Soil Data Explorer - MORELAND

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the MORELAND soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of MORELAND, 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 MORELAND were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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
131C	89P0043	88LA079001	Moreland	8	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	31.1749992,-92.3922195

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the MORELAND 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 MORELAND 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 MORELAND 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 MORELAND 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 hills figure.

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with MORELAND 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 MORELAND 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 MORELAND 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 MORELAND, 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 MORELAND 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
Moreland silty clay	21	11499	565388	lzbb	ar029	1977	1:20000
Moreland silty clay	16	4588	565491	lzfn	ar045	1975	1:20000
Moreland silty clay loam	Mo	661	565573	lzj9	ar047	1967	1:20000
Moreland clay	Md	746	565848	lzt5	ar071	1973	1:24000
Moreland silty clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes	20	1272	565884	lzvb	ar083	1977	1:20000
Moreland silty clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes	21	3270	566093	m022	ar105	1980	1:20000
Moreland silty clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes	22	944	566127	m035	ar115	1978	1:20000
Moreland silty clay	Me	11205	566188	m054	ar119	1972	1:20000
Moreland silty clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes	31	1102	564990	lyxh	ar149	1985	1:20000
Moreland silty clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes	24	4251	564307	ly6g	ar680	1980	1:20000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Ms	81536	1711949	2tgl2	la009	1981	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Mt	23494	1711950	2tgl5	la009	1981	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	Mw	14568	1711952	2tgl3	la009	1981	1:24000
Moreland clay, gently undulating, occasionally flooded	Mu	5234	1711951	1vgf7	la009	1981	1:24000
Moreland silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mo	3279	1711947	2tgl7	la009	1981	1:24000
Moreland silt loam, occasionally flooded	Mr	1025	1711948	1vgf4	la009	1981	1:24000
Buxin-Moreland clay, frequently flooded	BXA	892	1724567	1vwk6	la013	1992	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	MoA	23282	570973	2tgl2	la015	2005	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	MsA	7067	571005	2tgl3	la015	2005	1:24000
Urban land-Moreland complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	UMA	2682	571015	m55v	la015	2005	1:24000
Moreland silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	MnA	1742	571023	2tgl8	la015	2005	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	MrA	1423	570979	2tgl5	la015	2005	1:24000
Moreland silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	MmA	590	571006	2tgl7	la015	2005	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	MoA	28616	2805730	2tgl2	la017	2013	1:24000
Moreland silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	MnA	4425	2805729	2tgl8	la017	2013	1:24000
Moreland silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	MmA	2050	2805728	2tgl7	la017	2013	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	MsA	1838	2805733	2tgl3	la017	2013	1:24000
Urban land-Moreland complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	UOA	1100	2805756	2ssyg	la017	2013	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	MrA	1044	2805732	2tgl5	la017	2013	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, ponded	MpA	963	2805731	2ssxn	la017	2013	1:24000
Moreland clay	Mt	1965	1722404	1vt9f	la025	1983	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mo	2949	1724551	2tgl2	la031	1986	1:24000
Latanier and Moreland soils, undulating, occasionally flooded	LA	13	1605267	1qwdt	la037	1992	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mo	14963	1017141	2tgl2	la039	1970	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mr	5827	1527472	2tgl2	la043	1982	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mt	5151	1527473	2tgl4	la043	1982	1:24000
Moreland silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mo	3241	1527471	2tgl8	la043	1982	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Mw	3123	1527474	2tgl5	la043	1982	1:24000
Moreland silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mn	1176	1527470	2tgl7	la043	1982	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mn	47928	1903115	2tgl2	la069	1983	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Mp	28222	1903117	2tgl5	la069	1983	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	Mr	13993	1903118	2tgl3	la069	1983	1:24000
Moreland silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Md	11515	1903114	2tgl7	la069	1983	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Mo	1219	1903116	2tgl4	la069	1983	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	MnA	51048	569972	2tgl2	la079	1973	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	MoA	37980	569974	2tgl5	la079	1973	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	MrA	10228	569975	2tgl3	la079	1973	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	MnB	7240	569973	2tgl4	la079	1973	1:24000
Moreland silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	MdA	3066	569971	2tgl8	la079	1973	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	MoA	24178	1720678	2tgl2	la081	1973	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	MoB	3715	1720679	2tgl4	la081	1973	1:24000
Moreland silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	MnA	2270	1720677	2tgl7	la081	1973	1:24000
Buxin-Moreland clay, frequently flooded	BXA	102	2401365	2lltd	la081	1973	1:24000
Latanier and Moreland soils, undulating, occasionally flooded	LA	748	1725601	1vxmk	la125	2002	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Mo	1232	1725967	2tgl5	la127	1991	1:24000
Roxana-Moreland, gently undulating, occasionally flooded	Rr	645	1725976	1vy0n	la127	1991	1:24000
Moreland silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	40	2480	571425	m5m2	ok079	1981	1:24000
Moreland silty clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	39	2145	571423	m5m0	ok079	1981	1:24000
Moreland silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	41	1122	571426	m5m3	ok079	1981	1:24000
Moreland clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Mo	2082	106775	3l3c	ok145	1972	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MORELAND 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).