Soil Data Explorer - KAUFMAN

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the KAUFMAN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of KAUFMAN, 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 KAUFMAN 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
87A	S85TX313004	S85TX313004	Kaufman	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	31.0457444,-95.6440611

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the KAUFMAN 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 KAUFMAN 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 KAUFMAN 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 KAUFMAN 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 hills figure.

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with KAUFMAN 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 KAUFMAN 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 KAUFMAN 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 hills figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with KAUFMAN, 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. TX-2010-11-03-39 | Houston County - 2002

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material on terraces and along the flood plains of the Trinity River (Soil Survey of Houston County, Texas; 2002).

2. TX-2012-03-21-33 | Leon County - July 1989

   The Gladewater, Kaufman, and Nahatche soils are dominant on the terraces and flood plains of the Trinity River system (Soil Survey of Leon County, TX; 1989).

Map Units

Map units containing KAUFMAN 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
Kaufman clay loam	Ka	2478	330920	c3bv	al101	1958	1:20000
Kaufman clay	Ka	1554	565693	lzn5	ar061	1970	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	50	12379	571366	m5k5	ok005	1977	1:24000
Kaufman-Gowton complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	51	3794	571367	m5k6	ok005	1977	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	46	10292	381828	2ypvg	ok013	1974	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	47	3340	381829	2wg9d	ok013	1974	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	31	8206	571222	m5dj	ok023	1977	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	30	1898	571221	m5dh	ok023	1977	1:24000
Kaufman silty clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Ka	4593	571602	m5ss	ok029	1969	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	30	1820	383294	dvvb	ok069	1976	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Ka	3736	571158	m5bg	ok089	1970	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	Kc	1524	571159	m5bh	ok089	1970	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	Kc	26002	575144	2wg9d	tx001	1970	1:20000
Kaufman clay, rarely flooded	Ka	7118	575143	m9h0	tx001	1970	1:20000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded, southern	Ka	5245	363203	2ypvh	tx041	1993	1:20000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded, southern	Ka	7633	363451	2ypvh	tx051	1994	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	49	2307	365001	2wg9d	tx121	1975	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	Kd	20628	375395	2wg9d	tx161	1986	1:24000
Kaufman clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, overwash, occasionally flooded	Ka	2456	375393	2ypvj	tx161	1986	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Kc	1612	375394	2ypvg	tx161	1986	1:24000
Kaufman clay, loamy substratum, frequently flooded	Kf	914	375396	dlmk	tx161	1986	1:24000
Kaufman clay, rarely flooded	19	7059	367608	dbjb	tx213	1978	1:20000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	20	2194	367610	2wg9d	tx213	1978	1:20000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Ka	10006	575516	2ypvg	tx225	1994	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	Kb	2669	575517	2wg9d	tx225	1994	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	19	44574	367880	2wg9d	tx231	1978	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	18	2551	367879	2ypvg	tx231	1978	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	Kf	9474	369208	2wg9d	tx289	1985	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Ka	2903	369207	2ypvg	tx289	1985	1:24000
Kaufman and Gladewater soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	Kg	1785	369209	2ypvf	tx289	1985	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	Kd	10429	369403	2wg9d	tx293	1991	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Kc	495	369402	2ypvg	tx293	1991	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Ka	4522	370296	2ypvg	tx313	1989	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	Kf	2258	370297	2wg9d	tx313	1989	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded, southern	Kc	3051	575591	2ypvh	tx339	1967	1:20000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Ka	16719	370949	2ypvg	tx349	1968	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	Kc	5220	370950	2wg9d	tx349	1968	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	Kb	31804	371445	2wg9d	tx387	1972	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Ka	5895	371444	2ypvg	tx387	1972	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	28	14209	575958	2ypvg	tx471	1975	1:20000
Kaufman-Gowker complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	29	4958	575959	2y0vc	tx471	1975	1:20000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded, southern	37	4210	373165	2ypvh	tx477	1979	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded, southern	Kf	2806	373606	2ypvh	tx493	1972	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	Ka	16701	576107	2wg9d	tx603	1984	1:24000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	Ka	9846	374395	2wg9d	tx610	1973	1:20000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	Kb	15273	374481	2wg9d	tx612	1973	1:20000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Ka	4052	374480	2ypvg	tx612	1973	1:20000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	30	15345	393360	2wg9d	tx614	1975	1:20000
Kaufman clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	29	8089	393359	2ypvg	tx614	1975	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the KAUFMAN 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).