Soil Data Explorer - PLUMFIELD

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the PLUMFIELD soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of PLUMFIELD, 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 PLUMFIELD 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
113	91P0467	88IL055003	Plumfield	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.9389496,-88.7872772
113	91P0468	89IL055015	Plumfield	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.9150609,-89.0378382
113	91P0469	90IL055021	Plumfield	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.996727,-88.9597778
n/a	91P1115	90IL081025	Plumfield	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the PLUMFIELD 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 PLUMFIELD 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 PLUMFIELD 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 PLUMFIELD 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.

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with PLUMFIELD 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 PLUMFIELD 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 PLUMFIELD 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 flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with PLUMFIELD, 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. IL-2010-09-01-11 | Franklin and Jefferson Counties - 2003

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Bluford-Wynoose association (Soil Survey of Franklin and Jefferson Counties, Illinois; 2003).

2. IL-2010-09-01-13 | Franklin and Jefferson Counties - 2003

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Ava-Bluford-Plumfield association (Soil Survey of Franklin and Jefferson Counties, Illinois; 2003).

3. IL-2010-09-01-14 | Franklin and Jefferson Counties - 2003

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Grantsburg-Zanesville association (Soil Survey of Franklin and Jefferson Counties, Illinois; 2003).

Map Units

Map units containing PLUMFIELD 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
Plumfield silty clay loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes	10C	9865	806812	2wk1l	il055	2005	1:12000
Plumfield silty clay loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes	10D	1735	806814	2wk1m	il055	2005	1:12000
Plumfield silty clay loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes	10C	13320	1540456	2wk1l	il081	2005	1:12000
Plumfield silty clay loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes	10D	3483	1540457	2wk1m	il081	2005	1:12000
Plumfield silty clay loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes	10C	968	1859195	2wk1l	il121	2008	1:12000
Plumfield silty clay loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes	10C	9393	2024916	2wk1l	il191	2008	1:12000
Plumfield silty clay loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes	10C	10920	1478061	2wk1l	il199	2007	1:12000
Plumfield silty clay loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes	10D	5645	1478102	2wk1m	il199	2007	1:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the PLUMFIELD 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).