Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the LIHEN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of LIHEN, 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 LIHEN 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
5287P014586MT015540Lihen5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties48.0530548,-110.1816635
5474ND05700174ND057001Lihen4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties47.2875,-101.575
5478P015777ND001012Lihen7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties45.9988899,-102.1647186
5488P030488ND085032Lihen5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.3936119,-100.6488876

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the LIHEN 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 LIHEN 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 LIHEN 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 LIHEN 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 mountains figure.

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with LIHEN 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 LIHEN 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 LIHEN 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 LIHEN, 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. ND-2012-02-08-05 | Grant County - September 1988

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Ekalaka-Desart-Lemert association (Soil Survey of Grant County, North Dakota; September 1988).

  2. ND-2012-02-08-07 | Grant County - September 1988

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Telfer-Lihen-Seroco association (Soil Survey of Grant County, North Dakota; September 1988).

  3. ND-2012-02-08-33 | Mountrail County - June 1991

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Manning-Livona-Lihen association (Soil Survey of Mountrail County, North Dakota; June 1991).

  4. ND-2012-02-08-36 | Mountrail County - June 1991

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Farnuf-Makoti association (Soil Survey of Mountrail County, North Dakota; June 1991).

Map Units

Map units containing LIHEN 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
Lihen loamy fine sand, 4 to 15 percent slopesLmD5142345347clc7mt08319731:24000
Lihen loamy fine sand, 0 to 6 percent slopesLhB10511348857cq0gmt09119711:24000
Cozberg-Lihen fine sandy loams, 2 to 8 percent slopes451C2276345192cl67mt10119921:24000
Lihen-Blanchard loamy sands, 8 to 25 percent slopes551E867345216cl70mt10119921:24000
Cozberg-Lihen fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes451A788345191cl66mt10119921:24000
Fleak-Lihen fine sandy loams, 8 to 25 percent slopes651E202345237cl7pmt10119921:24000
Lihen loamy fine sand, 2 to 9 percent slopes331215345549clkrmt10519761:24000
Lihen loamy fine sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes772752346535cmlkmt60819761:24000
Lihen loamy fine sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes781006346536cmllmt60819761:24000
Lihen loamy sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes1274870341787cgndmt61319751:24000
Lihen loamy sand, 8 to 20 percent slopes1282375341788cgnfmt61319751:24000
Chinook-Lihen fine sandy loams, 2 to 10 percent slopes363C6191346715cmscmt61519921:24000
Lihen loamy fine sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes55B2614346830cmx2mt61519921:24000
Lihen-Chinook complex, 2 to 35 percent slopes556D11841478544yvhmt63019911:24000
Lihen sandy loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes1221314347945cp21mt64919851:24000
Tally-Lihen sandy loams, 1 to 8 percent slopes4936664348254cpd0mt66119821:24000
Lihen sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes359685348239cpcjmt66119821:24000
Beisigl-Lihen loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1601B69982525737cdpcnd00119831:20000
Lihen-Parshall complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1805B639025257401vzt1nd00119831:20000
Lihen-Parshall complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1805B47525207581vzt1nd00719981:24000
Portal-Lihen fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes21823953341123cfyznd01319911:24000
Williams-Zahl-Lihen complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes21852040341126cfz2nd01319911:24000
Lihen-Blanchard loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes21831822341124cfz0nd01319911:24000
Lihen-Blanchard loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC313B3325640922q2gsnd01319911:24000
Parshall-Lihen fine sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopesC761B2167925641802pwf9nd01519671:20000
Parshall-Lihen fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesC761A2132425968992q530nd01519671:20000
Lihen loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopesC322A1892225969072qygdnd01519671:20000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC317B942225670572q2gqnd01519671:20000
Lihen-Parshall-Telfer complex, 6 to 9 percent slopesC326C454725641052q2gtnd01519671:20000
Krem-Lihen loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC370B292325956492q4wfnd01519671:20000
