Soil Data Explorer - MACOVE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the MACOVE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of MACOVE, 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 MACOVE were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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 MACOVE 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 MACOVE series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the MACOVE 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 MACOVE 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).

Competing Series

Soil series competing with MACOVE share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the MACOVE 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 MACOVE 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 MACOVE, 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 MACOVE 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
Gilpin very stony-Macove very rubbly complex, 25 to 45 percent slopes	GmE	7168	2401164	2lllx	md001	2009	1:12000
Gilpin very stony-Macove very rubbly complex, 45 to 65 percent slopes	GmF	2248	2401165	2llly	md001	2009	1:12000
Gilpin very stony-Macove very rubbly complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes	GmD	1040	2401163	2lllw	md001	2009	1:12000
Gilpin very stony-Macove very rubbly complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	GmC	323	2401162	2lllv	md001	2009	1:12000
Macove channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	MaB	200	2401242	2llpf	md001	2009	1:12000
Gilpin very stony-Macove very rubbly complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	GmB	85	2401161	2lllt	md001	2009	1:12000
Macove channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	MaC	70	2401243	2llpg	md001	2009	1:12000
Macove-Gilpin channery silt loams, 35 to 70 percent slopes, extremely stony	McF	1457	2406074	2lrq9	pa021	1978	1:20000
Macove-Gilpin channery silt loams, 35 to 70 percent slopes, extremely stony	McF	28278	1591152	1qdqh	pa051	2005	1:24000
Macove-Gilpin channery silt loams, 35 to 70 percent slopes, bouldery	MbF	3899	1591182	1qdrg	pa051	2005	1:24000
Macove-Gilpin channery silt loams, 35 to 70 percent slopes, extremely stony	McF	943	1720954	1vrsn	pa063	2012	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, 25 to 65 percent slopes, extremely stony	MaF	114200	2434183	2mpz1	pa105	1953	1:24000
Macove-Gainesboro channery silt loam, 25 to 65 percent slopes, extremely stony	MgF	27163	2434185	2mpz3	pa105	1953	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, extremely stony	MaD	2126	2434182	2mpz0	pa105	1953	1:24000
Macove-Gainesboro channery silt loams, 15 to 25 percent slopes, extremely stony	MgD	1501	2434184	2mpz2	pa105	1953	1:24000
Macove-Gilpin channery silt loams, 35 to 70 percent slopes, extremely stony	MaF	12161	544609	l8q1	pa129	2003	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	35C	484	834367	x072	va005	2003	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	32C	2591	1451447	1kqbw	va017	2005	1:24000
Macove-Berks complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very stony	34E	1917	1451446	1kqbv	va017	2005	1:24000
Macove-Berks complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	34D	855	1451445	1kqbt	va017	2005	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	32D	562	1451448	1kqbx	va017	2005	1:24000
Macove extremely stony loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very rubbly	33E	137	1451449	1kqby	va017	2005	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	29C	6422	2512065	2q9hf	va091	2010	1:24000
Macove-Berks complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very stony	31F	6368	2512070	2q9hl	va091	2010	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, cool, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	30E	3323	2512066	2q9hg	va091	2010	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, cool, 35 to 55 percent slopes, very stony	30F	3004	2512068	2q9hj	va091	2010	1:24000
Macove-Berks complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	31E	2545	2512069	2q9hk	va091	2010	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	29E	2174	2512064	2q7wd	va091	2010	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, cool, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	30C	264	2512067	2q9hh	va091	2010	1:24000
Macove gravelly silt loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes	32C	619	520280	kgd7	va161	1990	1:24000
Macove gravelly silt loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes	32B	260	520279	kgd6	va161	1990	1:24000
Macove cobbly silt loam, 25 to 50 percent slopes, rubbly	30E	1660	519382	kfg8	va191	1998	1:15840
Macove cobbly silt loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes, rubbly	30C	1183	519380	kfg6	va191	1998	1:15840
Macove cobbly silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, rubbly	30D	1078	519381	kfg7	va191	1998	1:15840
Macove very channery silt loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes	31C	1019	519383	kfg9	va191	1998	1:15840
Macove very channery silt loam, 25 to 50 percent slopes	31E	764	519385	kfgc	va191	1998	1:15840
Macove very channery silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	31D	763	519384	kfgb	va191	1998	1:15840
Macove very channery silt loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes	128D	1554	2556860	2r7d1	va606		1:24000
Macove very channery silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes	128C	835	2556859	2r7d0	va606		1:24000
Macove very channery silt loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes	128E	286	2556861	2r7d2	va606		1:24000
Macove-Gilpin complex, 35 to 55 percent slopes, very stony	MeF	40917	553093	lkjq	wv025	2002	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	McE	19641	553059	lkhm	wv025	2002	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	McC	13812	553058	lkhl	wv025	2002	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	MaC	3137	553056	lkhj	wv025	2002	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	MaB	229	553055	lkhh	wv025	2002	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	MaD	134	553057	lkhk	wv025	2002	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	McE	355	1716105	1vlr7	wv063	1962	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	McC	2278	515420	k9bg	wv075	1992	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	McE	1887	515421	k9bh	wv075	1992	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	MaC	1214	515418	k9bd	wv075	1992	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	MaB	873	515417	k9bc	wv075	1992	1:24000
Macove channery silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	MaD	294	515419	k9bf	wv075	1992	1:24000
Macove-Clifftop complex, 35 to 55 percent slopes, very stony	McF	3276	2474545	2p1z1	wv705	2009	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MACOVE 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).