Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the NOLO soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of NOLO, 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 NOLO 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
12773PA0330181973PA033018Nolo5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.1016667,-78.5194444
12773PA0330191973PA033019Nolo5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.0780556,-78.5463889
12779PA0830121979PA083012Nolo4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.6502778,-78.9361111
12782PA0810541982PA081054Nolo3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.5416667,-77.4827778
12782PA1170181982PA117018Nolo3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.5266667,-77.4827778
12782PA1170201982PA117020Nolo3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.5277778,-77.4827778
12788PA0330371988PA033037Nolo4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.1341667,-78.4452778
12788PA0350221988PA035022Nolo3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.2291667,-77.7666667
12788PA0510221988PA051022Nolo5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.9377778,-79.4369444
n/a40A4015S1961WV093001Nolo4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a
n/a40A4016S1961WV093002Nolo4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Propertiesn/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the NOLO 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 NOLO 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 NOLO 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 NOLO 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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There are insufficient data to create the 3D terrace figure.

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with NOLO 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 NOLO series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the NOLO 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 .

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 NOLO, 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. PA-2012-03-13-04 | Cameron and Elk Counties - February 1993

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Hazleton-Buchanan-Cookport association (Soil Survey of Cameron and Elk Counties, PA; 1993).

  2. PA-2012-03-13-13 | Clearfield County - August 1988

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Cookport-Hazleton-Clymer association (Soil Survey of Clearfield County, PA; 1988).

  3. PA-2012-03-13-37 | Indiana County - January 1968

    Parent material, position, and pattern of soils in the Dekalb-Clymer-Cookport association (Soil Survey of Indiana County, PA; 1968).

  4. PA-2012-03-14-13 | Somerset County - December 1983

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in area of Hazleton-Cookport soils (Soil Survey of Somerset County, PA; 1983).

Map Units

Map units containing NOLO 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
Nolo silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopesNoB1750532936kwkhmd02319701:20000
Nolo loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesNoB25541876l5vwpa00919891:24000
Nolo loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesNoA17541875l5vvpa00919891:24000
Nolo very stony loam, 0 to 8 percent slopesNsB9541877l5vxpa00919891:24000
Nolo very stony sandy loam, 0 to 8 percent slopesNoB3765541932l5xppa02119781:20000
Nolo silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, extremely stonyNsA120924038512lpdlpa02719751:20000
Nolo silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesNoA102824038522lpdmpa02719751:20000
Nolo very stony loam, 0 to 8 percent slopesNxB1598538544l2ddpa03319811:20000
Nolo loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesNoB1158538543l2dcpa03319811:20000
Nolo loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesNoA665538542l2dbpa03319811:20000
Nolo silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesNoA4522544087l856pa03520021:24000
Nolo silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, extremely stonyNsA30544088l857pa03520021:24000
Nolo loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stonyNoB5015910551qdmcpa05120051:24000
Nolo stony silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, extremely stonyNsB27328716152ps0lpa06119741:20000
Nolo silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesNoB43917209011vrqypa06320121:24000
Nolo silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesNoA39917209001vrqxpa06320121:24000
Nolo silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stonyNsB76623995412ljxkpa06520121:12000
Nolo silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesNoA47523990222ljctpa06520121:12000
Nolo silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesNoB35323990232ljcvpa06520121:12000
Nolo very stony loam, 0 to 8 percent slopesNoB321539103l2zfpa08119811:20000
Nolo channery silt loam, frigid, 0 to 8 percent slopesNofB31424401842mx6mpa10519531:24000
Nolo very stony loam, 0 to 8 percent slopesNsB9733542106l639pa11119771:20000
Nolo loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesNoA2251542104l637pa11119771:20000
Nolo loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesNoB1029542105l638pa11119771:20000
Nolo loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stonyNoB139544580l8p3pa12920031:24000
Nolo loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stonyNxB4001539191l328pa60719861:20000
Nolo loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesNoA3125539189l326pa60719861:20000
Nolo loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesNoB1388539190l327pa60719861:20000
Brinkerton-Nolo complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, rubblyByC12030513977k7txwv60219651:20000
Nolo silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesNoB767514035k7wswv60219651:20000
Nolo silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesNoA261514034k7wrwv60219651:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the NOLO 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 .