Soil Data Explorer - HUMBIRD

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the HUMBIRD soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of HUMBIRD, 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 HUMBIRD 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
89	94P0155	S1993WI019001	Humbird	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.5379714,-90.6811676

Water Balance

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

There are insufficient data to create the 3D terrace figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with HUMBIRD 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 HUMBIRD 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).

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the HUMBIRD 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 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 HUMBIRD, 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. WI-2012-03-23-09 | Jackson County - 2001

   Relationship of soils, topography, and parent material in the Merrillan-Veedum-Humbird association (Soil Survey of Jackson County, WI; 2001).

Map Units

Map units containing HUMBIRD 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
Humbird sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HuB	4711	421538	g4n0	wi017	1985	1:15840
Humbird sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	HuC2	759	421539	g4n1	wi017	1985	1:15840
Humbird-Merrillan fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes	HxB	17755	431877	ghdj	wi019	1994	1:20000
Humbird fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	HuB	14180	431875	ghdg	wi019	1994	1:20000
Flambeau-Humbird sandy loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes	FlC	7651	431867	ghd6	wi019	1994	1:20000
Humbird fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	HuC	6885	431876	ghdh	wi019	1994	1:20000
Flambeau-Humbird complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes	FlB	5539	431866	ghd5	wi019	1994	1:20000
Ludington-Humbird complex, 12 to 20 percent slopes	LyD	1172	431890	ghdy	wi019	1994	1:20000
Humbird fine sandy loam, loamy subsoil, 1 to 6 percent slopes	276B	437	2518511	h6tb	wi033	2003	1:15840
Ludington and Humbird soils, 6 to 12 percent slopes	LuC	8328	421795	g4x9	wi035	1974	1:15840
Ludington and Humbird soils, 2 to 6 percent slopes	LuB	7894	421794	g4x8	wi035	1974	1:15840
Humbird fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	286B	1	3099727	2fj96	wi035	1974	1:15840
Humbird-Merrillan fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes	1286B	6924	2501371	2fj97	wi053	1994	1:20000
Humbird fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	286B	2543	2498415	2fj96	wi053	1994	1:20000
Humbird sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	HwB	2354	426460	g9rs	wi141	1971	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the HUMBIRD 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).