Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the QUETICO soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of QUETICO, 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 QUETICO were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRALab IDPedon IDTaxonnameCINSSL / NASIS ReportsLink To SoilWeb GMap
93AUMN3395S1980MN137027 (3395)Quetico3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties47.5746193,-92.5378418
93A14N0274S2013MN137VOYA004Quetico6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties48.4771365,-92.8502944
93B07N0162U06MI083-007Quetico7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties48.032444,-88.6718597
93B07N0163U06MI083-016Quetico6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties48.1077232,-88.6061096

Water Balance

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

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Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the QUETICO series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the QUETICO series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the QUETICO 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 .

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

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with QUETICO share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the QUETICO series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the QUETICO 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 .

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 QUETICO, 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 .

Block Diagrams

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing QUETICO 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
Quetico-Peshekee-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 27 percent slopes, very stony11D347617179051vnm9mi6061:12000
Arcadian-Quetico-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 37 percent slopes, very stony75E315124380112mtyjmi6061:12000
Chippewa Harbor-Quetico-Nevens-Rock outcrop complex, 1 to 19 percent slopes, stony37D230517180101vnqpmi6061:12000
Quetico-Peshekee-Rock outcrop complex, 6 to 34 percent slopes, very stony11E194617178861vnlpmi6061:12000
Arcadian-Quetico-Rock outcrop complex, 7 to 61 percent slopes, very stony75F120024380132mtylmi6061:12000
Quetico-Minong-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 33 percent slopes, very stony10E94123773762ksvkmi6061:12000
Arcadian-Quetico-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 19 percent slopes, very stony75D93124380102mtyhmi6061:12000
Arcadian-Quetico-Rock outcrop complex, 18 to 88 percent slopes, rubbly14F52317179101vnmgmi6061:12000
Quetico-Minong-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 21 percent slopes, very stony10D46717178851vnlnmi6061:12000
Michigamme-Quetico-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 35 percent slopes, very stony81F45224380222mtywmi6061:12000
Quetico-Peshekee-Rock outcrop complex, 6 to 56 percent slopes, very stony11F14924850502pdwxmi6061:12000
Minong-Quetico-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 14 percent slopes, very stony10C13217178841vnlmmi6061:12000
Quetico, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopesI2a10F1887327745562t204mn03120131:24000
Quetico, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopesI2a10D1857327747112t203mn03120131:24000
Quetico, stony-Barto, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopesA1-11D312227745402rmz9mn03120131:24000
Quetico, bouldery-Insula, bouldery-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 18 percent slopesI2a10C275727746182wqthmn03120131:24000
Quetico, stony-Barto, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopesA1-11F203327746272rmzbmn03120131:24000
Quetico, stony-Rock outcrop-Fluvaquents, frequently flooded complex, 0 to 50 percent slopesE1-12F13827745372rn11mn03120131:24000
Quetico, very stony-Insula, very stony-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopesI2a10D2336331149182zw3wmn07520131:24000
Quetico, very stony-Insula, very stony-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopesI2a10F1558231149192zw3xmn07520131:24000
Quetico, stony-Barto, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopesA1-11F642027421132rmzbmn07520131:24000
Quetico, very stony-Insula, very stony-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 18 percent slopesI2a10C615031149172yz7xmn07520131:24000
Quetico, stony-Barto, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopesA1-11D251027421122rmz9mn07520131:24000
Quetico, stony-Barto, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 15 percent slopesA1-11C67027421112rmz8mn07520131:24000
Quetico, stony-Rock outcrop-Fluvaquents, frequently flooded complex, 0 to 50 percent slopesE1-12F39227421802rn11mn07520131:24000
Quetico-Rock outcrop complex, 6 to 35 percent slopes952E1852398917fd39mn07719891:24000
Quetico, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopesF21D3907724064322ls2vmn61320161:24000
Quetico, bouldery-Insula, bouldery-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 18 percent slopesF21C3147224067622wqthmn61320161:24000
Quetico, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopesF21F1105424064332ls2wmn61320161:24000
Quetico-Insula-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very bouldery2srqm61129437232srqmmn61320161:24000
Quetico-Insula, very bouldery-Greenwood complex, 0 to 12 percent slopes, very rocky2srqp629439272srqpmn61320161:24000
Quetico, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopesF21D2054186143220gz6mn61720071:24000
Quetico, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopesF21F1218186143320gz7mn61720071:24000
Quetico, bouldery-Insula, bouldery-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 18 percent slopesF21C4218618012wqthmn61720071:24000
Quetico, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopesF21F574823031wmfdmn62120061:24000
Quetico, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopesF21D467823030wmfcmn62120061:24000
Quetico, bouldery-Insula, bouldery-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 18 percent slopesF21C40916788382wqthmn62120061:24000
Quetico, bouldery-Insula, bouldery-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 18 percent slopesF21C1504129438372wqthmn62520151:24000
Quetico, stony-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopesF21D94529438382pfxwmn62520151:24000
Quetico-Insula-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very bouldery2srqm5029438742srqmmn62520151:24000
Quetico-Insula, bouldery-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 18 percent slopes, LRU 93C2srmd1209427418302wglwmn62720151:12000
Quetico-Insula, bouldery-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 60 percent slopes2srqm1033827422302wglvmn62720151:12000
Quetico-Insula, very bouldery-Greenwood complex, 0 to 12 percent slopes, very rocky2srqp83427422322srqpmn62720151:12000
Quetico-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 8 percent slopesQeB89302919069srbny04519811:15840
Insula-Millsite-Quetico-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very bouldery9823C815096469311cv4ny04519811:15840
Insula-Quetico complex, rocky, 0 to 8 percent slopesInB45242918519spkny04519811:15840
Quetico-Rock outcrop-Insula complex, 0 to 8 percent slopesQwB70792950049wz8ny08919901:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the QUETICO 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 .