Soil Data Explorer - MCLAURIN

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the MCLAURIN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of MCLAURIN, 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 MCLAURIN 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 MCLAURIN 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 MCLAURIN 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 MCLAURIN 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 MCLAURIN 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).

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with MCLAURIN 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 MCLAURIN 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 MCLAURIN 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.

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 MCLAURIN, 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 MCLAURIN 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
McLaurin sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	McC	5771	328525	c0vl	al021	1967	1:20000
McLaurin sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	McB	5201	328524	c0vk	al021	1967	1:20000
McLaurin sandy loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes	McD	1078	328526	c0vm	al021	1967	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	MnB	180	328616	2syw1	al023	1998	1:24000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	MiB	300	2994987	2syw1	al097	2018	1:24000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes	MiC	94	2994992	2t42c	al097	2018	1:24000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	McB	3841	2642111	2syw1	al129	2013	1:24000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes	McC	3595	2642112	2t42c	al129	2013	1:24000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	McA	171	2642110	2t429	al129	2013	1:24000
McLaurin loamy fine sand, 1 to 3 percent slopes	42	798	3179376	2wdl6	ar019	1983	1:20000
McLaurin loamy fine sand, 1 to 3 percent slopes	42	143	3179266	2wdl6	ar059	1983	1:20000
McLaurin loamy fine sand, 1 to 3 percent slopes	MnB	5802	1724595	2wdl6	la013	1992	1:24000
McLaurin loamy fine sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes	MND	3628	1724591	1vwkz	la013	1992	1:24000
McLaurin loamy fine sand, 1 to 3 percent slopes	Mr	2377	569328	2wdl6	la027	1986	1:20000
McLaurin loamy fine sand, 1 to 3 percent slopes	McB	16867	1725263	2wdl6	la049	1991	1:24000
McLaurin loamy fine sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes	MCD	1972	1725261	1vx8l	la049	1991	1:24000
McLaurin loamy fine sand, 1 to 3 percent slopes	MmB	7018	571126	2wdl6	la061	1991	1:24000
McLaurin loamy fine sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes	MCD	18	2401379	2lltv	la081	1973	1:24000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes	Mr	4202	1725353	1vxck	la111	1992	1:24000
McLaurin loamy fine sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes	MV	6322	570355	m4hk	la119	1989	1:24000
McLaurin loamy fine sand, 1 to 3 percent slopes	Mt	5656	570359	2wdl6	la119	1989	1:24000
McLaurin-Benndale association, rolling	MLD	41066	332224	c4px	ms035	1976	1:20000
McLaurin loamy sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes	MbB	26088	332226	2w9wk	ms035	1976	1:20000
McLaurin loamy sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes	MbC	3570	332227	2shtj	ms035	1976	1:20000
McLaurin association, undulating	MCB	1439	332223	c4pw	ms035	1976	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	MlB	29723	332273	2syw1	ms039	1967	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MlA	17786	332272	2t429	ms039	1967	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes	MlC	8722	332274	2t42c	ms039	1967	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 8 to 12 percent slopes (heidel)	MlD	5320	332275	c4rk	ms039	1967	1:20000
Alaga complex, 12 to 20 percent slopes	AmE	5064	332249	c4qq	ms039	1967	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	McB	31691	2642218	2syw1	ms041	2012	1:24000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes	McC	6365	2642219	2t42c	ms041	2012	1:24000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	McA	2315	2642217	2t429	ms041	2012	1:24000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	McB	4283	332399	2syw1	ms045	1979	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes	McC	899	332400	2t42c	ms045	1979	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	MlB	6915	332435	2syw1	ms047	1971	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes	MlC	545	332436	2t42c	ms047	1971	1:20000
McLaurin loamy sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes	MuB	6267	332636	2w9wk	ms061	1974	1:20000
McLaurin loamy sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes	MuC	5629	332637	2shtj	ms061	1974	1:20000
McLaurin sandy loam, 12 to 17 percent slopes (heidel)	McE	3104	332677	c55j	ms065	1972	1:20000
McLaurin sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	McB	1868	332676	c55h	ms065	1972	1:20000
McLaurin loamy sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes	30B	15803	332718	2w9wk	ms067	1984	1:20000
Heidel-McLaurin association, hilly	90	12015	332747	c57s	ms067	1984	1:20000
McLaurin loamy sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes	30C	9334	332719	2shtj	ms067	1984	1:20000
McLaurin-Urban land complex	3	389	332717	c56t	ms067	1984	1:20000
McLaurin-Lucy association, rolling	MIC	69769	332856	c5c9	ms073	1969	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	McB	59874	332859	2syw1	ms073	1969	1:20000
Freestone-McLaurin-Susquehanna association, rolling (freest-mclaurin-susquehanna)	FMC	43159	332851	c5c4	ms073	1969	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes	McC	7456	332860	2t42c	ms073	1969	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	McA	583	332858	2t429	ms073	1969	1:20000
McLaurin loamy sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes	MaB	3738	332890	2w9wk	ms075	1980	1:20000
McLaurin loamy sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes	MaC	2224	332891	2shtj	ms075	1980	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	MnB	3440	333128	2syw1	ms091	1983	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes	MnC	744	333129	2t42c	ms091	1983	1:20000
McLaurin-Smithdale association, rolling	MS	60881	333545	c62j	ms109	1980	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	MnB	7365	333549	2syw1	ms109	1980	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes	MnC	3505	333550	2t42c	ms109	1980	1:20000
McLaurin and Benndale soils, 0 to 5 percent slopes	MB	29668	333612	c64p	ms111	1997	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	McB	24231	333614	2syw1	ms111	1997	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes	McC	13292	333615	2t42c	ms111	1997	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	McA	3547	333613	2t429	ms111	1997	1:20000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	21	29493	334097	2syw1	ms131	1997	1:24000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, undulating	23	23512	334103	c6nj	ms131	1997	1:24000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes	22	7423	334100	2t42c	ms131	1997	1:24000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	20	2737	334096	2t429	ms131	1997	1:24000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	MrB	25215	2403444	2syw1	ms153	2008	1:24000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes	MrC	4266	2403445	2t42c	ms153	2008	1:24000
McLaurin fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	MrA	373	2403443	2t429	ms153	2008	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MCLAURIN 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).