Soil Data Explorer - KANAWHA

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the KANAWHA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of KANAWHA, 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 KANAWHA 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.

Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRA	Lab ID	Pedon ID	Taxonname	CI	NSSL / NASIS Reports	Link To SoilWeb GMap
127	78P0177	S1978WV089009	Kanawha	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.6458321,-80.7624969
127	78P0178	S1978WV089010	Kanawha	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.6124992,-80.7861099

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with KANAWHA 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 KANAWHA 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 KANAWHA 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).

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with KANAWHA, 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. WV-2010-11-08-03 | Doddridge County - 2005

   Chagrin soil along Middle Island Creek. Also shown is the typical pattern of other soils and their underlying parent material in parts of Doddridge County (Soil Survey of Doddridge County, West Virginia; 2005).

2. WV-2010-11-08-10 | Lincoln County - 2007

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in an area of the Highsplint-Matewan-Cloverlick general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Lincoln County, West Virginia; 2007).

Map Units

Map units containing KANAWHA 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
Kanawha loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	KaB	22	1710483	1vdww	oh013	1978	1:15840
Kanawha silt loam, 1 to 8 percent slopes	KaB	1309	536813	l0lk	oh053	1988	1:15840
Kanawha silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	KbB	1	1460343	1l0lv	oh053	1988	1:15840
Kanawha loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	KaB	1551	536917	l0px	oh059	1998	1:15840
Kanawha silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	KaB	10200	536147	kzx2	oh087	1989	1:15840
Kanawha silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	KaC	2283	536148	kzx3	oh087	1989	1:15840
Kanawha-Urban land complex	Kc	2820	514861	k8rf	wv005	1988	1:24000
Kanawha loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Ka	880	514860	2t1lb	wv005	1988	1:24000
Kanawha loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, rarely flooded	KnB	740	513664	2t1lc	wv011	1984	1:20000
Kanawha loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, protected	KaB	550	513662	k7hr	wv011	1984	1:20000
Kanawha loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, protected	KaA	550	513661	k7hq	wv011	1984	1:20000
Kanawha-Urban land complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	KuB	410	513665	k7hv	wv011	1984	1:20000
Kanawha loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	KnA	260	513663	2t1lb	wv011	1984	1:20000
Kanawha loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Ka	658	561735	2t1lb	wv017	2001	1:24000
Kanawha-Urban land complex	Ku	44	561736	lvjj	wv017	2001	1:24000
Kanawha loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Ka	1086	514908	2t1lb	wv021	1995	1:24000
Urban land-Kanawha complex	Uk	3732	512869	k6p5	wv039	1976	1:20000
Kanawha fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	KaA	1934	512850	k6nk	wv039	1976	1:20000
Kanawha fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	KaB	797	512851	k6nl	wv039	1976	1:20000
Kanawha silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, protected	KaA	545	553321	lks2	wv043	2005	1:24000
Kanawha silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, protected	KaB	445	553322	lks3	wv043	2005	1:24000
Urban land-Kanawha complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, protected	UkB	369	553333	lksg	wv043	2005	1:24000
Kanawha silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	KaA	248	1720620	1vrfw	wv051	2007	1:12000
Urban land-Kanawha complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	UsA	48	1862648	20j7f	wv051	2007	1:12000
Kanawha loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, rarely flooded	KaB	967	513172	2t1lc	wv079	1981	1:20000
Urban land-Kanawha complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	UkB	605	513202	k70x	wv079	1981	1:20000
Kanawha loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	KaA	487	513171	2t1lb	wv079	1981	1:20000
Urban land-Kanawha-Cotaco complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	UvB	1150	515038	k8y4	wv099	1993	1:24000
Kanawha loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	KaA	890	515020	2t1lb	wv099	1993	1:24000
Kanawha loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, rarely flooded	KaB	630	515021	2t1lc	wv099	1993	1:24000
Kanawha loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	KnA	117	1384147	2t1lb	wv600	2005	1:24000
Kanawha variant gravelly loam	Kv	1301	515586	k9ht	wv603	1978	1:20000
Kanawha loam	Ka	1245	515585	k9hs	wv603	1978	1:20000
Kanawha loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Ka	1325	514391	2t1lb	wv611	1977	1:20000
Urban land-Kanawha complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	UkB	665	1155566	17sgb	wv620	2005	1:24000
Urban land-Kanawha complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, protected	UnB	420	1155567	17sgc	wv620	2005	1:24000
Urban land-Kanawha-Cotaco complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	UtB	10	1155568	17sgd	wv620	2005	1:24000
Urban land-Kanawha complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	UwA	265	2453275	2nbtx	wv705	2009	1:24000
Kanawha fine sandy loam	Ka	2093	2516590	k9yw	wv713		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the KANAWHA 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).