Soil Data Explorer - POSEY

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the POSEY soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of POSEY, 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 POSEY 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
77C	90P0596	90NM009005	Posey	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	34.6455574,-103.4991684
77C	40A4648	S1975TX017003	Posey	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	34.1459351,-102.9099197
77C	95P0860	S1995TX305003	Posey	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	33.1243057,-101.7945557

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the POSEY 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 POSEY 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 POSEY 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 POSEY 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 POSEY 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 POSEY 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 POSEY 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 POSEY, 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. TX-2010-11-03-30 | Hockley County -

   Arvana-Pep-Kimberson (Soil Survey of Hockely County, Texas).

2. TX-2010-11-03-34 | Hockley County -

   Posey-Bippus-Midessa (Soil Survey of Hockely County, Texas).

3. TX-2010-11-03-65 | Lynn County - 2008

   Pattern of soils and underlying materials in the Acuff-Amarillo general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Lynn County, Texas; 2008).

4. TX-2010-11-03-70 | Lynn County - 2008

   Pattern of soils and underlying materials in the Midessa-Lenorah-Hindman general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Lynn County, Texas; 2008).

Map Units

Map units containing POSEY 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
Posey fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	PsA	9149	1547921	f5t4	nm041	2014	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	PsB	6945	1547922	f5t5	nm041	2014	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	PsC	302	1884270	f5vk	nm041	2014	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	PsB	20129	377740	f5t5	nm669	2005	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	PsC	17678	377741	f5vk	nm669	2005	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	PsA	2700	377739	f5t4	nm669	2005	1:24000
Posey loam, moist, 1 to 3 percent slopes	PoB	15356	362962	2x110	tx033	1970	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	PsB	2143	2962314	f5t5	tx033	1970	1:24000
Posey loam, moist, 3 to 5 percent slopes	PoC	772	362963	2x111	tx033	1970	1:24000
Posey and Tulia loams, 3 to 12 percent slopes	PTD	14294	3258053	1t1zl	tx045	1972	1:20000
Posey loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	PoB	3559	363774	308qy	tx069	1969	1:20000
Posey loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	PoA	3200	363773	308qx	tx069	1969	1:20000
Midessa and Posey fine sandy loams, 3 to 8 percent slopes	MPC	1943	2931525	f5sq	tx079	1962	1:20000
Posey fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	PsB	1538	2931534	f5t5	tx079	1962	1:20000
Posey fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	PsA	1416	2931533	f5t4	tx079	1962	1:20000
Midessa, Potter and Posey soils, 3 to 12 percent slopes	MPP	1164	2931526	f5sr	tx079	1962	1:20000
Posey fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	PsC	80	2931535	f5vk	tx079	1962	1:20000
Posey fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	PsB	10269	393634	f5t5	tx115	2004	1:24000
Midessa and Posey fine sandy loams, 3 to 8 percent slopes	MPC	7386	393618	f5sq	tx115	2004	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	PsA	1931	393635	f5t4	tx115	2004	1:24000
Posey and Tulia loams, 3 to 12 percent slopes	PTD	5702	695970	1t1zl	tx153	2004	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	PsB	194	1381233	f5t5	tx153	2004	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	PoB	492	366912	308pz	tx189	1969	1:20000
Posey fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes	PoC	425	366913	2tw3y	tx189	1969	1:20000
Posey fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	PsB	18375	378994	f5t5	tx219	1999	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	PsA	2811	378993	f5t4	tx219	1999	1:24000
Midessa and Posey fine sandy loams, 3 to 8 percent slopes	MPC	2611	379006	f5sq	tx219	1999	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	PsC	1500	378995	f5vk	tx219	1999	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	PsB	5759	369856	f5t5	tx303	1975	1:20000
Posey fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	PsA	736	369855	f5t4	tx303	1975	1:20000
Posey fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes	PsC	565	369857	2tw3y	tx303	1975	1:20000
Posey fine sandy loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes	PsD	414	369858	308q0	tx303	1975	1:20000
Posey fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	PsB	16949	379060	f5t5	tx305	1999	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	PsA	2700	379059	f5t4	tx305	1999	1:24000
Midessa and Posey fine sandy loams, 3 to 8 percent slopes	MPC	844	379045	f5sq	tx305	1999	1:24000
Midessa, Potter and Posey soils, 3 to 12 percent slopes	MPP	639	379047	f5sr	tx305	1999	1:24000
Posey-Mansker complex, 3 to 5 percent slopes	PnC	1351	370889	dfy5	tx345	1972	1:24000
Posey clay loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	PyB	5104	3124158	dg60	tx359	1978	1:24000
Posey clay loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes	PyC	345	3124159	dg61	tx359	1978	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	PsC	6062	2599147	f5vk	tx369	1973	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	PsB	4076	2599136	f5t5	tx369	1973	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	PsA	1730	2599135	f5t4	tx369	1973	1:24000
Posey clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	PyB	9144	3124254	2mhvd	tx375	1974	1:24000
Posey clay loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes	PyC	5409	3124255	2mhvf	tx375	1974	1:24000
Posey clay loam, 5 to 8 percent slopes	PyD	574	3124256	2mhvg	tx375	1974	1:24000
Posey-Urban land complex	PyU	139	3124257	2mhvh	tx375	1974	1:24000
Midessa and Posey fine sandy loams, 3 to 8 percent slopes	MPC	7062	372576	f5sq	tx445	1999	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	PsB	6387	372566	f5t5	tx445	1999	1:24000
Midessa, Potter and Posey soils, 3 to 12 percent slopes	MPP	5261	372555	f5sr	tx445	1999	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	PsA	3434	372565	f5t4	tx445	1999	1:24000
Posey fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	PsC	3346	372595	f5vk	tx445	1999	1:24000
Midessa, Potter and Posey soils, 3 to 12 percent slopes	MPP	496	2931480	f5sr	tx501	1962	1:31680
Posey fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	PsA	268	2931491	f5t4	tx501	1962	1:31680
Midessa and Posey fine sandy loams, 3 to 8 percent slopes	MPC	192	2931481	f5sq	tx501	1962	1:31680
Posey fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	PsB	167	2931492	f5t5	tx501	1962	1:31680

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the POSEY 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).