Soil Data Explorer - ROSCOMMON

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ROSCOMMON soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ROSCOMMON, 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 ROSCOMMON 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
57	02N0810	A95MN137077	Roscommon	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	47.659996,-93.0396652
88	02N0811	B00MN137068	Roscommon	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	47.4030495,-92.7188187
94A	92P0377	91MI119004	Roscommon	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	45.1669426,-84.1588898

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the ROSCOMMON 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 ROSCOMMON 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 ROSCOMMON 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 ROSCOMMON 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 ROSCOMMON 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 ROSCOMMON 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 ROSCOMMON 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 ROSCOMMON, 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. MI-2012-02-06-22 | Houghton County Area - October 1991

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Kalkaska-Liminga-Waiska association (Soil Survey of Houghton County Area, Michigan; October 1991).

2. MN-2010-09-08-06 | Cass County - 1997

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Menahga-Markey-Friendship general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Cass County, Minnesota; 1997).

3. WI-2012-03-23-20 | Marinette County - February 1991

   Pattern of soils and parent material in the Menahga association (Soil Survey of Marinette County, WI; 1991).

Map Units

Map units containing ROSCOMMON 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
Deer Park-Roscommon complex, 0 to 20 percent slopes	DrC	1593	241495	8395	mi009	1976	1:15840
Roscommon mucky sand	Ro	692	241511	839p	mi009	1976	1:15840
Roscommon sand	Rh	9535	189246	6bxq	mi011	1964	1:20000
Roscommon association	Rk	8847	189247	6bxr	mi011	1964	1:20000
Roscommon loamy sand	Rg	2639	189245	6bxp	mi011	1964	1:20000
Au Gres-Roscommon association	Aw	2126	189118	6bsl	mi011	1964	1:20000
Eastport-Rubicon-Roscommon association, undulating	EtB	1915	189159	6btx	mi011	1964	1:20000
Roscommon-Au Gres-Rubicon association, undulating	RmB	1017	189248	6bxs	mi011	1964	1:20000
Tawas-Roscommon association	Te	714	189286	6bz0	mi011	1964	1:20000
Brevort-Roscommon association	Bs	370	189132	6bt1	mi011	1964	1:20000
Timakwa-Roscommon association	Tz	171	2673458	2qz5c	mi011	1964	1:20000
Roscommon soils	Rj	17	2673431	6ck2	mi011	1964	1:20000
Pipestone-Roscommon association	Pw	15	2673437	2qz4l	mi011	1964	1:20000
Roscommon-Brevort-Timakwa association	121	94	2673577	2qz60	mi017	1978	1:20000
Roscommon sand	Rc	9993	190502	6d77	mi029	1970	1:15840
Roscommon muck	61	18009	190604	6dbj	mi031	1988	1:15840
Au Gres-Roscommon complex, 1 to 4 percent slopes	70B	4438	190611	6dbr	mi031	1988	1:15840
Roscommon mucky loamy sand	Ro	6903	189644	6cbk	mi035	1977	1:15840
Roscommon mucky loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Rc	33918	1588102	2tnyw	mi041	1969	1:24000
Eastport-Roscommon sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes	EeB	3386	1588048	1q9hc	mi041	1969	1:24000
Roscommon-Kalkaska sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes	RkB	3060	1588103	1q9k4	mi041	1969	1:24000
Roscommon mucky sand	Rc	7130	189365	6c1k	mi047	1968	1:20000
Roscommon-Eastport sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes	ReB	2028	189366	6c1l	mi047	1968	1:20000
Roscommon soils	Rc	13627	189846	6ck2	mi051	1966	1:15840
Roscommon-Deford association	RD	4258	189847	6ck3	mi051	1966	1:15840
Covert-Pipestone-Roscommon association	CZ	3474	2673490	2qz5w	mi051	1966	1:15840
Croswell-Au Gres-Roscommon association	CW	3173	189773	6cgq	mi051	1966	1:15840
Roscommon-Brevort-Timakwa association	RA	2975	2673494	2qz60	mi051	1966	1:15840
Pipestone-Roscommon association	PZ	2955	2673479	2qz5j	mi051	1966	1:15840
Roscommon-Brevort-Tawas association	RB	2327	189845	6ck1	mi051	1966	1:15840
Au Gres-Roscommon association	AW	1879	189747	6cfw	mi051	1966	1:15840
Roscommon-Tawas association	RT	913	189852	6ck8	mi051	1966	1:15840
Roscommon-Timakwa association	RR	262	2673495	2qz61	mi051	1966	1:15840
Roscommon mucky loamy sand	Rm	45	2673474	6cbk	mi051	1966	1:15840
Roscommon mucky loamy sand	Ru	2847	189561	6c7w	mi055	1963	1:15840
Roscommon sand	Rv	1012	189562	6c7x	mi055	1963	1:15840
Tawas-Roscommon complex	Ta	768	189579	6c8g	mi055	1963	1:15840
