Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SARONA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SARONA, 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 SARONA 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
90A40A164572WI041009Sarona5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties45.7327766,-89.0258331
90A87P012786WI037002Sarona6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties45.7569427,-88.3244476
90A87P016486WI041105Sarona6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties45.4113884,-88.5199966
90A88P054788WI069227Sarona7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties45.2786102,-89.6327744
90A83P0416S1982WI075006SARONA6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties45.7122231,-88.2747192
90A83P0417S1982WI075007SARONA6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties45.6952782,-88.3641663
90A83P0419S1982WI075009SARONA6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties45.6047211,-88.3127747
90A90P0896S1990WI037002SARONA6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties45.7508316,-88.3238907
90A90P0907S1990WI125002Sarona6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.1063881,-89.0847244
93B05N0182S2004MI131007Sarona6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.4038963,-89.0427704
94B83P0418S1982WI075008SARONA6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties45.5263901,-88.0461121

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the SARONA 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 SARONA 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 SARONA 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 SARONA 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 SARONA 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 SARONA series and competing. 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 SARONA 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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There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with SARONA, 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

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  1. MI-2012-02-06-27 | Iron County - October 1997

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Karlin-Sarona-Vilas association (Soil Survey of Iron County, Michigan; October 1997).

  2. MI-2012-02-06-30 | Iron County - October 1997

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Peavy association (Soil Survey of Iron County, Michigan; October 1997).

  3. WI-2012-03-23-17 | Marinette County - February 1991

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

Map Units

Map units containing SARONA 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
Karlin-Keweenaw-Sarona, dense substratum, complex, 6 to 25 percent slopes44C1740714559491kw13mi05320071:24000
Karlin-Keweenaw-Sarona, dense substratum, complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes44B446914559481kw12mi05320071:24000
Argonne-Sarona sandy loams, 6 to 15 percent slopes, very stony13C431014560142tnzymi05320071:24000
Karlin-Keweenaw-Sarona, dense substratum, complex, 25 to 50 percent slopes44D403214559501kw14mi05320071:24000
Laona-Sarona sandy loams, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony13D18216076342tnzzmi05320071:24000
Karlin-Keweenaw-Sarona, dense substratum, complex, 6 to 25 percent slopes8044C226424859352pftgmi06119891:20000
Karlin-Keweenaw-Sarona, dense substratum, complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes8044B93124859342pftfmi06119891:20000
Karlin-Keweenaw-Sarona, dense substratum, complex, 25 to 50 percent slopes8044D15924859362pfthmi06119891:20000
Keweenaw-Sarona, dense substratum, complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes8234B6624850032pdvdmi06119891:20000
Karlin-Keweenaw-Sarona, dense substratum, complex, 6 to 25 percent slopes44C2044824525402nb26mi07119921:20000
Argonne-Sarona sandy loams, 6 to 15 percent slopes, very stony13C1408624508222tnzymi07119921:20000
Sarona-Karlin fine sandy loams, 6 to 18 percent slopes, stony122D6910415885fyrnmi07119921:20000
Sarona-Karlin fine sandy loams, 1 to 6 percent slopes, stony122B6683415884fyrmmi07119921:20000
Sarona-Rock outcrop complex, 1 to 18 percent slopes, very stony108D6329415868fyr3mi07119921:20000
Karlin-Keweenaw-Sarona, dense substratum, complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes44B523424525392nb25mi07119921:20000
Sarona fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, stony107B3088415865fyr0mi07119921:20000
Wabeno-Sarona complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes, stony103B3000415858fyqsmi07119921:20000
Laona-Sarona sandy loams, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony13D249024508232tnzzmi07119921:20000
Sarona fine sandy loam, 6 to 18 percent slopes, stony107D2235415866fyr1mi07119921:20000
Karlin-Keweenaw-Sarona, dense substratum, complex, 25 to 50 percent slopes44D203624525412nb27mi07119921:20000
Wabeno-Sarona complex, 6 to 18 percent slopes, stony103D1228415859fyqtmi07119921:20000
Sarona fine sandy loam, 18 to 35 percent slopes, stony107F1212415867fyr2mi07119921:20000
Sarona-Rock outcrop complex, 18 to 35 percent slopes, very stony108F819415869fyr4mi07119921:20000
Karlin-Keweenaw-Sarona, dense substratum, complex, 6 to 25 percent slopes8044C1468616745081t6gdmi13120071:24000
Karlin-Keweenaw-Sarona, dense substratum, complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes8044B635016745071t6gcmi13120071:24000
Karlin-Keweenaw-Sarona, dense substratum, complex, 25 to 50 percent slopes8044D374616745091t6gfmi13120071:24000
Keweenaw-Sarona, dense substratum, complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes8234B152116748711t6v3mi13120071:24000
Sarona, dense substratum-Gogebic, sandy substratum-Graveraet complex, 12 to 35 percent slopes8294D24216748991t6w0mi13120071:24000
Sarona fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, very stonySaB7298430040gfh8wi03719951:12000
Sarona-Padus complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes, very stonySdC6848430044gfhdwi03719951:12000
Sarona-Vilas complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes, very stonySlC5225430047gfhhwi03719951:12000
Rock outcrop-Metonga-Sarona complex, 1 to 15 percent slopesRmC4832430036gfh4wi03719951:12000
Sarona-Padus complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes, very stonySdB4659430043gfhcwi03719951:12000
Sarona-Vilas complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes, very stonySlB4488430046gfhgwi03719951:12000
Rock outcrop-Metonga-Sarona complex, 15 to 35 percent slopesRmD3906430037gfh5wi03719951:12000
Sarona fine sandy loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes, very stonySaC3347430041gfh9wi03719951:12000
Sarona-Padus complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stonySdD3209430045gfhfwi03719951:12000
Sarona-Vilas complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stonySlD2204430048gfhjwi03719951:12000
Sarona fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes, very stonySaD821430042gfhbwi03719951:12000
Argonne-Sarona sandy loams, 6 to 15 percent slopes, very stonyLaC104904298412tnzywi04119951:12000
Laona-Sarona sandy loams, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stonyLaD40654298422tnzzwi04119951:12000
Sarona-Pence sandy loams, 6 to 15 percent slopesSaC18478431648gh54wi06919931:20000
Sarona-Pence sandy loams, 15 to 35 percent slopesSaD11608431649gh55wi06919931:20000
Sarona fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesSbB15565422441g5l4wi07519871:20000
Emmert-Pence-Sarona complex, 15 to 35 percent slopesEaD10935422387g5jdwi07519871:20000
Sarona fine sandy loam, 6 to 15 percent slopesSbC9626422442g5l5wi07519871:20000
Emmert-Pence-Sarona complex, 6 to 15 percent slopesEaC9327422386g5jcwi07519871:20000
Sarona fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopesSbD3389422443g5l6wi07519871:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SARONA 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 .