Soil Data Explorer - NESDA

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

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

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the NESDA 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 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 NESDA, 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 NESDA 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
Nesda, occasionally flooded-Birchfield-Soapcreek, rarely flooded complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	105B		2694667	1ndry	mt027	1979	1:24000
Nesda-Sudworth complex, occasionally flooded	178	6383	342410	ch9h	mt027	1979	1:24000
Sudworth-Nesda loams	213	3701	342450	chbs	mt027	1979	1:24000
Enbar-Nesda loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	83	2535	342587	chh6	mt027	1979	1:24000
Nesda variant complex	177	1485	342409	ch9g	mt027	1979	1:24000
Nesda complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	832A	343	344083	ck1g	mt041	1994	1:24000
Enbar-Nesda loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	491B	1326	344214	ck5p	mt051	1992	1:24000
Nesda gravelly sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	100	129	344776	ckrt	mt079	1986	1:24000
Nesda complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	871B	206	345295	cl9k	mt101	1992	1:24000
Nesda-McIlwaine complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	NeA	21	147398	4ycs	mt602	1963	1:20000
Straw and Nesda soils, channeled	118	10207	346265	cm9v	mt608	1976	1:24000
Korent-Nesda complex, occasionally flooded	75	1265	346531	cmlf	mt608	1976	1:24000
Nesda-McIlwaine complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	130A	3547	346594	cmng	mt615	1992	1:24000
McIlwaine-Nesda-Straw complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	180A	1755	346612	cmp1	mt615	1992	1:24000
Sudworth-Nesda loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	407A	4980	155459	56rt	mt622	1997	1:24000
Nesda loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	207B	234	155317	56m7	mt622	1997	1:24000
Nesda, occasionally flooded-Meadowcreek, rarely flooded-McIlwaine, rarely flooded complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	600B	4159	1902225	21vf3	mt624	2021	1:24000
Nesda-Meadowcreek complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes, rarely flooded	613B	2680	2610245	2r8cz	mt624	2021	1:24000
Nesda, occasionally flooded-Birchfield-Soapcreek, rarely flooded complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	105B	2072	2523239	1ndry	mt624	2021	1:24000
Nesda-Meadowcreek-Clunton complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	413B	1025	1912565	2265n	mt624	2021	1:24000
Enbar-Nesda complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	183A	293	2523237	1ndsx	mt624	2021	1:24000
Meadowcreek, rarely flooded-Nesda, occasionally flooded complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	412A	166	1912595	2266m	mt624	2021	1:24000
Nesda-Meadowcreek complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes, rarely flooded	19C	54	2979640	2pg60	mt624	2021	1:24000
Nesda-Meadowcreek complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes, rarely flooded	19C	287	2486293	2pg60	mt632		1:24000
Nesda-Meadowcreek complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	6A	144	2512884	4z2b	mt632		1:24000
Nesda-Meadowcreek complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	19C	2658	1858697	20d3z	mt637	2014	1:24000
Nesda-Meadowcreek complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	6A	1976	148066	4z2b	mt637	2014	1:24000
Nesda-Meadowcreek-Clunton complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	413B	748	2487107	2ph18	mt637	2014	1:24000
Nesda, occasionally flooded-Meadowcreek, rarely flooded-McIlwaine, rarely flooded complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	600B	490	2517347	21vf3	mt637	2014	1:24000
Fairsmith-Nesda complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	502A	373	148041	4z1j	mt637	2014	1:24000
Nesda-McIlwaine loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	107A	9702	149600	50nt	mt639	2000	1:24000
Meadowcreek-Nesda loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	109A	7369	149602	50nw	mt639	2000	1:24000
Nesda-Meadowcreek-Clunton loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	100B	1930	149592	50nk	mt639	2000	1:24000
Bowery-Nesda-Bonebasin complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	400D	690	149961	511g	mt639	2000	1:24000
Nesda complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	190B	674	347619	cnqj	mt641	1994	1:24000
Lolo and Nesda soils, flooded	38	8731	348169	cp98	mt655	1975	1:24000
Nesda-McIlwaine loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	1107A	7	361442	d43f	mt655	1975	1:24000
Ridgelawn-Nesda-Korchea complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	308A	5910	348556	cppr	mt657	1990	1:24000
Nesda, occasionally flooded-Riverwash complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	109B	499	348294	cpf9	mt657	1990	1:24000
Enbar-Nesda complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	183A	336	1531645	1ndsx	mt666	2008	1:24000
Nesda, occasionally flooded-Birchfield-Soapcreek, rarely flooded complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	105B	91	1531615	1ndry	mt666	2008	1:24000
Meadowcreek, rarely flooded-Nesda-Clunton, rarely flooded complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	655B	5418	156946	589s	mt669		1:24000
Nesda loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	600B	1512	156941	589m	mt669		1:24000
Meadowcreek, rarely flooded-Nesda complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	155A	630	156848	586m	mt669		1:24000
Meadowcreek, rarely flooded-Fairway, rarely flooded-Nesda complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	503B	330	156929	5897	mt669		1:24000
Nesda, occasionally flooded,-Meadowcreek, rarely flooded-Clunton, frequently flooded complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	100B	88	620187	ntc1	mt669		1:24000
Meadowcreek-Nesda loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	109A	84	620188	ntc2	mt669		1:24000
Clark Fork-Nesda-Elliston complex, 1 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded	1123		3136916	2ypqn	wy629		1:24000
Nesda stony silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	185	2938	361173	d3tr	wy633	1987	1:24000
Nesda variant-Havertel complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	187	1797	361171	d3tp	wy633	1987	1:24000
Nesda-Rubble land complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	186	586	361172	d3tq	wy633	1987	1:24000
Nesda-Dalecreek complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes, rarely flooded	980	1924	1529216	1nb8k	wy719	2013	1:24000
Nesda very fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	626	1863	1856743	20b2y	wy719	2013	1:24000
Nesda-Rubble land complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	964	454	1541440	1nqzw	wy719	2013	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the NESDA 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).