Soil Data Explorer - KOSCIUSKO

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the KOSCIUSKO soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of KOSCIUSKO, 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 KOSCIUSKO 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
111B	WB7710	1977IN169010	Kosciusko	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.0210583,-85.7221667
111C	ST7302	1973IN151002	Kosciusko	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.6731111,-85.0847083
111C	KO7501	1975IN085001	Kosciusko	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.4217528,-85.7678306
111C	KO7502	1975IN085002	Kosciusko	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.2925944,-85.6884917
111C	FU8011	1980IN049011	Kosciusko	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.041725,-86.0566111
111D	CS7701	1977IN017001	Kosciusko	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.7192611,-86.4966972
98	KO7503	1975IN085003	Kosciusko	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.3707778,-85.8011694

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with KOSCIUSKO 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 KOSCIUSKO 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 KOSCIUSKO 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 KOSCIUSKO, 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. IN-2012-01-20-15 | Wabash County - February 1983

   Pattern of soils and underlying material in the Fox-Ockley-Kosciusko map unit (Soil Survey of Wabash County, Indiana; 1983).

Map Units

Map units containing KOSCIUSKO 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
Kosciusko sandy clay loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, severely eroded	KsC3	3038	162432	5g0r	in017	1979	1:15840
Kosciusko silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	KoB	1514	162431	5g0q	in017	1979	1:15840
Kosciusko-Ormas complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	KoA	7826	162573	5g59	in049	1984	1:15840
Kosciusko-Ormas complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	KoB	5894	162574	5g5b	in049	1984	1:15840
Kosciusko-Ormas complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes	KoC	5208	162575	5g5c	in049	1984	1:15840
Kosciusko sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	KoB	8187	160874	5ddh	in085	1985	1:20000
Kosciusko sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	KoA	6951	160873	5ddg	in085	1985	1:20000
Riddles-Ormas-Kosciusko complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	RxB	5655	160913	5dfr	in085	1985	1:20000
Kosciusko sandy clay loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, severely eroded	KxC3	2635	160878	5ddm	in085	1985	1:20000
Riddles-Ormas-Kosciusko complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes	RxC	1940	160914	5dfs	in085	1985	1:20000
Kosciusko sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	KoC	1648	160875	5ddj	in085	1985	1:20000
Kosciusko silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	KtA	1512	160877	5ddl	in085	1985	1:20000
Kosciusko sandy loam, 18 to 30 percent slopes	KoE	424	160876	5ddk	in085	1985	1:20000
Kosciusko sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	KoB	6415	160205	5cpx	in151	1979	1:20000
Kosciusko gravelly sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	KsC	5634	160206	5cpy	in151	1979	1:20000
Kosciusko sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	KoA	3735	160204	5cpw	in151	1979	1:20000
Oshtemo-Kosciusko-Riddles complex, 4 to 12 percent slopes	OsC	942	160231	5cqr	in151	1979	1:20000
Kosciusko gravelly sandy clay loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, severely eroded	KpC3	617	164063	5hqc	in157	1990	1:15840
Kosciusko sandy loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes, eroded	KoD2	208	164062	5hqb	in157	1990	1:15840
Kosciusko sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	KsB	1548	161184	5dqh	in169	1980	1:15840
Kosciusko sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	KsA	983	161183	5dqg	in169	1980	1:15840
Kosciusko sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	KsC	478	161185	5dqj	in169	1980	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the KOSCIUSKO 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).