Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the NOLICHUCKY soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of NOLICHUCKY, 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 NOLICHUCKY were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRALab IDPedon IDTaxonnameCINSSL / NASIS ReportsLink To SoilWeb GMap
12283KY-099-00482KY099 Canmer-OSDNolichucky4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties37.3062782,-85.7563171
n/a55KY-137-00155KY-137-001Nolichucky4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a

Water Balance

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

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Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the NOLICHUCKY series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the NOLICHUCKY series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the NOLICHUCKY 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 .

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with NOLICHUCKY share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the NOLICHUCKY series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the NOLICHUCKY 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 .

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with NOLICHUCKY, 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 .

Block Diagrams

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  1. KY-2012-01-30-07 | Green and Taylor Counties - July 1982

    Pattern of soils and underlying material in the Frederick-Nolichucky-Riney general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Green and Taylor Counties, Kentucky; July 1982).

  2. KY-2012-01-30-20 | Hart County - May 1993

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Nolichucky-Canmer general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Hart County, Kentucky; May 1993).

Map Units

Map units containing NOLICHUCKY 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
Nolichucky gravelly fine sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes, erodedNcC2459523368kklval01519591:20000
Nolichucky gravelly fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, erodedNcB2169523367kkltal01519591:20000
Nolichucky fine sandy loam, eroded, undulating phaseNb2257330152c2k2al07919501:20000
Nolichucky fine sandy loam, eroded, rolling phaseNa796330151c2k1al07919501:20000
Nolichucky gravelly fine sandy loam, eroding, rollingNc822331131c3knal10319491:15840
Nolichucky gravelly fine sandy loam, rollingNf523331134c3kral10319491:15840
Nolichucky gravelly fine sandy loam, hillyNe480331133c3kqal10319491:15840
Nolichucky gravelly fine sandy loam, eroded, undulatingNd250331132c3kpal10319491:15840
Nolichucky fine sandy loam, undulatingNa129331129c3klal10319491:15840
Nolichucky fine sandy loam, eroded, undulatingNb117331130c3kmal10319491:15840
Nolichucky loam, 6 to 12 percent slopesNkC540552444ljvsky19919691:12000
Nolichucky loam, 12 to 20 percent slopesNkD537552445ljvtky19919691:12000
Frederick-Nolichucky complex, 20 to 30 percent slopesFvE14953552560ljzjky62019791:20000
Nolichucky loam, 12 to 20 percent slopesNhD1716552570ljzvky62019791:20000
Nolichucky loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, erodedNhD2245924530922nbn0ky64719891:20000
Nolichucky loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, erodedNhC2213024530912nbmzky64719891:20000
Nolichucky loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, erodedNhB236824530902nbmyky64719891:20000
Nolichucky loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, erodedNhD2323794082kvz3ky64820091:12000
Nolichucky loam, eroded, gently sloping phaseNc776524968km8gtn03119561:20000
Nolichucky clay loam, severely eroded, sloping phaseNa409524966km8dtn03119561:20000
Nolichucky loam, gently sloping phaseNb359524967km8ftn03119561:20000
Nolichucky loam, eroded undulating phaseNb431527242kpmttn05119501:20000
Nolichucky loam, eroded rolling phaseNc138527243kpmvtn05119501:20000
Nolichucky clay loam, severely eroded rolling phaseNa85527241kpmstn05119501:20000
Nolichucky loam, eroded rolling phaseNg2194525185kmhgtn05919541:15840
Nolichucky cobbly fine sandy loam, eroded hilly phaseNd934525182kmhctn05919541:15840
Nolichucky loam, undulating phaseNk648525187kmhjtn05919541:15840
Waynesboro cobbly loam, eroded hilly phase (Nolichucky)Wa480525218kmjjtn05919541:15840
Nolichucky cobbly fine sandy loam, eroded rolling phaseNe454525183kmhdtn05919541:15840
Nolichucky loam, eroded hilly phaseNf310525184kmhftn05919541:15840
Waynesboro cobbly loam, eroded rolling phase (Nolichucky)Wb279525219kmjktn05919541:15840
Nolichucky loam, rolling phaseNh163525186kmhhtn05919541:15840
Nolichucky loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, erodedNkB22876525492kmtctn08919911:24000
Nolichucky loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes, erodedNkC21626525493kmtdtn08919911:24000
Nolichucky loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, erodedNkD2377525494kmtftn08919911:24000
Nolichucky gravelly loam, 10 to 20 percent slopes, erodedNmD2301525495kmtgtn08919911:24000
Nolichucky gravelly fine sandy loam, sloping phaseNoC346525988knbctn10519581:15840
Cumberland gravelly clay loam, eroded moderately steep phase (Nolichucky)CuD2259525918kn83tn10519581:15840
Cumberland gravelly clay loam, eroded sloping phase (Nolichucky)CuC2195525917kn82tn10519581:15840
Nolichucky gravelly fine sandy loam, eroded moderately steep phaseNoD2193525989knbdtn10519581:15840
Nolichucky loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes, erodedNcC2185316896951tq89tn17919551:15840
Nolichucky loam, 12 to 25 percent slopes, erodedNcD269816896941tq88tn17919551:15840
Nolichucky loam, 5 to 12 percent slopesNhC1798563608lxgxtn60620011:24000
Nolichucky loam, 12 to 25 percent slopesNhD1681563609lxgytn60620011:24000
Nolichucky loam, 2 to 5 percent slopesNhB244563607lxgwtn60620011:24000
Nolichucky very stony sandy loam, 30 to 65 percent slopes30F29016516693kbnjva07119811:15840
Nolichucky very stony sandy loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes30D11577516692kbnhva07119811:15840
Nolichucky very stony sandy loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes30C5794516691kbngva07119811:15840
Nolichucky loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes29C1837516687kbnbva07119811:15840
Nolichucky loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes29D878516688kbncva07119811:15840
Nolichucky loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes29B772516686kbn9va07119811:15840
Nolichucky very stony sandy loam, 30 to 65 percent slopes25F4531521272khf7va15519811:15840
Nolichucky very stony sandy loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes25D2334521271khf6va15519811:15840
Nolichucky gravelly sandy loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes24C1094521268khf3va15519811:15840
Nolichucky gravelly sandy loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes24D813521269khf4va15519811:15840
Nolichucky very stony sandy loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes25C658521270khf5va15519811:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the NOLICHUCKY 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 .