Soil Data Explorer - PLATTE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the PLATTE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of PLATTE, 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 PLATTE were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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
107B	04N0919	S2004NE153072	Platte	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.0634727,-96.3178024
71	40A2159	75NE121092	Platte	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.2011147,-97.8095169
72	97P0082	96NE049007	PLATTE	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.0127792,-102.2019424
72	97P0081	96NE049008	PLATTE	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.0127792,-102.2019424

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the PLATTE 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 PLATTE 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 PLATTE 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 PLATTE 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 hills figure.

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with PLATTE 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 PLATTE 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).

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the PLATTE 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 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 PLATTE, 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-2012-01-20-49 | Edwards County - September 1973

   Pattern of soils in associations 1, 3, and 7. Association 1 is to the left of Big Coon Creek. Association 7 extends from Big Coon Creek to the Arkansas River. Association 3 is to the right of the Arkansas River (Soil Survey of Edwards County, Kansas; 1973).

2. KS-2012-01-25-27 | Rice County - December 1974

   Distribution of the soils in the Carwile-Farnum-Tabler and Canadian-Kaski-Platte associations (Soil Survey of Rice County, Kansas; 1974).

3. NE-2012-02-10-17 | Colfax County - January 1982

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in associations 7, 9, and 10 (Soil Survey of Colfax County, Nebraska; January 1982).

4. NE-2012-02-10-29 | Dundy County - February 1963

   The Bridgeport-Havre soil association, on the right, merges with the Sandy alluvial land-Las association (Soil Survey of Dundy County, Nebraska; February 1963).

5. NE-2012-02-13-21 | Hamilton County - March 1985

   Typical pattern of soils and relationship to topography and parent material in the Gothenburg-Platte-Alda association (1) and the Thurman-Coly association (4) (Soil Survey of Hamilton County, Nebraska; March 1985).

6. NE-2012-02-13-38 | Kearney County - September 1984

   Typical pattern of soils in the Alda-Wann-Boel association (Soil Survey of Kearney County, Nebraska; September 1984).

7. NE-2012-02-13-45 | Keith County - November 1995

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Lex-Norwest-Alda and Gothenburg-Platte associations (Soil Survey of Keith County, Nebraska; November 1995).

8. NE-2012-02-13-60 | Morrill County - August 1985

   A generalized cross section of Morrill County that shows the relationship of parent material, soil associations, and elevation (Soil Survey of Morrill County, Nebraska; August 1985).

9. NE-2012-02-13-73 | Platte County - September 1988

   Typical landscape pattern of the soils and the underlying material in the Boel-Inavale-Gothenburg association (Soil Survey of Platte County, Nebraska; September 1988).

