Soil Data Explorer - PATENT

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the PATENT soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of PATENT, 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 PATENT were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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 PATENT 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 PATENT 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 PATENT 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 PATENT 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 PATENT 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 PATENT 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 PATENT 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).

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with PATENT, 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. ND-2010-09-27-02 | Billings County - 2005

   Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Patent-Badland, outcrop-Cabbart association (Soil Survey of Billings County, North Dakota; 2005).

Map Units

Map units containing PATENT 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
Patent loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	64	7398	496503	jnn7	co627	1980	1:24000
Patent loam, 3 to 10 percent slopes	26	1080	498390	jqm3	co635	1979	1:24000
Patent loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	104F	282	509811	k3hj	co636	2011	1:24000
Patent loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	61	12794	497014	jp5q	co685	1979	1:24000
Patent loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	62	3115	497015	jp5r	co685	1979	1:24000
Patent loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	60	1611	497013	jp5p	co685	1979	1:24000
Patent loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	63	1066	497016	jp5s	co685	1979	1:24000
Badland-Patent complex, 6 to 25 percent slopes	L3105E	7835	2837974	2q1xc	mt025	1991	1:24000
Patent, gullied, frequently flooded-Sham-Patent complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	L3237D	734	3256718	2q2n9	mt025	1991	1:24000
Kirby-Badland-Patent complex, 9 to 70 percent slopes	L3007F	605	3223493	2q2mw	mt025	1991	1:24000
Patent-Badland-Cabbart complex, 6 to 50 percent slopes	L3185F	105619	2707061	2q385	nd007	1998	1:24000
Badland-Patent complex, 6 to 25 percent slopes	L3105E	22265	2707058	2q1xc	nd007	1998	1:24000
Patent, occasionally flooded-Vanda-Gerda, barren complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	L3247C	13540	2707068	2q2n3	nd007	1998	1:24000
Kirby-Badland-Patent complex, 9 to 70 percent slopes	L3007F	11930	2707053	2q2mw	nd007	1998	1:24000
Patent-Patent, gullied, occasionally flooded-Glendive, frequently flooded complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	L3235C	7579	2707066	2q388	nd007	1998	1:24000
Patent loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	L3241B	3211	2707067	2qz6p	nd007	1998	1:24000
Patent loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes	L3241D	3	2758441	2q2n2	nd007	1998	1:24000
Patent, gullied, frequently flooded-Sham-Patent complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	L3237D	4247	2563490	2q2n9	nd011	1969	1:20000
Patent-Badland-Cabbart complex, 6 to 50 percent slopes	L3185F	1832	2758464	2q385	nd011	1969	1:20000
Patent loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	L3241B	696	2563491	2qz6p	nd011	1969	1:20000
Patent loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes	L3241D	614	2563492	2q2n2	nd011	1969	1:20000
Patent loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	PeB	468	992874	12b56	nd011	1969	1:20000
Patent loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes	PeC	68	992875	12b57	nd011	1969	1:20000
Patent, occasionally flooded-Vanda-Gerda, barren complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	L3247C	15	2758465	2q2n3	nd011	1969	1:20000
Patent, occasionally flooded-Vanda-Gerda, barren complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	L3247C	1279	2707130	2q2n3	nd025	1981	1:20000
Lonna-Patent, gullied-Havre, occasionally flooded complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	L3235B	937	2707161	2qz6n	nd025	1981	1:20000
Patent-Badland-Cabbart complex, 6 to 50 percent slopes	L3185F	343	2758501	2q385	nd025	1981	1:20000
Kirby-Badland-Patent complex, 9 to 70 percent slopes	L3007F	73	2758498	2q2mw	nd025	1981	1:20000
Patent-Badland-Cabbart complex, 6 to 50 percent slopes	L3185F	86070	2707339	2q385	nd033	1985	1:24000
Badland-Patent complex, 6 to 25 percent slopes	L3105E	55370	2707337	2q1xc	nd033	1985	1:24000
Patent, occasionally flooded-Vanda-Gerda, barren complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	L3247C	1351	2707342	2q2n3	nd033	1985	1:24000
Patent-Patent, gullied, occasionally flooded-Glendive, frequently flooded complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	L3235C	451	2759772	2q388	nd033	1985	1:24000
Kirby-Badland-Patent complex, 9 to 70 percent slopes	L3007F	35	2759765	2q2mw	nd033	1985	1:24000
Patent loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	L3241B	7	2759774	2qz6p	nd033	1985	1:24000
Patent-Badland-Cabbart complex, 6 to 50 percent slopes	L3185F	30545	2715155	2q385	nd053	2003	1:24000
Kirby-Badland-Patent complex, 9 to 70 percent slopes	L3007F	16035	2715133	2q2mw	nd053	2003	1:24000
Badland-Patent complex, 6 to 25 percent slopes	L3105E	15392	2715128	2q1xc	nd053	2003	1:24000
Patent, occasionally flooded-Vanda-Gerda, barren complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	L3247C	5399	2715137	2q2n3	nd053	2003	1:24000
Patent loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes	L3241D	2929	2715161	2q2n2	nd053	2003	1:24000
Patent-Patent, gullied, occasionally flooded-Glendive, frequently flooded complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	L3235C	1720	2715160	2q388	nd053	2003	1:24000
Patent loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	L3241B	278	3256715	2qz6p	nd053	2003	1:24000
Lonna-Patent, gullied-Havre, occasionally flooded complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	L3235B	7	2759727	2qz6n	nd053	2003	1:24000
Patent-Badland-Cabbart complex, 6 to 50 percent slopes	L3185F	64891	2715934	2q385	nd087	1974	1:20000
Patent, gullied, frequently flooded-Sham-Patent complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	L3237D	11695	2715938	2q2n9	nd087	1974	1:20000
Badland-Patent complex, 6 to 25 percent slopes	L3105E	8836	2758539	2q1xc	nd087	1974	1:20000
Patent, occasionally flooded-Vanda-Gerda, barren complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	L3247C	5089	2715941	2q2n3	nd087	1974	1:20000
Patent loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes	L3241D	4542	2715940	2q2n2	nd087	1974	1:20000
Patent loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	L3241B	1267	2715939	2qz6p	nd087	1974	1:20000
Patent-Patent, gullied, occasionally flooded-Glendive, frequently flooded complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	L3235C	132	2758541	2q388	nd087	1974	1:20000
Kirby-Badland-Patent complex, 9 to 70 percent slopes	L3007F	71	2758536	2q2mw	nd087	1974	1:20000
Patent variant very fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes -- draft	324W	3046	2378277	2ktsm	wy630		1:24000
Patent variant-Hagga complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes -- draft	342	2890	2378101	2ktly	wy630		1:24000
Havre, frequently flooded-Patent, occasionally flooded complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	800	2862	2828478	2tz50	wy630		1:24000
Patent-Forelle association	39	45400	159093	5bk1	wy677	1975	1:24000
Blazon-Patent association	3	3699	159058	5bhx	wy677	1975	1:24000
Elkol-Patent association	14	1915	159047	5bhk	wy677	1975	1:24000
Patent clay loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	36	1200	159072	5bjc	wy677	1975	1:24000
Patent clay loam, saline	38	844	159094	5bk2	wy677	1975	1:24000
Patent clay loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	37	622	159095	5bk3	wy677	1975	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the PATENT 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).