Soil Data Explorer - NUCKOLLS

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 (updated 2020-03-18). 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
73	00KS089002	00KS089002	Nuckolls	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.769619,-98.4498215
73	81P0334	80NE083001	Nuckolls	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.2913971,-99.3440094
73	06N0846	S2006KS089701	Nuckolls	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.9878349,-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.

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 (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

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 (updated 2023-10-09).

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 (updated 2023-10-04).

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with NUCKOLLS share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

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 (updated 2023-10-09).

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 (updated 2023-10-04).

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 (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. 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 slopes	2728	178	1440467	2wsdj	ks009	1979	1:24000
Nuckolls silt loam, 4 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	2732	2039	1382025	2yl3x	ks029	1972	1:24000
Nuckolls silt loam, 4 to 12 percent slopes	2730	868	1382024	2yl3w	ks029	1972	1:24000
Nuckolls-Tobin silt loams, 0 to 30 percent slopes	2740	26843	1381874	307nt	ks089	1981	1:24000
Nuckolls silt loam, 7 to 12 percent slopes	2734	685	1381872	2wsdk	ks089	1981	1:24000
Nuckolls-Holdrege silt loams, 3 to 7 percent slopes	2738	100	1381873	2wsdn	ks089	1981	1:24000
Harney-Nuckolls complex, 3 to 7 percent slopes	2625	68	1381978	2vvm8	ks123	1977	1:24000
Harney-Nuckolls complex, 3 to 7 percent slopes	2625	75105	1151014	2vvm8	ks141	1971	1:24000
Nuckolls silt loam, 7 to 12 percent slopes	2734	1216	1151026	2wsdk	ks141	1971	1:24000
Nuckolls silt loam, 7 to 12 percent slopes	2734	187	1150917	2wsdk	ks147	1985	1:24000
Nuckolls-Tobin silt loams, 0 to 30 percent slopes	2740	151	1381939	307nt	ks157	1965	1:24000
Harney-Nuckolls complex, 3 to 7 percent slopes	2625	36	1150242	2vvm8	ks163	1980	1:24000
Nuckolls silt loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes	2728	12437	1150978	2wsdj	ks167	1980	1:24000
Nuckolls silty clay loam, 7 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	2736	5606	1150979	2wsdl	ks167	1980	1:24000
Harney-Nuckolls complex, 3 to 7 percent slopes	2625	575	1150961	2vvm8	ks167	1980	1:24000
Nuckolls silt loam, 7 to 12 percent slopes	2734	39667	1151129	2wsdk	ks183	1974	1:24000
Nuckolls-Tobin silt loams, 0 to 30 percent slopes	2740	11174	1151131	307nt	ks183	1974	1:24000
Nuckolls-Holdrege silt loams, 3 to 7 percent slopes	2738	7436	1151130	2wsdn	ks183	1974	1:24000
Nuckolls-Hobbs complex, 11 to 30 percent slopes	2583	62970	1691977	2twln	ne061	1974	1:20000
Nuckolls and Holdrege silt loams, 6 to 11 percent slopes	2571	6823	1691979	2wsdr	ne061	1974	1:20000
Nuckolls and Meadin soils, 11 to 30 percent slopes	2573	6686	1691981	2wsds	ne061	1974	1:20000
Nuckolls and Holdrege soils, 3 to 11 percent slopes, eroded	2572	6023	1691980	2zwjy	ne061	1974	1:20000
Nuckolls and Holdrege silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	2570	927	1691978	2yl3v	ne061	1974	1:20000
Coly-Nuckolls silt loams, 11 to 30 percent slopes	2549	40	2219373	2zwjt	ne063	1973	1:20000
Coly-Nuckolls silt loams, 11 to 30 percent slopes	2549	46741	1699733	2zwjt	ne065	1975	1:20000
Coly-Nuckolls silt loams, 11 to 17 percent slopes, eroded	2548	4439	1699732	2zwjs	ne065	1975	1:20000
Nuckolls, Uly, and Canlon soils, 11 to 30 percent slopes	2577	73	2219440	2wsdm	ne065	1975	1:20000
Coly and Nuckolls silt loams, 11 to 30 percent slopes, eroded	2526	10	2219438	2wsdv	ne065	1975	1:20000
Coly and Nuckolls silt loams, 11 to 30 percent slopes, eroded	2526	28964	1692234	2wsdv	ne083	1967	1:20000
Nuckolls and Uly silt loams, 11 to 17 percent slopes	2574	10904	1692258	2zwjz	ne083	1967	1:20000
Nuckolls, Uly, and Canlon soils, 11 to 30 percent slopes	2577	1696	1692260	2wsdm	ne083	1967	1:20000
Coly-Nuckolls silt loams, 11 to 30 percent slopes	2549	570	2219517	2dhlb	ne083	1967	1:20000
Nuckolls and Uly silt loams, 11 to 30 percent slopes, eroded	2575	456	1692259	2wsdt	ne083	1967	1:20000
Coly-Nuckolls silt loams, 11 to 17 percent slopes, eroded	2548	29	2219516	2zwjs	ne083	1967	1:20000
Nuckolls-Hobbs complex, 11 to 30 percent slopes	2583	5	2219535	2twln	ne083	1967	1:20000
Nuckolls soils, 17 to 30 percent slopes, severely eroded	2576	2763	99730	3bs3	ne093	1968	1:12000
Nuckolls variant soils, 11 to 17 percent slopes, severely eroded	2581	768	99704	3br8	ne093	1968	1:12000
Nuckolls variant soils, 7 to 11 percent slopes, severely eroded	2585	336	99703	3br7	ne093	1968	1:12000
Nuckolls variant soils, 11 to 17 percent slopes, severely eroded	2581	54	2228280	2dsq0	ne121	1978	1:20000
Nuckolls and Uly silt loams, 11 to 17 percent slopes	2574	310	2219452	2dhj7	ne137	1967	1:20000
Coly and Nuckolls silt loams, 11 to 30 percent slopes, eroded	2526	79	2219450	2wsdv	ne137	1967	1:20000
Coly-Nuckolls silt loams, 11 to 30 percent slopes	2549	204	2219112	2zwjt	ne145	1965	1:20000
Nuckolls-Hobbs complex, 11 to 30 percent slopes	2583	955	2229079	2twln	ne181	1967	1:20000
Nuckolls and Holdrege silt loams, 6 to 11 percent slopes	2571	63	2229078	2wsdr	ne181	1967	1:20000
Nuckolls and Holdrege silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	2570	3	2229077	2yl3v	ne181	1967	1:20000

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 (updated 2023-10-04).