Soil Data Explorer - RICHLAND

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the RICHLAND soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of RICHLAND, 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 RICHLAND were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

There are insufficient data to create the lab data summary figure.

Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRA	Lab ID	Pedon ID	Taxonname	CI	NSSL / NASIS Reports	Link To SoilWeb GMap
n/a	BT-003	1972-OH013-003	Richland	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	JK-018	1979-OH079-018	Richland	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	SC-009	1980-OH145-009	Richland	5	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 RICHLAND 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 RICHLAND 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 RICHLAND 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 RICHLAND 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).

Competing Series

Soil series competing with RICHLAND 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 RICHLAND 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 RICHLAND 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.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with RICHLAND, 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. MS-2012-04-26-09 | De Soto County - September 1959

   Soil associations in De Soto County (Soil Survey of De Soto County, Mississippi; September 1959).

Map Units

Map units containing RICHLAND 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
Richland silt loam, severely eroded gently sloping phase (loring)	Rb	2871	567786	m1tp	ms033	1955	1:24000
Richland silt loam, eroded very gently sloping phase (loring)	Rd	2022	567788	m1tr	ms033	1955	1:24000
Richland silt loam, severely eroded very gently sloping phase (loring)	Rc	1183	567787	m1tq	ms033	1955	1:24000
Richland silt loam, very gently sloping phase (loring)	Ra	518	567785	m1tn	ms033	1955	1:24000
Richland silt loam, severely eroded sloping phase (loring)	Re	482	567789	m1ts	ms033	1955	1:24000
Richland loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	RcD	3640	537384	l15z	oh009	1981	1:15840
Vandalia-Richland complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes	VcD	2530	537397	l16d	oh009	1981	1:15840
Vandalia-Richland complex, 25 to 40 percent slopes	VcE	2460	537398	l16f	oh009	1981	1:15840
Richland loam, 25 to 40 percent slopes	RcE	1520	537385	l160	oh009	1981	1:15840
Richland loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RcC	310	537383	l15y	oh009	1981	1:15840
Richland loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	RcD	2480	537119	l0xf	oh013	1978	1:15840
Richland silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	RhB	809	537121	l0xh	oh013	1978	1:15840
Richland moderately stony loam, 25 to 40 percent slopes	RcE	739	537120	l0xg	oh013	1978	1:15840
Richland loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RcC	611	537118	l0xd	oh013	1978	1:15840
Richland channery loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	RkD	291	1710486	1vdwz	oh013	1978	1:15840
Richland channery loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RkC	39	1710485	1vdwy	oh013	1978	1:15840
Richland silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes	RnC	25	1710467	1vdwc	oh013	1978	1:15840
Richland silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, stony	RhD	272	1292292	1dcqv	oh029	2005	1:12000
Richland silt loam, 25 to 40 percent slopes, stony	RhE	204	1292291	1dcqt	oh029	2005	1:12000
Richland silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	RcD	947	536681	l0g9	oh031	1996	1:15840
Richland silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes	RcC	229	536680	l0g8	oh031	1996	1:15840
Richland channery loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	RcD	352	536945	l0qt	oh059	1998	1:15840
Richland channery loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RcC	20	536944	l0qs	oh059	1998	1:15840
Richland silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	RcB	622	536770	l0k5	oh067	1993	1:15840
Richland silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes	RcC	207	536771	l0k6	oh067	1993	1:15840
Richland loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	RcD	5	1398235	1hxzc	oh073	1986	1:15840
Richland silt loam, clayey substratum, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RcC	789	536038	kzsk	oh079	1981	1:15840
Richland silt loam, 1 to 7 percent slopes	RcB	4031	536108	kzvt	oh081	1987	1:15840
Richland silt loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes	RcC	177	536109	kzvv	oh081	1987	1:15840
Richland silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	RaB	68	1652953	1sh12	oh081	1987	1:15840
Richland silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes	RcC	24	2216017	2dcyf	oh083	1983	1:15840
Richland silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	RcB	1071	537196	l0zx	oh105	1991	1:15840
Vandalia-Richland complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes	VcD	27	1527421	1n8dn	oh105	1991	1:15840
Richland loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	RdD	3	1527415	1n8dg	oh105	1991	1:15840
Richland loam, 25 to 40 percent slopes	RdE	1	1527416	1n8dh	oh105	1991	1:15840
Richland-Vandalia complex, 20 to 35 percent slopes	RvE	19	537463	l18j	oh115	1992	1:15840
Richland channery loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	RcD	16	1481811	1lqyc	oh121	1986	1:15840
Richland silt loam, clayey substratum, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RhC	546	537713	l1jl	oh131	1984	1:15840
Richland loam, 25 to 40 percent slopes	RcE	48	536424	l060	oh163	1998	1:15840
Richland loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	RcD	29	536423	l05z	oh163	1998	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the RICHLAND 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).