. SD-2012-03-15-78 | Miner County - December 1984

   Pattern of soils and parent material in the Houdek-Dudley-Stickney association (Soil Survey of Miner County, SD; 1984).

8. SD-2012-03-15-84 | Moody County - April 1989

   Pattern of soils and parent material in the Kranzburg-Houdek association (Soil Survey of Moody County, SD; 1989).

9. SD-2012-03-15-86 | Moody County - April 1989

   Pattern of soils and parent material in the Dempster-Flandreau-Lamo association (Soil Survey of Moody County, SD; 1989).

Map Units

Map units containing HOUDEK 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
Houdek-Dudley complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HdA	104423	354851	2wbpw	sd003	1979	1:20000
Houdek-Ethan loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HeB	47941	354853	2tlbm	sd003	1979	1:20000
Houdek-Prosper loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HpA	37436	354858	2tlbg	sd003	1979	1:20000
Houdek-Dudley complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HdB	18697	354852	2wbpx	sd003	1979	1:20000
Houdek-Ethan loams, 6 to 9 percent slopes	HeC	15827	354854	2wkqk	sd003	1979	1:20000
Houdek-Hoven complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	HhA	5648	354855	2yyh4	sd003	1979	1:20000
Houdek-Hoven complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	HhB	4565	354856	2yyh5	sd003	1979	1:20000
Houdek-Plankinton complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	HoB	1206	354857	2yyh6	sd003	1979	1:20000
Houdek-Prosper loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes	HoB	149963	354587	2tlbk	sd005	1976	1:20000
Houdek-Prosper loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HoA	87124	354586	2tlbg	sd005	1976	1:20000
Houdek-Ethan loams, 6 to 9 percent slopes	HeC	13265	354585	2wkqk	sd005	1976	1:20000
Houdek-Dudley complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HdB	5972	354583	2wbpx	sd005	1976	1:20000
Houdek stony loam, 0 to 9 percent slopes	HcB	3334	354582	2yyh7	sd005	1976	1:20000
Houdek-Ethan loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HeB	1120	354584	2tlbm	sd005	1976	1:20000
Houdek loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HuA	1136	355039	2tlb5	sd023	1980	1:20000
Houdek loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HuB	968	355040	2tlb6	sd023	1980	1:20000
Houdek-Stickney complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HsA	3920	417744	2wkp9	sd025	1992	1:20000
Houdek-Stickney-Tetonka complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Ht	3347	417746	2wkpc	sd025	1992	1:20000
Houdek-Prosper loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HpA	2861	417742	2tlbg	sd025	1992	1:20000
Houdek-Ethan-Prosper loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes	HnB	1658	417740	2tlb9	sd025	1992	1:20000
Houdek-Prosper loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes	HpB	1406	417743	2tlbk	sd025	1992	1:20000
Houdek-Stickney complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HsB	548	417745	2wkpb	sd025	1992	1:20000
Houdek-Ethan-Prosper loams, 2 to 9 percent slopes	HnC	59	417741	2tlbb	sd025	1992	1:20000
Houdek-Prosper loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HkA	66774	352924	2tlbg	sd035	1966	1:20000
Houdek-Stickney complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HsA	33936	352926	2wkp9	sd035	1966	1:20000
Houdek-Stickney complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	CsA	6727	354885	2wkp9	sd043	1979	1:20000
Houdek-Dudley complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	MnB	7956	355181	2wbpx	sd049	1981	1:20000
Houdek-Dudley complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	WpA	4081	355205	2wbpw	sd049	1981	1:20000
Houdek-Prosper loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HkA	96336	2862749	2tlbg	sd059	1959	1:20000
Houdek-Prosper loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes	HkB	91695	352618	2tlbk	sd059	1959	1:20000
Houdek loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HhB	32813	352615	2tlb6	sd059	1959	1:20000
Houdek-Dudley complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HlA	29779	352619	2wbpw	sd059	1959	1:20000
Houdek-Dudley complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HlB	16688	352620	2wbpx	sd059	1959	1:20000
Houdek-Ethan loams, 6 to 9 percent slopes	HuD	14621	352627	2wkqk	sd059	1959	1:20000
Ethan-Houdek loams, hilly	ZhD	5019	352704	2yyhj	sd059	1959	1:20000
Houdek loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HhA	3993	352614	2tlb5	sd059	1959	1:20000
Houdek loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	HhC	3160	352616	2tlb7	sd059	1959	1:20000
Houdek-Jerauld complex, undulating	HmB	1126	352622	2yyh8	sd059	1959	1:20000