Lihen-Livona-Parshall complex, 9 to 15 percent slopesC325D210625641862q776nd01519671:20000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 6 to 9 percent slopesC317C165225641252q3gsnd01519671:20000
Livona-Lihen-Flasher complex, 9 to 35 percent slopesC369F107225641872q778nd01519671:20000
Telfer-Lihen loamy fine sands, 9 to 15 percent slopesC337D82725640942q0rpnd01519671:20000
Krem-Lihen loamy fine sands, 6 to 9 percent slopesC370C82425956502q4wgnd01519671:20000
Krem-Lihen loamy fine sands, 9 to 15 percent slopesC370D78625968262q2knnd01519671:20000
Parshall-Lihen fine sandy loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesC761C4225969012q531nd01519671:20000
Parshall-Lihen fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1839B1526617302qz7tnd01519671:20000
Lihen-Blanchard loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes21833010341323cg5fnd02319921:24000
Dooley-Lihen-Zahl complex, 9 to 15 percent slopes22801312341334cg5snd02319921:24000
Lihen-Blanchard loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC313B117425642472q2gsnd02319921:24000
Portal-Lihen fine sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes2182811341322cg5dnd02319921:24000
Dooley-Lihen-Zahl complex, 9 to 15 percent slopesC386D66925642652q3hhnd02319921:24000
Krem-Lihen loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC370B14525642722q4wfnd02319921:24000
Portal-Lihen fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesC339A9625969162q532nd02319921:24000
Lihen-Parshall complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1805B123025207531vzt1nd02519811:20000
Parshall-Lihen fine sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopesC761B2383125958232pwf9nd02919791:20000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC317B2167425957992q2gqnd02919791:20000
Parshall-Lihen fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1839B507226618192qz7tnd02919791:20000
Krem-Lihen loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC370B406525643282q4wfnd02919791:20000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 6 to 9 percent slopesC317C394125954442q3gsnd02919791:20000
Lihen-Parshall complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1805B165926617731vzt1nd02919791:20000
Parshall-Lihen fine sandy loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesC761C84225969302q531nd02919791:20000
Krem-Lihen loamy fine sands, 6 to 9 percent slopesC370C82825643292q4wgnd02919791:20000
Parshall-Lihen fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesC761A71025969262q530nd02919791:20000
Parshall-Lihen fine sandy loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE1843C43326617922q50qnd02919791:20000
Lihen-Livona-Parshall complex, 9 to 15 percent slopesC325D2925958262q776nd02919791:20000
Lihen loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopesC322A625969402qygdnd02919791:20000
Beisigl-Lihen loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1601B14852707282cdpcnd03319851:24000
Beisigl-Lihen loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1601B71092525873cdpcnd03719851:20000
Lihen-Parshall complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1805B581225258761vzt1nd03719851:20000
Beisigl-Lihen loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1601B93802525796cdpcnd04119861:20000
Lihen-Parshall complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1805B368525257991vzt1nd04119861:20000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC317B4041025968432q2gqnd04319851:20000
Krem-Lihen loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC370B12525966732q4wfnd04319851:20000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC317B450625968552q2gqnd04719921:20000
Krem-Lihen-Zahl complex, 0 to 9 percent slopesC379C176425955092q76znd04719921:20000
Krem-Lihen loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC370B175225969712q4wfnd04719921:20000
Krem-Lihen-Zahl complex, 9 to 25 percent slopesC379E42625955102q770nd04719921:20000
Lihen-Parshall complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1805B12226618581vzt1nd04719921:20000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC317B330125969772q2gqnd05119921:24000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 6 to 9 percent slopesC317C125625969802q3gsnd05119921:24000
Telfer-Lihen loamy fine sands, 9 to 15 percent slopesC337D20625955152q0rpnd05119921:24000
Parshall-Lihen fine sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopesC761B5325969862pwf9nd05119921:24000
Parshall-Lihen fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1839B326620182qz7tnd05119921:24000
Lihen-Parshall complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1805B143625207591vzt1nd05320031:24000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC317B270725671372q2gqnd05519741:20000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 6 to 9 percent slopesC317C124325955402q3gsnd05519741:20000
Lihen-Zahl complex, 9 to 25 percent slopesC318E83325666302q0rmnd05519741:20000
