Soil Data Explorer - KRUSE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the KRUSE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of KRUSE, 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 KRUSE were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

There are insufficient data to create the lab data summary figure.

Water Balance

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

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with KRUSE 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 KRUSE 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 KRUSE 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 terrace figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with KRUSE, 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 KRUSE 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
Carlinton-Carrico-Kruse complex, 8 to 35 percent slopes	Ck3	7581	644802	pmz2	id057	2013	1:24000
Kruse-Teakean complex, 20 to 45 percent slopes	Kr2j	4277	2501975	v2vw	id057	2013	1:24000
Carrico-Carrico, dry-Kruse complex, 5 to 35 percent slopes	Cr4	2259	644804	pmz4	id057	2013	1:24000
Kruse-Brodeer complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	Kr3	1531	1689271	1tptm	id057	2013	1:24000
Kruse ashy silt loam, 35 to 65 percent slopes	Kr6	1234	682651	qxc0	id057	2013	1:24000
Kruse-Noil complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	Kr1j	932	2501974	v2vv	id057	2013	1:24000
Kruse-Aldermand-Noil complex, 40 to 65 percent slope	Kr5	893	644755	pmxk	id057	2013	1:24000
Kruse, dry-Kruse complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	Kc2	686	677871	qrct	id057	2013	1:24000
Carlinton-Kruse complex, 5 to 20 percent slopes	Cn3j	530	2501175	v24d	id057	2013	1:24000
Kruse silt loam, 30 to 65 percent slopes	26	2363	152981	545w	id604	1981	1:24000
Kruse variant silt loam, 5 to 20 percent slopes	27	809	152982	545x	id604	1981	1:24000
Kruse-Ulricher association, 35 to 65 percent slopes	134	6962	79424	2nn2	id606	1976	1:24000
Kruse ashy silt loam, 20 to 35 percent slopes	133	6049	79423	2nn1	id606	1976	1:24000
Kruse ashy silt loam, 5 to 20 percent slopes	132	4423	79422	2nn0	id606	1976	1:24000
Kruse ashy silt loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes	131	985	79421	2nmz	id606	1976	1:24000
Kruse-Teakean complex, 5 to 35 percent slopes	2y6v8	960	3099010	2y6v8	id606	1976	1:24000
Keeler-Kruse complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	5413	318	3099011	2wcr	id606	1976	1:24000
Kruse ashy silt loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes	5212	58	3099012	2wc5	id606	1976	1:24000
Keeler-Kruse complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	5414	44	3099059	nvf7	id606	1976	1:24000
Kruse ashy silt loam, 30 to 55 percent slopes	5213	9	2662916	2wcw	id606	1976	1:24000
Kruse fine gravelly silt loam, 35 to 65 percent slopes	57	712	153472	54pq	id608	1994	1:24000
Johnson-Kruse complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	54	6061	79667	2nwx	id611	1994	1:24000
Kruse loam, 20 to 35 percent slopes	69	27	79683	2nxf	id611	1994	1:24000
Kruse-Noil complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	157	4799	777320	v2vv	id612	2003	1:24000
Kruse-Aldermand complex, 40 to 65 percent slopes	155	4117	777325	v2w0	id612	2003	1:24000
Carlinton-Kruse complex, 5 to 20 percent slopes	48	2516	776624	v24d	id612	2003	1:24000
Kruse ashy loam, 35 to 65 percent slopes	153	1570	777326	v2w1	id612	2003	1:24000
Kruse-Teakean complex, 20 to 45 percent slopes	158	1522	777321	v2vw	id612	2003	1:24000
Kruse-McCrosket complex, 35 to 65 percent slopes	156	1038	777322	v2vx	id612	2003	1:24000
Kruse-Aldermand complex, 20 to 40 percent slopes	154	492	777324	v2vz	id612	2003	1:24000
Kruse ashy loam, 20 to 35 percent slopes	152	175	777323	v2vy	id612	2003	1:24000
Kruse fine gravelly silt loam, 35 to 65 percent slopes	54pq	85	2850986	54pq	id670		1:24000
Kruse ashy silt loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes	5212	4967	85875	2wc5	wa063	2012	1:24000
Keeler-Kruse complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	5413	3313	85893	2wcr	wa063	2012	1:24000
Kruse ashy silt loam, 30 to 55 percent slopes	5213	3045	85897	2wcw	wa063	2012	1:24000
Keeler-Kruse complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	5414	2058	621216	nvf7	wa063	2012	1:24000
Kruse ashy silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	5211	1953	85898	2wcx	wa063	2012	1:24000
Keeler-Kruse complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	5413	174	2651337	2wcr	wa065	1978	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the KRUSE 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).