Soil Data Explorer - KEDRON

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the KEDRON soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of KEDRON, 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 KEDRON were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

There are insufficient data to create the lab data summary figure.

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the KEDRON 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 KEDRON 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 KEDRON 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 KEDRON 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 terrace figure.

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with KEDRON 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 KEDRON 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 KEDRON 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.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with KEDRON, 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. PA-2012-03-13-56 | Luzerne County - October 1981

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in association 7 (Soil Survey of Luzerne County, PA; 1981).

Map Units

Map units containing KEDRON 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
Kedron channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	KdB	3095	296433	9ygc	pa079	1974	1:20000
Kedron channery silt loam, somewhat poorly drained, 0 to 8 percent slopes	KwB	1142	296437	9ygh	pa079	1974	1:20000
Kedron very stony silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	KeB	862	296435	9ygf	pa079	1974	1:20000
Kedron channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	KdC	741	296434	9ygd	pa079	1974	1:20000
Kedron very stony silt loam, 8 to 20 percent slopes	KeC	354	296436	9ygg	pa079	1974	1:20000
Kedron very stony silt loam, somewhat poorly drained, 0 to 8 percent slopes	KxB	318	296438	9ygj	pa079	1974	1:20000
Kedron silt loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	KaB	1384	296305	9yb7	pa089	1975	1:20000
Kedron very stony loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes	KdB	1207	296307	9yb9	pa089	1975	1:20000
Kedron silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	KaC	228	296306	9yb8	pa089	1975	1:20000
Kedron channery silt loam, frigid, 8 to 15 percent slopes	KefC	8247	2440164	2mx5z	pa105	1953	1:24000
Kedron channery silt loam, frigid, 3 to 8 percent slopes	KefB	6654	2440165	2mx60	pa105	1953	1:24000
Kedron channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	KeC	5808	2398117	2lhfm	pa105	1953	1:24000
Kedron channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	KeB	2368	2398118	2lhfn	pa105	1953	1:24000
Kedron channery silt loam, frigid, 15 to 25 percent slopes	KefD	2301	2999044	2x4x2	pa105	1953	1:24000
Kedron channery silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	KeD	1778	2398116	2lhfl	pa105	1953	1:24000
Kedron channery silt loam, frigid, 15 to 25 percent slopes, extremely stony	KfsD	1431	2440163	2mx5y	pa105	1953	1:24000
Kedron channery silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony	KesC	497	2432930	2mnnm	pa105	1953	1:24000
Kedron channery silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, extremely stony	KesD	370	2440162	2mx5x	pa105	1953	1:24000
Kedron channery silt loam, frigid, 3 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony	KfsC	310	2999045	2x4x3	pa105	1953	1:24000
Kedron silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	KeB	9594	539729	l3mm	pa107	1977	1:20000
Kedron very stony silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	KvB	2833	539731	l3mp	pa107	1977	1:20000
Kedron very stony silt loam, 8 to 25 percent slopes	KvC	1776	539732	l3mq	pa107	1977	1:20000
Kedron silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	KeC	508	539730	l3mn	pa107	1977	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the KEDRON 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).