Soil Data Explorer - NEWTON

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the NEWTON soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of NEWTON, 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 NEWTON 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
111C	WH7402	1974IN181002	Newton	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.8580972,-86.6595917
17	UCD5652001	56-CA-52-001	NEWTON	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.183075,-122.5251007
17	UCD7245175	72-CA-45-175x	NEWTON	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.4050789,-122.409111
98	FU8017	1980IN049017	Newton	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.1473389,-86.3943722
98	JR8017	1980IN073017	Newton	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.1718333,-86.95205
98	NW8528	1985IN111028	Newton	1	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.0568972,-87.4095222
98	40A1951	S1968MI139001	Newton	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.9669495,-86.0849609
98	96P0065	S1995IN073002	Newton	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.1552773,-86.9863892
98	96P0066	S1995IN073003	Newton	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.1530571,-86.9844437
98	08N0078	S2007MI139011	Newton	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.9786682,-86.184166

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the NEWTON 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 NEWTON 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 NEWTON 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 NEWTON 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 mountains figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with NEWTON 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 NEWTON 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 NEWTON 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 hills figure.

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

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with NEWTON, 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. IN-2010-09-02-02 | Pulaski County - 2003

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Oakville-Denham-Brems association (Soil Survey of Pulaski County, Indiana; 2003).

2. IN-2010-09-02-03 | Pulaski County - 2003

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Maumee-Morocco-Newton association (Soil Survey of Pulaski County, Indiana; 2003).

3. IN-2010-09-02-04 | Pulaski County - 2003

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Houghton-Adrian-Toto association (Soil Survey of Pulaski County, Indiana; 2003).

4. IN-2010-09-02-08 | Pulaski County - 2003

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Gilford-Brady-Granby association (Soil Survey of Pulaski County, Indiana; 2003).

5. IN-2012-01-19-43 | Pulaski County - January 1968

   Topographical relationships between the soils on sand ridges, in depressional outwash areas, and in organic deposits (Soil Survey of Pulaski County, Indiana; 1968).

6. MI-2012-02-06-06 | Allegan County - March 1987

   Pattern of soils and underlying material in the Oakville association (Soil Survey of Allegan County, Michigan; March 1987).

7. TX-2010-11-02-30 | Colorado County - 2006

   Pattern of soils and underlying material in the Straber-Tremona-Lufkin general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Colorado County, Texas; 2006).

Map Units

Map units containing NEWTON 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
Newton fine sandy loam	Ne	2592	162584	5g5n	in049	1984	1:15840
Newton loamy fine sand, undrained	Ne	1911	161370	5dxh	in073	1985	1:15840
Newton loamy fine sand	Nf	2069	272677	94r1	in091	1979	1:15840
Newton loamy fine sand, 0 to 1 percent slopes	NoeA	1515	2487334	2ph8l	in099	1978	1:15840
Newton loamy fine sand, undrained	Nw	1498	163678	5h9y	in111	1990	1:15840
Newton loamy fine sand	Nf	1193	160669	5d5w	in127	1978	1:15840
Newton-Morocco loamy fine sands, 0 to 1 percent slopes	NofA	10626	184964	66gl	in131	2001	1:12000
Newton loamy sand	Nf	5141	162622	5g6w	in149	1980	1:15840
Morocco-Newton complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	15B	8728	212438	741v	mi005	1984	1:15840
Newton mucky fine sand	69	4004	212486	743d	mi005	1984	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the NEWTON 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).