Soil Data Explorer - MUNDAL

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the MUNDAL soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of MUNDAL, 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 MUNDAL 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
143	79P0281	1979VT025002	Mundal	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.9749985,-72.8375015
143	79P0282	79VT025003	Mundal	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.9472237,-72.8458328
143	80P0438	80VT025003	Mundal	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.851387,-72.8027802
143	87P0202	86NY031002	Mundal	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.4008331,-73.8436127
143	87P0203	86NY031003	Mundal	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.4000015,-73.8458328
143	87P0620	87NY031004	Mundal	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.4008331,-73.8413925
143	90P0875	88NY041011	Mundal	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.2999992,-74.7516632
143	94P0295	S1993NY031003	Mundal	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.1105537,-74.0511093
143	05N0485	S2004VT023003	Mundal	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.3015289,-72.883667
n/a	78P0055	S1977VT025006	MUNDAL	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with MUNDAL 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 MUNDAL 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 MUNDAL 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 terrace figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with MUNDAL, 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. VT-2012-03-22-10 | Rutland County - 1998

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Rawsonville-Houghtonville unit (Soil Survey of Rutland County, VT; 1998).

2. VT-2012-03-22-12 | Windham County - February 1987

   Typical landscape pattern of soils and underlying material in the Houghton-Rawsonville-Mundal general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Windham County, VT; 1987).

Map Units

Map units containing MUNDAL 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
Mundal-Wilmington association, rolling, very stony	903C	19124	281612	9g18	vt003	1992	1:20000
Mundal fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	114C	9759	281375	9fsm	vt003	1992	1:20000
Wilmington-Mundal association, undulating, very stony	923B	8967	281627	9g1r	vt003	1992	1:20000
Rawsonville-Houghtonville-Mundal association, hilly, rocky	705D	8387	281559	9fzk	vt003	1992	1:20000
Mundal-Houghtonville association, rolling, very stony	703C	5120	281556	9fzg	vt003	1992	1:20000
Mundal fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, very stony	114D	2445	281376	9fsn	vt003	1992	1:20000
Mundal fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	102C	1746	281330	9fr5	vt003	1992	1:20000
Mundal fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony	114B	899	281374	9fsl	vt003	1992	1:20000
Mundal fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	102B	404	281329	9fr4	vt003	1992	1:20000
Mundal-Cabot association, hilly, very stony	703D	2856	282431	9gwp	vt021	1985	1:20000
Mundal loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very stony	135E	701	282170	9gm8	vt021	1985	1:20000
Mundal loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	135D	332	282169	9gm7	vt021	1985	1:20000
Mundal fine sandy loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	116D	4622	282525	9gzq	vt023	1996	1:20000
Mundal fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	116C	867	282524	9gzp	vt023	1996	1:20000
Mundal fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony	116B	330	282523	9gzn	vt023	1996	1:20000
Mundal fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	44C	19530	282017	9ggb	vt025	1984	1:20000
Mundal fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, very stony	44D	11003	282018	9ggc	vt025	1984	1:20000
Mundal fine sandy loam, 25 to 50 percent slopes, very stony	44E	3742	282019	9ggd	vt025	1984	1:20000
Mundal fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, very stony	44B	3231	282016	9gg9	vt025	1984	1:20000
Mundal fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	43C	2876	282014	9gg7	vt025	1984	1:20000
Mundal fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	43B	1486	282013	9gg6	vt025	1984	1:20000
Mundal fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	43D	246	282015	9gg8	vt025	1984	1:20000
Mundal fine sandy loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony	74D	1275	283288	9hsb	vt027	2000	1:20000
Rawsonville-Houghtonville-Mundal complex, 8 to 50 percent slopes, rocky	705D	1232	283358	9hvl	vt027	2000	1:20000
Mundal fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	74C	340	283287	9hs9	vt027	2000	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the MUNDAL 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).