Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the KEARSARGE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of KEARSARGE, 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 KEARSARGE 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
144A40A05131968VT021001Kearsarge4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.6211128,-73.1647186
144A40A051668VT021004Kearsarge5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.4997215,-73.2247238

Water Balance

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

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with KEARSARGE 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 KEARSARGE 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 KEARSARGE 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.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with KEARSARGE, 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. NH-2012-02-14-04 | Cheshire County - June 1989

    Typical landscape pattern of soils and underlying material in the Bernardston-Cardigan-Kearsarge-Dutchess general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Cheshire County, New Hampshire; June 1989).

  2. NH-2012-02-14-09 | Grafton County Area - 1999

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Bernardston-Cardigan-Pittstown unit (Soil Survey of Grafton County Area, New Hampshire; 1999).

  3. NY-2012-02-15-02 | Albany County - June 1992

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Lordstown-Kearsarge-Arnot unit (Soil Survey of Albany County, New York; June 1992).

Map Units

Map units containing KEARSARGE 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
Cardigan-Kearsarge complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes, very rocky142F31952788709c5tma01120121:12000
Kearsarge-Cardigan-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes143C11062788729c5wma01120121:12000
Cardigan-Kearsarge complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes, very rocky142D10132788719c5vma01120121:12000
Cardigan-Kearsarge complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very rocky142C8282788699c5sma01120121:12000
Cardigan-Kearsarge complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very rocky142B2932788669c5pma01120121:12000
Kearsarge-Cardigan-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 50 percent slopes362E131062796559d04nh00519851:20000
Cardigan-Kearsarge-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes361D95352796549d03nh00519851:20000
Cardigan-Kearsarge complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes360D66072796529d01nh00519851:20000
Cardigan-Kearsarge complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes360C63992796519d00nh00519851:20000
Cardigan-Kearsarge-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes361C31452796539d02nh00519851:20000
Cardigan-Kearsarge complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes360B10082796509czznh00519851:20000
Cardigan-Kearsarge-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes361D100322811149fj6nh00919861:24000
Cardigan-Kearsarge-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes361E81032811159fj7nh00919861:24000
Cardigan-Kearsarge-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes361C45202811139fj5nh00919861:24000
Cardigan-Kearsarge complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes360C22162811109fj2nh00919861:24000
Cardigan-Kearsarge complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes360D22122811119fj3nh00919861:24000
Cardigan-Kearsarge complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes360B10092811099fj1nh00919861:24000
Cardigan-Kearsarge-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes361B5072811129fj4nh00919861:24000
Cardigan-Kearsarge-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 25 percent slopesCbD97022797499d35nh01919811:20000
Cardigan-Kearsarge-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 15 percent slopesCbC81972797489d34nh01919811:20000
Kearsarge-Cardigan-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 50 percent slopesKeE68352797749d3znh01919811:20000
Cardigan-Kearsarge silt loams, 8 to 15 percent slopesCaC36162797469d32nh01919811:20000
Cardigan-Kearsarge silt loams, 15 to 25 percent slopesCaD17072797479d33nh01919811:20000
Cardigan-Kearsarge silt loams, 3 to 8 percent slopesCaB8342797459d31nh01919811:20000
Kearsarge silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopesKeB149962887449pgbny00119851:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the KEARSARGE 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 .