Soil Data Explorer - NORTHCOVE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the NORTHCOVE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of NORTHCOVE, 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 NORTHCOVE were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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 NORTHCOVE 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 NORTHCOVE 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 NORTHCOVE 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 NORTHCOVE 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).

Competing Series

Soil series competing with NORTHCOVE 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 NORTHCOVE 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 NORTHCOVE 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 terrace figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with NORTHCOVE, 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 NORTHCOVE 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
Northcove very cobbly loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	NnE	412	548077	ld9x	nc011	1997	1:12000
Northcove-Maymead complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, extremely stony	NoD	203	548079	ld9z	nc011	1997	1:12000
Northcove-Maymead complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony	NoC	119	548078	ld9y	nc011	1997	1:12000
Northcove-Maymead complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stony	NtD	508	1672056	1t3x9	nc021	2006	1:12000
Northcove-Maymead complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very stony	NtE	194	1672057	1t3xb	nc021	2006	1:12000
Northcove very cobbly loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes, rubbly	NnE	564	117013	3xrm	nc023	2000	1:24000
Northcove very cobbly loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, rubbly	NnD	413	117012	3xrl	nc023	2000	1:24000
Northcove very cobbly loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	NnE	380	2679280	2r94d	nc027	2012	1:12000
Northcove-Maymead complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, extremely stony	NoD	165	2679281	2r94f	nc027	2012	1:12000
Lonon-Northcove complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, bouldery	LkD	9135	2423137	2mbgq	nc039	2009	1:12000
Northcove-Lonon complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery	NtE	3206	2423143	2mbgx	nc039	2009	1:12000
Lonon-Northcove complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, bouldery	LkC	3136	2423136	2mbgp	nc039	2009	1:12000
Lonon-Northcove-Urban land complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes, bouldery	LrC	326	2423138	2mbgr	nc039	2009	1:12000
Lonon-Northcove complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes, stony	LcB	188	2423135	2mbgn	nc039	2009	1:12000
Lonon-Northcove complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, bouldery	LnD	2835	1912761	226cz	nc075	2007	1:12000
Lonon-Northcove complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, bouldery	LnC	2020	1912762	226d0	nc075	2007	1:12000
Northcove-Lonon complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery	NtE	1301	1912766	226d4	nc075	2007	1:12000
Lonon-Northcove complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	LnC	2338	547206	lcdt	nc111	1989	1:24000
Northcove very cobbly sandy loam, 10 to 45 percent slopes, very stony	NoE	2024	547210	lcdy	nc111	1989	1:24000
Northcove-Maymead complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very stony	NtE	4179	1671410	1t37g	nc115	2006	1:12000
Northcove-Maymead complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stony	NtD	3751	1671409	1t37f	nc115	2006	1:12000
Northcove-Maymead complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony	NhC	730	1671408	1t37d	nc115	2006	1:12000
Maymead-Northcove complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes, stony	MyB	18	1671407	1t37c	nc115	2006	1:12000
Northcove very cobbly loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stony	NoD	360	561804	lvlq	nc189	2001	1:12000
Northcove very cobbly loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes, extremely bouldery	NxE	168	561805	lvlr	nc189	2001	1:12000
Northcove-Maymead complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stony	NtD	28	1910257	223s6	nc605	2007	1:12000
Northcove very stony loam, 50 to 80 percent slopes	NcG	3350	526475	knv2	tn019	2000	1:24000
Northcove very stony loam, 35 to 50 percent slopes	NcF	1658	526474	knv1	tn019	2000	1:24000
Northcove stony sandy loam, 35 to 50 percent slopes	16F	2830	2395923	2lf4v	tn059	1954	1:15840
Northcove stony sandy loam, 50 to 80 percent slopes	16G	1548	2395925	2lf4x	tn059	1954	1:15840
Northcove stony sandy loam, 20 to 35 percent slopes	16E	951	2395922	2lf4t	tn059	1954	1:15840
Northcove stony sandy loam, 5 to 20 percent slopes	16D	266	2395921	2lf4s	tn059	1954	1:15840
Northcove very stony sandy loam, 50 to 80 percent slopes	NcG	5510	526550	knxh	tn091	2000	1:24000
Northcove very stony sandy loam, 35 to 50 percent slopes	NcF	3630	526549	knxg	tn091	2000	1:24000
Northcove stony sandy loam, 35 to 50 percent slopes	16F	2278	2401324	2lls2	tn171	1980	1:24000
Northcove stony sandy loam, 20 to 35 percent slopes	16E	1330	2401323	2lls1	tn171	1980	1:24000
Northcove stony sandy loam, 5 to 20 percent slopes	16D	941	2401322	2lls0	tn171	1980	1:24000
Northcove stony sandy loam, 50 to 80 percent slopes	16G	558	2401325	2lls3	tn171	1980	1:24000
Northcove stony sandy loam, 50 to 80 percent slopes	NoG	1729	1689696	1tq8b	tn179	1955	1:15840
Northcove stony sandy loam, 35 to 50 percent slopes	NoF	1270	1689697	1tq8c	tn179	1955	1:15840
Northcove stony sandy loam, 5 to 20 percent slopes	NoD	378	1689699	1tq8f	tn179	1955	1:15840
Northcove stony sandy loam, 20 to 35 percent slopes	NoE	195	1689698	1tq8d	tn179	1955	1:15840
Northcove stony sandy loam, 5 to 20 percent slopes, bouldery	NoD	3475	524818	km3m	tn606	2001	1:24000
Northcove stony sandy loam, 20 to 35 percent slopes, bouldery	NoE	1221	524819	km3n	tn606	2001	1:24000
Northcove stony sandy loam, 35 to 50 percent slopes, bouldery	NoF	997	524820	km3p	tn606	2001	1:24000
Northcove stony sandy loam, 50 to 80 percent slopes, bouldery	NoG	633	524821	km3q	tn606	2001	1:24000
Northcove stony sandy loam, 35 to 50 percent slopes, bouldery	NoF	1403	529700	ks63	tn608	2001	1:24000
Northcove-Maymead-Nowhere complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	NtC	3843	553539	ll03	tn640	2007	1:24000
Northcove-Maymead complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stony	NtD	1530	553538	ll02	tn640	2007	1:24000
Northcove-Maymead complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very stony	NtE	178	553537	ll01	tn640	2007	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the NORTHCOVE 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).