Soil Data Explorer - NEEDLETON

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the NEEDLETON soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of NEEDLETON, 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 NEEDLETON 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 NEEDLETON 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 NEEDLETON 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 NEEDLETON 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 NEEDLETON 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 flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with NEEDLETON 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 NEEDLETON 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 NEEDLETON 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 flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with NEEDLETON, 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 NEEDLETON 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
Needleton-Ashcroft families complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	107	705	496566	jnq8	co627	1980	1:24000
Needleton-Rogert families-Rock outcrop complex, 40 to 80 percent slopes, south aspect	108	99	496567	jnq9	co627	1980	1:24000
Ashcroft-Needleton families complex, dry, 5 to 40 percent slopes	104	65	496568	jnqb	co627	1980	1:24000
Needleton family, 40 to 65 percent slopes	512SB	12823	509845	k3jm	co636	2011	1:24000
Needleton family, dry, 40 to 65 percent slopes	511SB	11536	509843	k3jk	co636	2011	1:24000
Needleton-Ashcroft families complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	510M	11037	509841	k3jh	co636	2011	1:24000
Needleton-Rogert families-Rock outcrop complex, 40 to 80 percent slopes, south aspect	515SB	10235	509849	k3jr	co636	2011	1:24000
Ashcroft, dry-Needleton, dry families complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	516M	3578	509851	k3jt	co636	2011	1:24000
Needleton-Scout families complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	170	55193	509532	k36j	co660	1994	1:24000
Clayburn, warm-Booneville-Needleton family complex, 25 to 65 percent slopes	121	24164	509468	k34g	co660	1994	1:24000
Scout-Needleton families complex, 40 to 65 percent slopes	183	21343	509548	k371	co660	1994	1:24000
Haviland-Needleton families complex, 10 to 65 percent slopes	154	17442	509513	k35x	co660	1994	1:24000
Booneville-Needleton family-Doughspon complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes, very stony	106	15375	509446	k33r	co660	1994	1:24000
Needleton family-Cryaquolls complex, 0 to 40 percent slopes	169	9571	509531	k36h	co660	1994	1:24000
Needleton-Snowdon-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 80 percent slopes	381	68842	507157	k0qx	co672	2003	1:24000
Needleton-Haviland complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	378	34799	507154	k0qt	co672	2003	1:24000
Needleton stony loam, 30 to 65 percent slopes	331	21944	507132	2w4zp	co672	2003	1:24000
Needleton-Snowdon complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	382	13033	507158	k0qy	co672	2003	1:24000
Horsethief-Needleton complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	332	10643	507133	k0q4	co672	2003	1:24000
Snowdon-Needleton complex, 45 to 90 percent slopes	606	8563	507209	k0sl	co672	2003	1:24000
Needleton stony loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes	330	7834	507131	k0q2	co672	2003	1:24000
Haviland-Needleton complex, 10 to 30 percent slopes	383	7376	507159	k0qz	co672	2003	1:24000
Runlett-Needleton-Sessions complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	392	3675	507168	k0r8	co672	2003	1:24000
Needleton-Snowdon complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes	375	2515	507151	k0qq	co672	2003	1:24000
Needleton stony loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes	161	2409	507102	k0p4	co672	2003	1:24000
Needleton loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes	376	1904	507152	k0qr	co672	2003	1:24000
Needleton stony loam, 60 to 90 percent slopes	386	291	507162	k0r2	co672	2003	1:24000
Needleton-Snowdon complex, 25 to 65 percent slopes, extremely stony	137	40888	505191	jyph	co674	1998	1:24000
Needleton very stony silt loam, 20 to 65 percent slopes, very stony	134	17232	505188	jypd	co674	1998	1:24000
Needleton-Scout family-Owlcreek complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	135	16945	505189	jypf	co674	1998	1:24000
Seitz-Needleton complex, 25 to 65 percent slopes	158	10452	505215	jyq8	co674	1998	1:24000
Needleton-Scout family complex, 40 to 65 percent slopes	136	10305	505190	jypg	co674	1998	1:24000
Needleton very stony silt loam, 5 to 20 percent slopes	133	3018	505187	jypc	co674	1998	1:24000
Horsethief-Needleton complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes, very stony	123	82	505175	jynz	co674	1998	1:24000
Needleton stony loam, 30 to 65 percent slopes	132	19	505186	2w4zp	co674	1998	1:24000
Lamphier, stony-Needleton, very stony-Yellowmule, very stony families, complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes, landslides	6201F	1242	2980430	2wqqc	mt632		1:24000
Lamphier, stony-Needleton, very stony-Yellowmule, very stony families, complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes, landslides	6201F	347	3094149	2wqqc	mt657	1990	1:24000
Telay-Needleton-Sapphire families, complex, 15 to 55 percent slopes	112		3302920	5972	wy629		1:24000
Telay-Storm-Needleton families, complex, 25 to 75 percent slopes	116	86441	157827	5976	wy656	2008	1:24000
Storm-Cuberant-Needleton families, complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes	177	25212	157843	597q	wy656	2008	1:24000
Telay-Needleton-Sapphire families, complex, 15 to 55 percent slopes	112	14142	157823	5972	wy656	2008	1:24000
Tigeron-Needleton-Washboard families, complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	159	12572	157838	597k	wy656	2008	1:24000
Needleton-Worock-Cowood families, complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	143	10567	157829	5978	wy656	2008	1:24000
Needleton-Worock-Storm families, complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes	180	10552	157845	597s	wy656	2008	1:24000
Washboard-Worock-Needleton families, complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	131	7372	157855	5983	wy656	2008	1:24000
Garlet-Needleton, families, complex, 10 to 20 percent slopes	128	4153	157853	5981	wy656	2008	1:24000
Storm-Cowood-Needleton families, complex, 10 to 60 percent slopes	148	3684	157833	597d	wy656	2008	1:24000
Needleton-Washboard families, complex, 25 to 50 percent slopes	157	3111	157837	597j	wy656	2008	1:24000
Needleton family-Inceptic Haplocryalfs-Owlcreek familiy, complex, 5 to 35 percent slopes -- draft	322	20832	152002	5359	wy663	2012	1:24000
Coldfeet-Needleton families, complex, 0 to 30 percent slopes	353	12404	152016	535r	wy663	2012	1:24000
Needleton-Coldfeet families, complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	343	2867	152013	535n	wy663	2012	1:24000
Needleton-Kingmine-Cluff families, complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	323	2429	152003	535b	wy663	2012	1:24000
Vertic Haplocryalfs-Needleton family, complex, 0 to 30 percent slopes	363	487	152019	535v	wy663	2012	1:24000
Needleton family-Inceptic Haplocryalfs-Owlcreek familiy, complex, 5 to 35 percent slopes -- draft	322	30	2771632	5359	wy723		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the NEEDLETON 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).