Soil Data Explorer - QUARLES

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the QUARLES soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of QUARLES, 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 QUARLES 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
112	M0408304	2004MO083004	Quarles	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.5193583,-93.8863889
112	M0501107	2005MO011007	Quarles	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.5160833,-94.5099167
115B	M9318522	1993MO185022	Quarles	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.9672203,-92.3450012
116B	M9703923	1997MO039146	Quarles	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.7190083,-93.9948111
116B	M9803907	1997MO039172	Quarles	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.7089256,-93.7426497
116B	M9803909	1998MO039174	Quarles	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.7239889,-93.7687861

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the QUARLES 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 QUARLES 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 QUARLES 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 QUARLES 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 QUARLES 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 QUARLES 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 QUARLES 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 QUARLES, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing QUARLES 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
Quarles silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	46119	2404	2579876	2q019	mo015	1986	1:24000
Quarles silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	46019	953	2532558	2qnyv	mo015	1986	1:24000
Quarles silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	44001	1559	2532489	2qny8	mo039	2001	1:24000
Quarles silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	44101	193	2673042	2q01b	mo039	2001	1:24000
Quarles silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	46019	6432	2532557	2qnyv	mo083	1972	1:24000
Quarles silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	46119	816	2579859	2q019	mo083	1972	1:24000
Quarles silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	44001	159	2532488	2qny8	mo083	1972	1:24000
Quarles silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	44101	29	2579907	2q01b	mo083	1972	1:24000
Quarles silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	46119	89	2579860	2q019	mo159	1990	1:24000
Quarles silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	46019	68	2532556	2qnyv	mo159	1990	1:24000
Quarles silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	44001	6136	2532487	2qny8	mo185	1984	1:24000
Quarles silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	44101	1210	2579861	2q01b	mo185	1984	1:24000
Quarles silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Qu	10855	106569	3kwq	ok097	1972	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the QUARLES 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).