Aggregate lab data for the POTTER soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of POTTER, 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 POTTER were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . 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 | 06N0711 | S2006NM041001 | Potter | n/a | Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties | 34.2378616,-103.6151352 |
| 77E | 98P0389 | 98TX303002 | POTTER | n/a | Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties | 33.533638,-101.7801666 |
Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the POTTER 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.
Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the POTTER series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .
Select annual climate data summaries for the POTTER series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .
Geomorphic description summaries for the POTTER 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 .
Soil series competing with POTTER share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .
Select annual climate data summaries for the POTTER series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .
Geomorphic description summaries for the POTTER 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 .
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Approximate geologic cross section (north and south) through central Greeley County (Soil Survey of Greeley County, Kansas; 1961).
Geologic profile extending in a north-south direction through the central part of Hamilton County (Soil Survey of Hamilton County, Kansas; 1961).
An approximate geologic profile of Kearny County, extending in a north-south direction across the county near Hartland (Soil Survey of Kearny County, Kansas; 1963).
Geologic cross section of the western part of the county. (Based on plate 6 of "Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Morton Co., Kans." (6).) (Soil Survey of Morton County, Kansas; 1963.)
Typical cross section of part of the valley of Ladder (Beaver) Creek (Soil Survey of Scott County, Kansas; 1965).
Cross section of association 2 along White Woman Creek (Soil Survey of Wichita County, Kansas; 1965).
Relationship of soils to the landscape and to the common parent materials of Wichita County (Soil Survey of Wichita County, Kansas; 1965).
Relative position and underlying material of main soils of Portales Valley: A, B, Mansker (shallow) and Potter (very shallow), underlain by rocky caliche and High Plains marl. C, Church, underlain by strongly calcareous lake sediments. D, Drake, underlain by strongly calcareous sediments from lakebeds. E, F, Arch and Portales, underlain by strongly calcareous valley fill of mixed wind- and water-deposited materials. G, Blackwater, underlain by valley fill and, in turn, by hard caliche at moderate depths. H, Clovis, underlain by mixed water- and wind-deposited sediments from the High Plains upland. I, J, K, Kimbrough, Amarillo, and Arvana, underlain by mixed water- and wind-deposited materials from the High Plains upland; Kimbrough soils underlain by hard caliche at shallow depth, and Arvana soils by hard caliche at moderate depth. L, M, Springer (deep) and Tivoli (very deep), underlain by wind-deposited sands (Soil Survey of Portales Area, New Mexico; May 1959).
Generalized diagram of soil patterns that extend southwest to northeast through Roosevelt County (Soil Survey of Roosevelt County, New Mexico; March 1967).
Typical pattern of soils and parent material at Blanco Creek on the High Plains. Pullman soils are on gentle slopes at the top of the divide, and Mansker soils are in rolling areas leading to the stream channel (Soil Survey of Southwest Quay Area, New Mexico; May 1960).
Parent material and parent rock of most of the soils in Beaver County, and their position on the landscape (Soil Survey of Beaver County, Oklahoma; August 1962).
Typical landscape in the central and eastern part of Cimarron County: Associations 1, 2, 3, and 5 (Soil Survey of Cimarron County, Oklahoma; June 1960).
Typical landscape in the northwestern part of Cimarron County: Associations 3, 4, and 5 (Soil Survey of Cimarron County, Oklahoma; June 1960).
Major soils of associations 7, 8, and 10 (Soil Survey of Ellis County, Oklahoma; April 1966).
A schematic drawing showing a normal pattern of soils formed on limy outwash. The typical slope range is given for each soil (Soil Survey of Harper County, Oklahoma; June 1960).
Typical pattern of the soils in association 3, Texas County, Okla (Soil Survey of Texas County, Oklahoma; July 1961).
Several major soils in the Canadian River Valley of the Rollings Plains (Soil Survey of Carson County, Texas).
General relationship of the soils in Carson County (Soil Survey of Carson County, Texas).
Typical arrangement of soils in the Manson-Paloduro-Potter association (Soil Survey of Carson County, Texas).
Typical pattern of soils in the Pep-Berda-Bippus general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Deaf Smith County, Texas; 2007).
Typical pattern of soils in the Plemons-Potter-Mobeetie general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Deaf Smith County, Texas; 2007).
Typical pattern of soils in the Kimberson-Pep-Potter general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Deaf Smith County, Texas; 2007).
Berda-Potter-Creta (Soil Survey of Hockely County, Texas).
Pattern of soils and underlying materials in the Midessa-Potter-Drake general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Lynn County, Texas; 2008).
Pattern of soils and underlying materials in the Potter-Obaro-Quinlan general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Lynn County, Texas; 2008).
Soils and underlying formations associated with a saline lake in Bailey County (Soil Survey of Bailey County, TX; 1963).
General relationship of the soils in Carson County (Soil Survey of Carson County, TX; 1962).
Several major soils of the Canadian River Valley of the Rolling Plains. The ranges in slope shown on this figure are those that exist where the figure was drawn (Soil Survey of Carson County, TX; 1962).
Typical arrangement of soils in the Mansker-Potter-Berthoud sandy loams complex. The dashed lines indicate boundaries of the component soils (Soil Survey of Carson County, TX; 1962).
Soil toposequence of the escarpment separating the High Plains from the Rolling Plains (Soil Survey of Carson County, TX; 1962).
Soils in ancient drain on high plains and associated soils (Soil Survey of Dawson County, TX; 1960).
Soils on caprock and associated soils on high plains and rolling plains (Soil Survey of Dawson County, TX; 1960).
Topography and underlying material of the Mobeetie (3); Quay-Montoya-Vernon (8); and Mobeetie-Potter-Rough broken land (4) associations (Soil Survey of Deaf Smith County, TX; 1968).
Diagram showing typical locations of soil series and the underlying parent material (Soil Survey of Hansford County, TX; 1960).
Soils and underlying formations surrounding a saline lake (now Bull and Illusion Lakes) (Soil Survey of Lamb County, TX; 1962).
Pattern of soils and underlying material in association 2 (Soil Survey of Lipscomb County, TX; 1975).
Soils formed in plains outwash (Soil Survey of Runnels County, TX; 1970).
Soils in an ancient drain and associated soils (Soil Survey of Terry County, TX; 1962).
Relationship of soils in the Abilene-Mobeetie-Berda association to parent material and relief (Soil Survey of Wheeler County, TX; 1975).
Map units containing POTTER as a major component. Limited to 250 records.
Approximate geographic distribution of the POTTER 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 .