Map Units

Map units containing PLATTE 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
Platte fine sandy loam	36	6133	95080	35y3	co125	1976	1:24000
Platte soils, occasionally flooded	5632	8386	1440481	2wtwy	ks009	1979	1:24000
Platte soils, occasionally flooded	5632	4777	1380383	2wtwy	ks047	1967	1:24000
Platte soils, occasionally flooded	5632	105	1380456	2wtwy	ks057	1962	1:24000
Platte soils, occasionally flooded	5632	12	1380535	2wtwy	ks097	1983	1:24000
Platte soils, occasionally flooded	5632	8267	1380140	2wtwy	ks145	1976	1:24000
Platte complex, frequently flooded	5630	3474	1433256	2wtwx	ks159	1971	1:24000
Platte loam, occasionally flooded	8563	568	1691930	1tsld	ne001	1970	1:20000
Platte-Bolent complex, occasionally flooded	8570	412	2216121	2dd1s	ne001	1970	1:20000
Platte soils, occasionally flooded	5632	8192	1700072	1v221	ne019	1967	1:20000
Platte-Alda complex, occasionally flooded	8567	6238	1700073	1v222	ne019	1967	1:20000
Platte-Bolent complex, occasionally flooded	8570	3181	2228210	2dsmr	ne019	1967	1:20000
Platte-Wann complex, channeled, occasionally flooded	8575	130	2228230	2dsnd	ne019	1967	1:20000
Platte loam, occasionally flooded	8563	91	2228220	2dsn2	ne019	1967	1:20000
Platte fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	8562	202	2219027	2dh2j	ne023	1979	1:20000
Platte-Barney complex, channeled, frequently flooded	8569	175	2219052	2dh3b	ne023	1979	1:20000
Platte-Inavale complex, channeled, frequently flooded	8573	24	2219031	2dh2n	ne023	1979	1:20000
Alda-Platte complex, occasionally flooded	8408	24	2216025	2dcyp	ne025	1981	1:20000
Lex-Platte complex, occasionally flooded	8510	15	2216014	2dcyb	ne025	1981	1:20000
Platte-Inavale complex, channeled, frequently flooded	8573	3194	427913	gc8n	ne037	1980	1:20000
Platte loam, occasionally flooded	8563	650	427912	gc8m	ne037	1980	1:20000
Platte-Inavale complex, channeled, occasionally flooded	8574	13	2217022	2ddzv	ne039	1973	1:20000
Platte loam, occasionally flooded	8563	6927	1699709	1v1pb	ne047	1975	1:20000
Platte-Alda complex, occasionally flooded	8567	57	2228812	2dt85	ne047	1975	1:20000
Platte loam, occasionally flooded	8563	937	1698818	1v0rl	ne049	2000	1:24000
Platte-Inavale complex, channeled, occasionally flooded	8574	5269	426910	gb79	ne053	1975	1:20000
Platte loam, occasionally flooded	8563	1195	426909	gb78	ne053	1975	1:20000
Platte-Barney complex, channeled, frequently flooded	8569	1134	2217106	2df2k	ne053	1975	1:20000
Platte fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	8562	684	2217105	2df2j	ne053	1975	1:20000
Platte-Inavale complex, channeled, frequently flooded	8573	205	2217086	2df1x	ne053	1975	1:20000
Platte, Inglewood, and Barney soils, frequently flooded	8566	2256	1710948	1vfcw	ne055	2007	1:12000
Lex-Platte complex, occasionally flooded	8510	1937	1710954	1vfd2	ne055	2007	1:12000
Alda-Platte-Lex complex, occasionally flooded	8410	1787	1710932	1vfcc	ne055	2007	1:12000
Platte and Alda soils, frequently flooded	8560	1729	1710963	1vfdc	ne055	2007	1:12000
Platte-Inavale complex, channeled, occasionally flooded	8574	673	2217112	2df2r	ne055	2007	1:12000
Alda-Platte fine sandy loams, occasionally flooded	8409	603	1710931	1vfcb	ne055	2007	1:12000
Alda-Platte complex, occasionally flooded	8408	283	1710930	1vfc9	ne055	2007	1:12000
Platte-Barney complex, channeled, frequently flooded	8569	3	2217111	2df2q	ne055	2007	1:12000
Platte loam, occasionally flooded	8563	129	1692223	1tswv	ne073	1978	1:20000
Platte-Bolent complex, occasionally flooded	8570	18441	1700171	1v257	ne079	2003	1:12000
Platte-Inavale complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8572	1291	1700172	1v258	ne079	2003	1:12000
Platte-Alda loams, channeled, frequently flooded	8568	641	1700170	1v256	ne079	2003	1:12000
Platte loam, occasionally flooded	8563	2003	1692183	1tsvk	ne081	1982	1:20000
Platte and McCook soils	8561	674	1692261	1tsy2	ne083	1967	1:20000
Platte loam, occasionally flooded	8563	2121	1691868	1tsjd	ne099	1982	1:20000
Platte loam, occasionally flooded	8563	1355	1698904	1v0vc	ne101	1990	1:20000
Platte-Alda complex, occasionally flooded	8567	16044	1699211	1v158	ne111	1971	1:24000
Platte loam, occasionally flooded	8563	7263	1709676	1vd1v	ne121	1978	1:20000
Platte loam, wet, occasionally flooded	8564	3589	1709677	1vd1w	ne121	1978	1:20000
Platte-Alda loams, channeled, frequently flooded	8568	2258	1709678	1vd1x	ne121	1978	1:20000
Platte-Gothenburg complex, channeled, frequently flooded	8571	2077	1709679	1vd1y	ne121	1978	1:20000
Platte-Bolent complex, occasionally flooded	8570	674	2228264	2dsph	ne121	1978	1:20000
Platte-Alda complex, occasionally flooded	8567	202	2228292	2dsqd	ne121	1978	1:20000
Platte fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	8562	116	2228291	2dsqc	ne121	1978	1:20000
Platte loam, occasionally flooded	8563	1496	1692650	1ttbm	ne123	1981	1:20000
Platte-Gothenburg complex, channeled, frequently flooded	8571	32	2229009	2dtgj	ne125	1958	1:20000
Platte soils, occasionally flooded	5632	348	1691755	1tsdr	ne137	1967	1:20000
Platte-Alda complex, occasionally flooded	8567	288	2219480	2dhk4	ne137	1967	1:20000
Platte-Wann complex, channeled, occasionally flooded	8575	229	1691721	1tscn	ne137	1967	1:20000
Platte-Inavale complex, channeled, frequently flooded	8573	1088	427673	gc0x	ne141	1984	1:20000
Platte loam, occasionally flooded	8563	513	427672	gc0w	ne141	1984	1:20000
Platte fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	8562	4789	1692311	1tszp	ne143	1967	1:20000
Platte-Alda complex, occasionally flooded	8567	3042	1692312	1tszq	ne143	1967	1:20000
Inavale-Platte complex, rarely flooded	2353	699	1692303	1tszf	ne143	1967	1:20000
Platte loam, occasionally flooded	8563	263	2218991	2dh1c	ne143	1967	1:20000
Alda-Platte complex, occasionally flooded	8408	1693	1710994	1vffc	ne153	2007	1:12000
Platte and Alda soils, frequently flooded	8560	872	1711027	1vfgf	ne153	2007	1:12000
Lex-Platte complex, occasionally flooded	8510	620	1711017	1vfg3	ne153	2007	1:12000
Platte, Inglewood, and Barney soils, frequently flooded	8566	601	1711012	1vffy	ne153	2007	1:12000
Alda-Platte-Lex complex, occasionally flooded	8410	34	1710996	1vfff	ne153	2007	1:12000
Platte fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded	8562	3136	1691440	1ts2l	ne155	1995	1:12000
Platte-Barney complex, channeled, frequently flooded	8569	2679	1691441	1ts2m	ne155	1995	1:12000
Platte and Alda soils, frequently flooded	8560	144	2219269	2dhbb	ne155	1995	1:12000
Platte soils, occasionally flooded	5632	1678	1653781	1shws	ne157	1965	1:20000
Platte loam, occasionally flooded	8563	843	432595	gj4p	ne177	2000	1:12000
Platte, Inglewood, and Barney soils, frequently flooded	8566	124	2217312	2df96	ne177	2000	1:12000
Platte loam	Pm	1689	355276	cxpj	sd053	1982	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the PLATTE 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).