Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the MISKOAKI soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of MISKOAKI, 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 MISKOAKI 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
9240A165664WI031001Miskoaki7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.6474991,-92.0338898
9240A165764WI031003Miskoaki7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.6183319,-92.0650024
9291P0387S1990WI031003MISKOAKI6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.6549988,-91.5869446
9291P0391S1990WI031007MISKOAKI6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.6680565,-91.7930527
9291P0395S1990WI031011MISKOAKI6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.6713905,-91.9197235
9291P0397S1990WI031013MISKOAKI6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.5802727,-92.052124
9291P0398S1990WI031014MISKOAKI6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.605278,-92.1708298

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the MISKOAKI 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 MISKOAKI 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 MISKOAKI 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 MISKOAKI 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.

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

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with MISKOAKI 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 MISKOAKI 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 MISKOAKI 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 MISKOAKI, 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. MI-2010-09-10-14 | Ontonagon County -

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Amnicon-Cuttre association (Soil Survey of Ontonagon County, Michigan).

Map Units

Map units containing MISKOAKI 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
Miskoaki silt loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes239D1014563821kwh2mi05320071:24000
Miskoaki silt loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes8239D51824855912pfgcmi06119891:20000
Miskoaki-Schaat Creek, frequently flooded, complex, 0 to 45 percent slopes8236E26024855772pffxmi06119891:20000
Miskoaki-Moquah, frequently flooded-Watton complex, 0 to 50 percent slopes8139E2725660351kwp2mi06119891:20000
Miskoaki-Moquah, frequently flooded-Watton complex, 0 to 50 percent slopes139E349114565681kwp2mi13120071:24000
Miskoaki-Schaat Creek, frequently flooded, complex, 0 to 45 percent slopes8236E211416748731t6v5mi13120071:24000
Miskoaki silt loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes117E101114565391kwn4mi13120071:24000
Miskoaki-Fluvaquents, frequently flooded, complex, 0 to 45 percent slopesE2-33E390827422062t579mn07520131:24000
Miskoaki-Udifluvents, frequently flooded-Rock outcrop complex, 1 to 45 percent slopesE1-40E321427421782rn0zmn07520131:24000
Miskoaki-Udifluvents, frequently flooded complex, 1 to 45 percent slopesE2-34E128127422072t57bmn07520131:24000
Miskoaki-Fluvaquents, frequently flooded-Rock outcrop complex, 0 to 45 percent slopesE1-39E46127421772rn0qmn07520131:24000
Miskoaki-Cuttre complex, 5 to 45 percent slopesD1-42F18627421602rn0smn07520131:24000
Miskoaki-Cuttre complex, 5 to 45 percent slopes, very rockyD3-42F2927421672rn15mn07520131:24000
Miskoaki-Fluvaquents, frequently flooded, complex, 0 to 45 percent slopesE9E2059626065p0gnmn61520071:24000
Miskoaki-Udifluvents, flooded, complex, 1 to 45 percent slopesE23F115614247221jtjsmn61520071:24000
Miskoaki-Cuttre complex, 5 to 45 percent slopesE24F581626068p0grmn61520071:24000
Miskoaki-Rock outcrop complex, 18 to 70 percent slopesE11E490626062p0gkmn61520071:24000
Miskoaki clay loam, 12 to 25 percent slopes274D3224452749h63twi00720051:12000
Miskoaki clay loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes274C2330452748h63swi00720051:12000
Amnicon-Miskoaki complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes1274B1062114432817drtwi00720051:12000
Miskoaki clay loam, 12 to 25 percent slopes274D15333781167v6vywi03120051:12000
Miskoaki clay loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes274C6381781166v6vxwi03120051:12000
Amnicon-Miskoaki complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes1274B628413901491hnkjwi03120051:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MISKOAKI 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 .