Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

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

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Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRALab IDPedon IDTaxonnameCINSSL / NASIS ReportsLink To SoilWeb GMap
94A96P0185S1995MI143002Kawkawlin5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.4430542,-84.6388855

Water Balance

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

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Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the KAWKAWLIN series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the KAWKAWLIN series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the KAWKAWLIN 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 .

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

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

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with KAWKAWLIN share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the KAWKAWLIN series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the KAWKAWLIN 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 .

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

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

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with KAWKAWLIN, 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 .

Block Diagrams

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  1. MI-2012-02-06-43 | Missaukee County - December 1985

    Pattern of soils and underlying material in the Nester-Kawkawlin-Manistee association (Soil Survey of Missaukee County, Michigan; December 1985).

Map Units

Map units containing KAWKAWLIN 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
Kawkawlin loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes57B27421903446d24mi00119931:20000
Kawkawlin loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes57B881912976f1wmi00719981:12000
Kawkawlin silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesKsA150241508839lmi00919761:15840
Kawkawlin sandy loam, 0 to 4 percent slopesKwkaaB8631559312ytjcmi00919761:15840
Kawkawlin loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesKaA26011891896bvwmi01119641:20000
Kawkawlin loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesKaB3021891906bvxmi01119641:20000
Brevort-Kawkawlin associationBr1421891316bt0mi01119641:20000
Iosco-Kawkawlin-Brevort association118225080956chfmi01719781:20000
Charlevoix-Kawkawlin association, undulatingCKB3951904156d4fmi02919701:15840
Kawkawlin loam, 0 to 6 percent slopesKnC3341904626d5ymi02919701:15840
Iosco-Kawkawlin complex, 0 to 3 percent slopesIkA109771896216c9tmi03519771:15840
Kawkawlin loam, 0 to 4 percent slopesKwB108851896226c9vmi03519771:15840
Kawkawlin silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesKlA10815880671q9hzmi04119691:24000
Kawkawlin loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesKaA62281897996chkmi05119661:15840
Kawkawlin loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesKaB39901898006chlmi05119661:15840
Iosco-Kawkawlin-Brevort associationIK6011897956chfmi05119661:15840
Iosco-Kawkawlin complex, 0 to 3 percent slopesIwA7226734626c9tmi05119661:15840
Kawkawlin loam, 0 to 4 percent slopesKwB4626734666c9vmi05119661:15840
Kawkawlin loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesKaB32618799169m7mi06719651:15840
Kawkawlin loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesKaA28518799069m6mi06719651:15840
Kawkawlin sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesKdA18518799269m8mi06719651:15840
Kawkawlin sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesKdB18218799369m9mi06719651:15840
Kawkawlin sandy loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes444B102821918856fnvmi06919951:15840
Kawkawlin-Sims complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes440B33331918796fnnmi06919951:15840
Kawkawlin loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes57B30381919016fpcmi06919951:15840
Kawkawlin-Allendale-Aquepts complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes443B21741918846fntmi06919951:15840
Iosco-Kawkawlin complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes106A826735216c9tmi07319831:15840
Kawkawlin loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes50A183421924366g7mmi11319831:15840
Kawkawlin variant sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes23A4071924256g78mi11319831:15840
Melita-Iosco-Kawkawlin complex, 0 to 2 percent slopesMs179418730768x5mi11719561:20000
Kawkawlin loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesKa109218729168wnmi11719561:20000
Kawkawlin loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesKb29218729268wpmi11719561:20000
Nester-Kawkawlin loams, 2 to 6 percent slopesNtB292118737068z6mi12119661:15840
Kawkawlin and Selkirk loams, 2 to 6 percent slopesKsB119918735568yqmi12119661:15840
Kawkawlin loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesKkA107418735268ymmi12119661:15840
Kawkawlin loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesKkB97318735368ynmi12119661:15840
Kawkawlin and Selkirk loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesKsA16118735468ypmi12119661:15840
Kawkawlin loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes23B147621898966clpmi12919871:15840
Kawkawlin loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesKnB54451900766cshmi13319661:15840
Kawkawlin sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesKrB17971900806csmmi13319661:15840
Kawkawlin loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesKnA13761900756csgmi13319661:15840
Kawkawlin sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesKrA2731900796cslmi13319661:15840
Kawkawlin stony loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesKsB1591900816csnmi13319661:15840
Kawkawlin loam, overwash, 2 to 6 percent slopesKoB1001900786cskmi13319661:15840
Kawkawlin loam, overwash, 0 to 2 percent slopesKoA931900776csjmi13319661:15840
Kawkawlin loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes57B5920910270l7mi13520031:12000
Kawkawlin loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesKnB195731926786ghfmi13919671:15840
Kawkawlin loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesKnA54941926776ghdmi13919671:15840
Kawkawlin loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes57B18481910176drvmi14319991:12000
Kawkawlin-Sims loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes502B5141910846dv0mi14319991:12000
Kawkawlin loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes17A53011907466dh3mi60019831:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the KAWKAWLIN 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 .