Soil Data Explorer - MAHALASVILLE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the MAHALASVILLE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of MAHALASVILLE, 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 MAHALASVILLE 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
111A	WY7901	1979IN177001	Mahalasville	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.8506778,-85.1109694
111B	DK7803	1978IN033003	Mahalasville	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.2788167,-85.1612083
111D	CT7504	1975IN023004	Mahalasville	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.4090778,-86.430725
111D	MY7903	1979IN107003	Mahalasville	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.084975,-86.9047167
111D	BE8029	1980IN007029	Mahalasville	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.6344139,-87.2791056
111D	MY8005	1980IN107005	Mahalasville	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.0986417,-86.8764806
111D	TI8419	1984IN157019	Mahalasville	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.4029111,-86.7836306
111D	CA8503	1985IN015003	Mahalasville	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.5905889,-86.4288861

Water Balance

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with MAHALASVILLE, 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-2010-09-09-05 | Boone County - 2004

   General pattern of soils, topography, and parent material in the Mahalasville-Whitaker association (Soil Survey of Boone County, Indiana; 2004).

Map Units

Map units containing MAHALASVILLE 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
Mahalasville silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MamA	12582	678930	2ygzk	in011	2003	1:12000
Mahalasville-Urban land complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	YmhA	241	3105075	2y8lj	in011	2003	1:12000
Urban land-Mahalasville complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	UhuA	190	695407	rbmh	in011	2003	1:12000
Urban land-Mahalasville silty clay loam complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	UhlA	58	3105060	2y47g	in011	2003	1:12000
Mahalasville silty clay loam-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	YmiA	26	3105061	2w581	in011	2003	1:12000
Mahalasville silty clay loam, till substratum	Mb	7321	165190	5jwq	in015	1987	1:15840
Mahalasville-Treaty silt loams	Mc	849	165191	5jwr	in015	1987	1:15840
Mahalasville silty clay loam, gravelly substratum	Ma	774	165189	5jwp	in015	1987	1:15840
Mahalasville silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Ma	7515	162335	2ygzk	in023	1978	1:20000
Mahalasville silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MamA	2685	242387	2ygzk	in045	1999	1:12000
Mahalasville silty clay loam, bedrock substratum, 0 to 1 percent slopes	MapA	193	242404	847h	in045	1999	1:12000
Mahalasville silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MamA	87	3291286	2ygzk	in057	1976	1:15840
Mahalasville silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MamA	1379	161504	2ygzk	in063	1971	1:15840
Mahalasville silty clay loam, clayey subsoil	Mc	265	161490	5f1c	in063	1971	1:15840
Mahalasville silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Ml	9880	162100	2ygzk	in095	1965	1:15840
Mahalasville silt loam	Mh	644	162099	5fp0	in095	1965	1:15840
Mahalasville silty clay loam, limestone substratum	Mm	458	162101	5fp2	in095	1965	1:15840
Mahalasville silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Mb	25604	163021	2ygzk	in107	1984	1:15840
Mahalasville silty clay loam, gravelly substratum	Mc	6795	163022	5gms	in107	1984	1:15840
Mahalasville-Treaty complex	Md	13957	164115	5hs1	in157	1990	1:15840
Mahalasville silty clay loam, gravelly substratum	Mb	5509	164106	5hrr	in157	1990	1:15840
Mahalasville silty clay loam, shale substratum	Mc	222	164107	5hrs	in157	1990	1:15840
Mahalasville silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Ml	366	3291362	2ygzk	in159	1985	1:15840
Mahalasville silt loam	Ma	1020	249105	8c6n	in177	1984	1:15840
Mahalasville silty clay loam	Mb	195	168801	5nn6	oh025	1972	1:20000
Mahalasville silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MyA	159	778213	v3sn	oh135	2005	1:12000
Mahalasville silt loam	Ma	13740	426337	g9mt	wi105	1970	1:20000
Mahalasville silt loam, overwash	Mb	4754	426338	g9mv	wi105	1970	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MAHALASVILLE 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).