Eastport-Roscommon sands, 0 to 2 percent slopes	ErA	368	189411	6c31	mi055	1963	1:15840
Roscommon mucky loamy sand, overwash	Rt	200	189560	6c7v	mi055	1963	1:15840
Au Gres-Roscommon complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	100A	6695	416033	fyxf	mi061	1989	1:20000
Au Gres-Roscommon complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	174A	3592	190710	6dfy	mi079	1998	1:12000
Roscommon mucky sand	99	1935	190676	6ddv	mi079	1998	1:12000
Roscommon sand-Markey muck	Rm	3680	190849	6dlf	mi089	1967	1:20000
Deer Park-Roscommon sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes	DrB	2134	190784	6djb	mi089	1967	1:20000
Roscommon loamy sand	23	2264	187729	69bs	mi107	1982	1:15840
Roscommon mucky sand	22	16553	192424	6g77	mi113	1983	1:15840
Roscommon sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Rb	3527	187325	68xr	mi117	1956	1:20000
Roscommon and Au Gres sands	Ra	27019	187373	68z9	mi121	1966	1:15840
Roscommon mucky sand	14	6304	189876	6cl1	mi129	1987	1:15840
Roscommon mucky sand and sand	Rm	3659	190193	6cx8	mi133	1966	1:15840
Roscommon muck	17	8428	190867	6dm0	mi141	1989	1:15840
Au Gres-Roscommon complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	70A	5216	190935	6dp6	mi141	1989	1:15840
Roscommon-Tawas complex	71	4028	190936	6dp7	mi141	1989	1:15840
Roscommon mucky loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	RdA0	3334	188388	6b11	mi151	1955	1:15840
Roscommon loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	RcA0	2306	188387	6b10	mi151	1955	1:15840
Tawas-Roscommon association	22	56971	190755	6dhd	mi600	1983	1:15840
Roscommon loamy sand	1943	20590	397708	fbv9	mn021	1993	1:20000
Roscommon loamy sand	1943	1164	430447	gfxd	mn029	1993	1:20000
Roscommon-Gnesen-Meehan complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	D58B	3842	2732665	2slml	mn035	2009	1:24000
Roscommon loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	8-10A	767	2732797	2smh8	mn035	2009	1:24000
Roscommon loamy sand, map 22-30, 0 to 2 percent slopes	1943	2594	436569	gn8w	mn057	1998	1:24000
Roscommon mucky loamy sand, depressional, map 22-30, 0 to 1 percent slopes	1271	1811	436524	gn7f	mn057	1998	1:24000
Sago and Roscommon soils	798	13968	398467	fcms	mn061	1982	1:24000
Meehan-Roscommon complex, lake beach, 0 to 3 percent slopes	C120A	444	1676447	1t8gy	mn095	2006	1:12000
Roscommon loamy sand	1943	1397	435663	gmbn	mn111	1996	1:20000
Roscommon loamy sand	1943	5350	428513	gcx0	mn153	1985	1:20000
Roscommon loamy sand	1943	25890	428775	gd5g	mn159	1987	1:20000
Roscommon muck, depressional, MLRA 93, 0 to 1 percent slopes	F43A	683	1861436	20gzb	mn617	2007	1:24000
Roscommon-Roscommon, silty substratum, complex, depressional, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B68A	1725	1946867	23bw5	mn619	2009	1:24000
Roscommon muck, depressional, 0 to 1 percent slopes	A5A	1164	822895	wm90	mn621	2006	1:24000
Roscommon, depressional-Roscommon complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes	B68A	1060	823093	wmhd	mn621	2006	1:24000
Roscommon muck, depressional, MLRA 93, 0 to 1 percent slopes	F43A	848	1536803	1nl59	mn621	2006	1:24000
Roscommon muck	Rs	3130	426240	g9jp	wi009	1970	1:20000
Roscommon mucky loamy sand	Rs	1019	422351	g5h7	wi061	1978	1:15840
Roscommon mucky loamy sand, outwash plain, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Rm	806	431405	2xxj1	wi073	1998	1:20000
Roscommon-Rock outcrop complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Rm	8305	422438	g5l1	wi075	1987	1:20000
Roscommon mucky loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Rc	5024	422437	2tnyw	wi075	1987	1:20000
Roscommon mucky loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Co	11837	422461	2tnyw	wi083	1985	1:15840
Roscommon mucky loamy sand, outwash plain, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Rm	606	3119054	2xxj1	wi097	1972	1:20000
Roscommon sandy loam, loamy variant, loamy substratum	Rp	562	426559	g9vz	wi097	1972	1:20000
Roscommon mucky loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Rc	66	426556	2tnyw	wi097	1972	1:20000
Roscommon mucky loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Rc	9344	422660	2tnyw	wi115	1981	1:15840
Roscommon mucky loamy sand, outwash plain, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Rn	1725	3119057	2xxj1	wi115	1981	1:15840
Roscommon mucky loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Rc	9915	422741	2tnyw	wi135	1982	1:15840
Roscommon mucky loamy sand, outwash plain, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Rm	3607	3119055	2xxj1	wi135	1982	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ROSCOMMON 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).