Soil Data Explorer - KENT

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the KENT soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of KENT, 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 KENT were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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
94A	40A1894	S1970MI051001	Kent	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.0811119,-84.457962
94C	40A1898	S1970MI031001	Kent	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	45.6149979,-84.4646301
98	40A1901	S1970MI107001	Kent	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.7488899,-85.5205002

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the KENT 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 KENT series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the KENT 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 KENT 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 mountains figure.

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with KENT share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the KENT 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 KENT 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.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with KENT, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing KENT 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
Kent loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	KnC	102	189193	6bw0	mi011	1964	1:20000
Kent loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	KnB	85	189192	6bvz	mi011	1964	1:20000
Kent loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	KnA	68	189191	6bvy	mi011	1964	1:20000
Kent soils, 12 to 18 percent slopes	KkD	87	188006	69mq	mi067	1965	1:15840
Kent soils, 2 to 6 percent slopes	KkB	82	188004	69mn	mi067	1965	1:15840
Kent silty clay, 6 to 12 percent slopes, severely eroded	KlC3	28	188003	69mm	mi067	1965	1:15840
Kent soils, 6 to 12 percent slopes	KkC	19	188005	69mp	mi067	1965	1:15840
Kent sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	25B	835	191798	6fl1	mi069	1995	1:15840
Kent sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	25C	428	191799	6fl2	mi069	1995	1:15840
Kent silt loam, 25 to 45 percent slopes	KtE	340	187356	68yr	mi121	1966	1:15840
Kent sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	25B	6143	189898	6clr	mi129	1987	1:15840
Kent loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	25B2	1835	189899	6cls	mi129	1987	1:15840
Kent-Selkirk complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	85B	876	189956	6cnm	mi129	1987	1:15840
Kent sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	25C	752	189900	6clt	mi129	1987	1:15840
Kent loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	25C2	581	189901	6clv	mi129	1987	1:15840
Kent sandy loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes	25D	198	189902	6clw	mi129	1987	1:15840
Kent loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	KtB	696	190082	6csp	mi133	1966	1:15840
Kent loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded	KtC2	413	190084	6csr	mi133	1966	1:15840
Kent loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	KtC	393	190083	6csq	mi133	1966	1:15840
Kent loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes, moderately eroded	KtD2	178	190086	6cst	mi133	1966	1:15840
Kent loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes	KtD	105	190085	6css	mi133	1966	1:15840
Kent sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	25C	249	191464	6f78	mi137	1998	1:12000
Kent sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	25B	199	191463	6f77	mi137	1998	1:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the KENT 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).