Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the MATTAPONI soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of MATTAPONI, 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 MATTAPONI 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
133AVPI0261V1984-VA081-261Mattaponi3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties36.5529137,-77.658226
133AVPI0262V1984-VA081-262Mattaponi3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties36.6177902,-77.5290527
133AVPI0259V1984-VA149-259Mattaponi3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties37.0998268,-77.3139343
136VPI0260V1984-VA081-260Mattaponi3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties36.6406097,-77.6189804
n/a88P065588VA033005Mattaponi5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the MATTAPONI 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 MATTAPONI 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 MATTAPONI 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 MATTAPONI 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 MATTAPONI 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 MATTAPONI series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the MATTAPONI 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 .

There are insufficient data to create the 2D hillslope position figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D hills figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

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 MATTAPONI, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing MATTAPONI 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
Mattaponi fine sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopesMaB92114856041lvwqnc03720051:24000
Mattaponi fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesMaA83114856021lvwnnc03720051:24000
Mattaponi-Peawick complex, 8 to 15 percent slopesMcC35714856061lvwsnc03720051:24000
Masada-Mattaponi complex, 2 to 8 percent slopesMmB107522335922dz7cnc12320071:24000
Mattiponi fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesMpB121924550102ndmwnc18520091:24000
Mattaponi-Cecil complex, 2 to 7 percent slopes12B47131182193z0jva01119931:15840
Mattaponi-Cecil complex, 7 to 15 percent slopes12C9111182213z0lva01119931:15840
Appling-Mattaponi complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes2B6216224207132m7yjva02520071:24000
Georgeville-Mattaponi complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes14C192024207402m7zdva02520071:24000
Mattaponi gravelly sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes21B70324207512m7zrva02520071:24000
Mattaponi-Appling complex, 2 to 7 percent slopes23B351415874221q8v5va04920051:24000
Mattaponi sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes25B10778695360rbkzva08119861:15840
Fluvanna-Mattaponi complex, 7 to 15 percent slopes17C7814695352rbkqva08119861:15840
Fluvanna-Mattaponi complex, 2 to 7 percent slopes17B6409695351rbkpva08119861:15840
Appling-Mattaponi complex, 2 to 7 percent slopes7B2471695337rbk7va08119861:15840
Appling-Mattaponi complex, 7 to 15 percent slopes7C1847695338rbk8va08119861:15840
Mattaponi gravelly sandy loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes25C236695361rbl0va08119861:15840
Mattaponi sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes29B5714728271lflkva08320041:24000
Mattaponi fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes9B6291186743zh6va09719951:24000
Mattaponi fine sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes9C701186753zh7va09719951:24000
Mattaponi fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes9A531186733zh5va09719951:24000
Mattaponi fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopesMtB207111960140g3va11719901:24000
Mattaponi fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopesMtC15511960240g4va11719901:24000
Appling-Mattaponi complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes902B122624531422nbpmva13519561:20000
Mattaponi sandy clay loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes, eroded31C21396120422419lva17719801:15840
Mattaponi sandy loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes30B545120421419kva17719801:15840
Mattaponi sandy loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes30B523764122krvgva63020081:12000
Mattaponi sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes12B2796524817872p9hnva65319911:24000
Mattaponi sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes12A1294624817862p9hmva65319911:24000
Mattaponi-Urban land complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes13B493224817902p9hrva65319911:24000
Mattaponi sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes12C404424817882p9hpva65319911:24000
Appling-Mattaponi complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes902B317424818692p9l9va65319911:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MATTAPONI 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 .