Ethan-Houdek loams, hilly	ZaD	1043	352703	2yyhh	sd059	1959	1:20000
Jerauld-Houdek complex, undulating	MhB	910	352649	2yyhd	sd059	1959	1:20000
Houdek-Talmo complex, hilly	HsD	750	352625	2yyhc	sd059	1959	1:20000
Houdek-Delmont loams, rolling	HsC	343	352624	2yyhb	sd059	1959	1:20000
Houdek-Delmont loams, undulating	HsB	3	352623	2yyh9	sd059	1959	1:20000
Houdek-Ethan-Prosper loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes	HwB	31043	356446	2tlb9	sd073	1987	1:20000
Houdek-Ethan-Prosper loams, 2 to 9 percent slopes	HwC	27929	356447	2tlbb	sd073	1987	1:20000
Houdek-Dudley complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HrA	10457	356444	2wbpw	sd073	1987	1:20000
Houdek-Prosper loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HyA	6544	356448	2tlbg	sd073	1987	1:20000
Houdek-Dudley-Jerauld complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HtB	1259	356445	2yyhf	sd073	1987	1:20000
Houdek-Stickney complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HsA	41592	417489	2wkp9	sd077	1992	1:20000
Houdek-Stickney-Tetonka complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Ht	20434	417491	2wkpc	sd077	1992	1:20000
Houdek-Stickney complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HsB	7823	417490	2wkpb	sd077	1992	1:20000
Houdek-Prosper loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes	HpB	1735	417488	2tlbk	sd077	1992	1:20000
Houdek-Prosper loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HpA	140	417487	2tlbg	sd077	1992	1:20000
Houdek-Prosper loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HpA	4557	416504	2tlbg	sd079	1967	1:20000
Houdek loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HkB	1823	416503	2tlb6	sd079	1967	1:20000
Houdek-Stickney-Tetonka complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	CnA	42563	355390	2wkpc	sd097	1983	1:20000
Houdek-Dudley-Tetonka complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	HgB	31292	355404	2yyhg	sd097	1983	1:20000
Houdek-Dudley complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HdA	19299	355401	2wbpw	sd097	1983	1:20000
Houdek-Dudley complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HdB	10769	355402	2wbpx	sd097	1983	1:20000
Shindler-Houdek clay loams, 15 to 40 percent slopes	SdE	2736	446074	gz5h	sd099	1995	1:24000
Houdek-Shindler clay loams, 6 to 9 percent slopes	HsC	2240	446050	gz4q	sd099	1995	1:24000
Houdek clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HoB	1060	446049	gz4p	sd099	1995	1:24000
Houdek-Talmo complex, 9 to 15 percent slopes	HtD	947	446052	gz4s	sd099	1995	1:24000
Houdek-Shindler clay loams, 9 to 15 percent slopes	HsD	831	446051	gz4r	sd099	1995	1:24000
Houdek clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HoB	16285	418335	g19p	sd101	1985	1:20000
Houdek-Shindler clay loams, 6 to 25 percent slopes	HsD	4895	418337	g19r	sd101	1985	1:20000
Houdek-Shindler clay loams, 5 to 9 percent slopes	HsC	4411	418336	g19q	sd101	1985	1:20000
Shindler-Houdek clay loams, 15 to 40 percent slopes	ShE	2156	418353	g1b8	sd101	1985	1:20000
Houdek-Talmo complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	HtD	1286	418338	g19s	sd101	1985	1:20000
Houdek clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HoA	976	418334	g19n	sd101	1985	1:20000
Houdek-Stickney complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HfA	22399	354796	2wkp9	sd111	1978	1:20000
Houdek-Dudley complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HcB	9401	354792	2wbpx	sd111	1978	1:20000
Houdek-Prosper loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HeA	6872	354794	2tlbg	sd111	1978	1:20000
Houdek-Prosper loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes	HeB	5496	354795	2tlbk	sd111	1978	1:20000
Houdek-Ethan loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HdB	4929	354793	2tlbm	sd111	1978	1:20000
Houdek-Stickney complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HwA	14493	356659	2wkp9	sd115	1997	1:24000
Houdek-Stickney-Tetonka complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HxA	8872	356660	2wkpc	sd115	1997	1:24000
Houdek-Ethan-Prosper loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes	HtB	5210	356655	2tlb9	sd115	1997	1:24000
Houdek-Prosper loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HuA	522	356657	2tlbg	sd115	1997	1:24000
Houdek-Prosper loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes	HuB	337	356658	2tlbk	sd115	1997	1:24000
Houdek-Ethan-Prosper loams, 2 to 9 percent slopes	HtC	52	356656	2tlbb	sd115	1997	1:24000
Houdek-Stickney complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	CsA	4457	417948	2wkp9	sd602	1975	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the HOUDEK 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).