Krem-Lihen loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC370B37625666892q4wfnd05519741:20000
Telfer-Lihen loamy fine sands, 9 to 15 percent slopesC337D8325955352q0rpnd05519741:20000
Krem-Lihen-Zahl complex, 9 to 25 percent slopesC379E125671562q770nd05519741:20000
Lihen loamy fine sand, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1808B918525207642qkw4nd05719761:20000
Lihen fine sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1806B277425207622qkw3nd05719761:20000
Lihen-Parshall complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1805B11825207551vzt1nd05719761:20000
Lihen-Parshall complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1805B656525207571vzt1nd05919981:20000
Beisigl-Lihen loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1601B25052699149cdpcnd05919981:20000
Lihen-Sakakawea complex, 2 to 9 percent slopesC328C194125667742q777nd06119881:24000
Krem-Lihen loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC370B149125667582q4wfnd06119881:24000
Lihen fine sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1806B87225207602qkw3nd06519711:20000
Lihen loamy fine sand, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1808B29225207722qkw4nd06519711:20000
Krem-Lihen-Zahl complex, 0 to 9 percent slopesC379C92425668192q76znd08319901:20000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC317B28025968742q2gqnd08319901:20000
Krem-Lihen-Zahl complex, 9 to 25 percent slopesC379E25025668202q770nd08319901:20000
Lihen-Parshall-Telfer complex, 6 to 9 percent slopesC326C225671702q2gtnd08319901:20000
Lihen-Parshall complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1805B1010925207561vzt1nd08519921:24000
Lihen-Parshall fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1801B427425207662qkw5nd08519921:24000
Lihen-Parshall complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1805B206225207521vzt1nd08919651:20000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC317B47825968762q2gqnd09319901:24000
Telfer-Lihen loamy fine sands, 9 to 15 percent slopesC337D40625668262q0rpnd09319901:24000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 6 to 9 percent slopesC317C32525970292q3gsnd09319901:24000
Krem-Lihen loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC370B20025668582q4wfnd09319901:24000
Lihen-Telfer fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesC316A359225669002q3grnd10119671:20000
Lihen-Telfer fine sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopesC316B338825669012q3gtnd10119671:20000
Telfer-Lihen loamy fine sands, 9 to 15 percent slopesC337D77525955932q0rpnd10119671:20000
Lihen-Telfer fine sandy loams, till substratum, nearly levelLhA715352514cttfnd10119671:20000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 6 to 9 percent slopesC317C65826616392q3gsnd10119671:20000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC317B52625668912q2gqnd10119671:20000
Lihen-Telfer fine sandy loams, nearly levelLfA136352512cttcnd10119671:20000
Lihen-Telfer fine sandy loams, till substratum, undulat ingLhB43352515cttgnd10119671:20000
Lihen-Telfer fine sandy loams, undulatingLfB37352513cttdnd10119671:20000
Lihen-Parshall complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesE1805B221226625621vzt1nd10519931:24000
Lihen loamy fine sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes11431980339014ccrynd10519931:24000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC317B103525967782q2gqnd10519931:24000
Lihen-Blanchard loamy fine sands, 6 to 15 percent slopes2352402339063cctjnd10519931:24000
Lihen-Blanchard loamy fine sands, 6 to 15 percent slopesC313D30825669902pwdxnd10519931:24000
Lihen-Blanchard loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC313B9625967792q2gsnd10519931:24000
Lihen-Telfer fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesC316A2826616602q3grnd10519931:24000
Dooley-Lihen-Zahl complex, 9 to 15 percent slopesC386D1025967852q3hhnd10519931:24000
Lihen-Sakakawea complex, 2 to 9 percent slopesC328C225967902q777nd10519931:24000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC317B535827978662q2gqsd02119781:20000
Lihen loamy fine sand, 9 to 20 percent slopes31E1424354703cx31sd02119781:20000
Telfer-Lihen loamy fine sands, 9 to 15 percent slopesC337D70827978532q0rpsd02119781:20000
Lihen-Parshall fine sandy loams, 0 to 6 percent slopesC324B239227987452qyfnsd08919801:20000
Telfer-Lihen loamy fine sands, 9 to 15 percent slopesC337D168427986872q0rpsd08919801:20000
Parshall-Lihen fine sandy loams, 2 to 6 percent slopesC761B3327987392pwf9sd08919801:20000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 6 to 9 percent slopesC317C427987092q3gssd08919801:20000
Lihen-Telfer loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopesC317B178328000752q2gqsd12919751:20000
Telfer-Lihen loamy fine sands, 9 to 15 percent slopesC337D40028000692q0rpsd12919751:20000
Panguitch-Kenray-Lihen families complex, 5 to 30 percent slopesmt407803331483430hkyut6451:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the LIHEN 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 .