Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the NUCKOLLS soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of NUCKOLLS, 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 NUCKOLLS 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
7300KS08900200KS089002Nuckolls3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.769619,-98.4498215
7381P033480NE083001Nuckolls7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.2913971,-99.3440094
7306N0846S2006KS089701Nuckolls7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.9878349,-98.4173889

Water Balance

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

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with NUCKOLLS 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 NUCKOLLS 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 NUCKOLLS 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 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 NUCKOLLS, 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. KS-2012-01-23-39 | Jewell County - May 1984

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Harney-Holdrege-Geary association (Soil Survey of Jewell County, Kansas; 1984).

  2. NE-2012-02-13-63 | Nance County - July 1960

    A cross section along the eastern side of Nance County showing the relationship of the soils to the geological materials (Soil Survey of Nance County, Nebraska; July 1960).

Map Units

Map units containing NUCKOLLS 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
Nuckolls silt loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes272817814404672wsdjks00919791:24000
Nuckolls silt loam, 4 to 12 percent slopes, eroded2732203913820252yl3xks02919721:24000
Nuckolls silt loam, 4 to 12 percent slopes273086813820242yl3wks02919721:24000
Nuckolls-Tobin silt loams, 0 to 30 percent slopes2740268431381874307ntks08919811:24000
Nuckolls silt loam, 7 to 12 percent slopes273468513818722wsdkks08919811:24000
Nuckolls-Holdrege silt loams, 3 to 7 percent slopes273810013818732wsdnks08919811:24000
Harney-Nuckolls complex, 3 to 7 percent slopes26256813819782vvm8ks12319771:24000
Harney-Nuckolls complex, 3 to 7 percent slopes26257510511510142vvm8ks14119711:24000
Nuckolls silt loam, 7 to 12 percent slopes2734121611510262wsdkks14119711:24000
Nuckolls silt loam, 7 to 12 percent slopes273418711509172wsdkks14719851:24000
Nuckolls-Tobin silt loams, 0 to 30 percent slopes27401511381939307ntks15719651:24000
Harney-Nuckolls complex, 3 to 7 percent slopes26253611502422vvm8ks16319801:24000
Nuckolls silt loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes27281243711509782wsdjks16719801:24000
Nuckolls silty clay loam, 7 to 12 percent slopes, eroded2736560611509792wsdlks16719801:24000
Harney-Nuckolls complex, 3 to 7 percent slopes262557511509612vvm8ks16719801:24000
Nuckolls silt loam, 7 to 12 percent slopes27343966711511292wsdkks18319741:24000
Nuckolls-Tobin silt loams, 0 to 30 percent slopes2740111741151131307ntks18319741:24000
Nuckolls-Holdrege silt loams, 3 to 7 percent slopes2738743611511302wsdnks18319741:24000
Nuckolls-Hobbs complex, 11 to 30 percent slopes25836297016919772twlnne06119741:20000
Nuckolls and Holdrege silt loams, 6 to 11 percent slopes2571682316919792wsdrne06119741:20000
Nuckolls and Meadin soils, 11 to 30 percent slopes2573668616919812wsdsne06119741:20000
Nuckolls and Holdrege soils, 3 to 11 percent slopes, eroded2572602316919802zwjyne06119741:20000
Nuckolls and Holdrege silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes257092716919782yl3vne06119741:20000
Coly-Nuckolls silt loams, 11 to 30 percent slopes25494022193732zwjtne06319731:20000
Coly-Nuckolls silt loams, 11 to 30 percent slopes25494674116997332zwjtne06519751:20000
Coly-Nuckolls silt loams, 11 to 17 percent slopes, eroded2548443916997322zwjsne06519751:20000
Nuckolls, Uly, and Canlon soils, 11 to 30 percent slopes25777322194402wsdmne06519751:20000
Coly and Nuckolls silt loams, 11 to 30 percent slopes, eroded25261022194382wsdvne06519751:20000
Coly and Nuckolls silt loams, 11 to 30 percent slopes, eroded25262896416922342wsdvne08319671:20000
Nuckolls and Uly silt loams, 11 to 17 percent slopes25741090416922582zwjzne08319671:20000
Nuckolls, Uly, and Canlon soils, 11 to 30 percent slopes2577169616922602wsdmne08319671:20000
Coly-Nuckolls silt loams, 11 to 30 percent slopes254957022195172dhlbne08319671:20000
Nuckolls and Uly silt loams, 11 to 30 percent slopes, eroded257545616922592wsdtne08319671:20000
Coly-Nuckolls silt loams, 11 to 17 percent slopes, eroded25482922195162zwjsne08319671:20000
Nuckolls-Hobbs complex, 11 to 30 percent slopes2583522195352twlnne08319671:20000
Nuckolls soils, 17 to 30 percent slopes, severely eroded25762763997303bs3ne09319681:12000
Nuckolls variant soils, 11 to 17 percent slopes, severely eroded2581768997043br8ne09319681:12000
Nuckolls variant soils, 7 to 11 percent slopes, severely eroded2585336997033br7ne09319681:12000
Nuckolls variant soils, 11 to 17 percent slopes, severely eroded25815422282802dsq0ne12119781:20000
Nuckolls and Uly silt loams, 11 to 17 percent slopes257431022194522dhj7ne13719671:20000
Coly and Nuckolls silt loams, 11 to 30 percent slopes, eroded25267922194502wsdvne13719671:20000
Coly-Nuckolls silt loams, 11 to 30 percent slopes254920422191122zwjtne14519651:20000
Nuckolls-Hobbs complex, 11 to 30 percent slopes258395522290792twlnne18119671:20000
Nuckolls and Holdrege silt loams, 6 to 11 percent slopes25716322290782wsdrne18119671:20000
Nuckolls and Holdrege silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes2570322290772yl3vne18119671:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the NUCKOLLS 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 .