Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the KYLE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of KYLE, 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 KYLE 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
60A86P059686NE165017Kyle7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.9166679,-103.9102783
60A90P088890NE165001Kyle8Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.9791679,-103.5749969
60A90P088990NE165002MKyle7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.9788895,-103.5744476
60A90P089090NE165003MKyle7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.9791679,-103.5752792
63A80P025079SD071001Kyle8Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.9477768,-101.8655548
67A40A3121S1964WY015002Kyle8Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.9880562,-104.351944

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the KYLE 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 KYLE 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 KYLE 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 KYLE 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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Competing Series

Soil series competing with KYLE 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 KYLE 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 KYLE 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.

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with KYLE, 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. SD-2012-03-15-12 | Custer and Pennington Counties, Prairie Parts - May 1996

    Pattern of soils and underlying material in the Bankard-Haverson-Lohmiller and the Samsil-Pierre associations (Soil Survey of Custer and Pennington Counties, Prairie Parts, SD; 1996).

  2. SD-2012-03-15-31 | Fall River County - April 1982

    Pattern of soils in the Pierre-Samsil association (Soil Survey of Fall River County, SD; 1982).

  3. SD-2012-03-15-53 | Jackson County, Northern Part - July 1987

    Pattern of soils and underlying material in the Samsil-Pierre and Haverson associations (Soil Survey of Jackson County, Northern Part, SD; 1987).

  4. SD-2012-03-15-72 | Meade County, Northern Part - January 1986

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the Samsil association (Soil Survey of Meade County, Northern Part, SD; 1986).

  5. SD-2012-03-15-94 | Shannon County - April 1971

    Representative pattern of soils in association 6 (Soil Survey of Shannon County, SD; 1971).

  6. SD-2012-03-16-04 | Ziebach County - March 1990

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the Samsil-Pierre association (Soil Survey of Ziebach County, SD; 1990).

Map Units

Map units containing KYLE 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
Kyle silty clay, 4 to 7 percent slopesKn8150345751cls8mt11119661:20000
Kyle silty clay, 1 to 4 percent slopesKm5416345750cls7mt11119661:20000
Kyle silty clay, 0 to 1 percent slopesKl2472345749cls6mt11119661:20000
Kyle silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopesKs22471346030cm28mt60719701:24000
Kyle silty clay, 4 to 8 percent slopesKu5272346032cm2bmt60719701:24000
Kyle gravelly silty clay, 8 to 15 percent slopesKV4867346018cm1wmt60719701:24000
Kyle clay, salineKw4558346033cm2cmt60719701:24000
Pierre-Kyle clays, gently undulatingPk366224285462mj36mt60719701:24000
Kyle silty clay, 2 to 4 percent slopesKt2565346031cm29mt60719701:24000
Kyle clay, 0 to 2 percent slopesKc3095347076cn50mt61119711:24000
Kyle clay, 4 to 8 percent slopesKe2906347078cn52mt61119711:24000
Kyle clay, 2 to 4 percent slopesKd2229347077cn51mt61119711:24000
Kyle clay, 8 to 15 percent slopesKf1582347079cn53mt61119711:24000
Kyle clay, 8 to 15 percent slopesKn6090347886cp04mt64319671:20000
Kyle clay, 4 to 8 percent slopesKm1775347885cp03mt64319671:20000
Kyle clay, 2 to 4 percent slopesKl272347884cp02mt64319671:20000
Kyle silty clay, 2 to 6 percent slopes5359390023581222tnmcne04519731:20000
Kyle-Hisle complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes53607226358123d0ncne04519731:20000
Kyle silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes535859873581212tnmbne04519731:20000
Kyle silty clay, 2 to 6 percent slopes535974193579302tnmcne16519931:20000
Kyle silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes535828823579292tnmbne16519931:20000
Kyle clay, 2 to 6 percent slopesKlB2951727680392rd41sd01919701:24000
Kyle clay, terraceKt17745353189cvj6sd01919701:24000
Kyle-Pierre clays, 0 to 6 percent slopesKuB1713235319030wnbsd01919701:24000
Kyle clay, 0 to 2 percent slopesKlA1155327680382rd40sd01919701:24000
Kyle clay, 6 to 9 percent slopesKlC61627680402rd42sd01919701:24000
Kyle clay, moist, 2 to 6 percent slopesP186B38326688752qt3hsd01919701:24000
Kyle clay, moist, 6 to 9 percent slopesP186C17426688762qt3jsd01919701:24000
Kyle clay, 2 to 6 percent slopesKyB2648127680462rd41sd04719801:24000
Kyle clay, 0 to 2 percent slopesKyA2306727680452rd40sd04719801:24000
Kyle clay, 3 to 6 percent slopesKyB3259354106cwgssd05519921:24000
Kyle clay, 0 to 3 percent slopesKyA1677354105cwgrsd05519921:24000
Kyle clay, 2 to 6 percent slopesKyB81927680482rd41sd06319841:24000
Kyle clay, 2 to 6 percent slopes614B200727680512rd41sd08120071:24000
Kyle clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes614A63327680502rd40sd08120071:24000
Kyle clay, moist, 2 to 6 percent slopesP186B11827332942qt3hsd08120071:24000
Kyle clayKy4148353384cvqhsd09519711:20000
Kyle clay, 2 to 6 percent slopesKyB24960355852cy93sd13719851:24000
Swanboy-Kyle clays, 2 to 15 percent slopesSxC2711355896cybjsd13719851:24000
Kyle clay, 2 to 6 percent slopesKbB5006227680582rd41sd60019741:24000
Kyle clay, 0 to 2 percent slopesKbA1930727680572rd40sd60019741:24000
Kyle soils, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moundedKcB5531354322cwprsd60019741:24000
Kyle clay, moist, 2 to 6 percent slopesP186B43127334252qt3hsd60019741:24000
Kyle clay, 2 to 6 percent slopesKyB1097027680622rd41sd60119831:24000
Kyle clay, 0 to 2 percent slopesKyA311927680612rd40sd60119831:24000
Kyle clay, 2 to 6 percent slopesKyB2546227680682rd41sd60620111:24000
Kyle clay, 0 to 2 percent slopesKyA1873527680672rd40sd60620111:24000
Kyle clay, 6 to 9 percent slopesKyC750527680692rd42sd60620111:24000
Kyle clay, 0 to 1 percent slopesKtA21702580917cyhnsd60620111:24000
Kyle clay, 2 to 6 percent slopesN464B10625828942kqthsd60620111:24000
Kyle clay, 3 to 6 percent slopesKyB51362582633cy2zsd61120111:24000
Kyle clay, 0 to 3 percent slopesKyA43812582632cy2ysd61120111:24000
Kyle clay, 6 to 9 percent slopesKyC13962582634cy30sd61120111:24000
Kyle clay, 6 to 9 percent slopesN464C23623753422kqqysd61220111:20000
Kyle clay, 2 to 6 percent slopesN464B17923754212kqthsd61220111:20000
Kyle silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopesKzA378825827142tnmbsd61320111:24000
Kyle clay, 6 to 9 percent slopesN464C1225828052kqqysd61320111:24000
Kyle-Shingle-Bidman association3623787152081537vwy04319761:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the KYLE 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 .