Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SAUDE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SAUDE, 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 SAUDE 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
10440A17651973IA089002Saude7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.2991676,-92.4749985
104X53-177-1S1982IA105007Saude2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.2532975,-91.330334
105X49-178B-1S1988IA097907Saude2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.050428,-90.37354

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the SAUDE 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 SAUDE 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 SAUDE 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 SAUDE 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 SAUDE 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 SAUDE 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 SAUDE 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 SAUDE, 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. IA-2011-05-31-15 | Delaware County - 1986

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the Spillville-Saude-Marshan association (Soil Survey of Delaware County, Iowa; 1986).

  2. IA-2011-05-31-28 | Floyd County - 1995

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the Saude-Coland-Lawler association (Soil Survey of Floyd County, Iowa; 1995).

  3. IA-2011-05-31-29 | Floyd County - 1995

    A cross section showing the parent material of some of the soils in Floyd County (Soil Survey of Floyd County, Iowa; 1995).

  4. IA-2011-05-31-42 | Hardin County - 1985

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the Coland-Saude-Spillville association (Soil Survey of Hardin County, Iowa; 1985).

Map Units

Map units containing SAUDE 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
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes177B6484028532tgs3ia01119771:15840
Saude loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes177C4454028542tgs4ia01119771:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes1774064028522tgs2ia01119771:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes17765874132322tgs2ia01320011:12000
Saude-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes41771672413309fw2kia01320011:12000
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes177B15934132332tgs3ia01320011:12000
Saude-Urban land complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes4177B121413310fw2lia01320011:12000
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes17759484032132tgs2ia01919781:15840
Burkhardt-Saude complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes241B2266403225fjl8ia01919781:15840
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes177B2954032142tgs3ia01919781:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes177106914033682tgs2ia02319781:15840
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes177B21304033692tgs3ia02319781:15840
Saude-Burkhardt complex, 2 to 9 percent slopes, moderately eroded241C21520403384fjrdia02319781:15840
Saude loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes177C4604033702tgs4ia02319781:15840
Saude-Burkhardt complex, 9 to 18 percent slopes, moderately eroded241E2270403385fjrfia02319781:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes17786913970932tgs2ia03120081:12000
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes177116774037922tgs2ia03319781:15840
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes177B68674037932tgs3ia03319781:15840
Saude loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, eroded177C22524037952tgs5ia03319781:15840
Saude loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes177C2394037942tgs4ia03319781:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes17758494039952tgs2ia03719891:15840
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes177B32874039962tgs3ia03719891:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes1775214042302tgs2ia04319791:15840
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes177B434042312tgs3ia04319791:15840
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes177B39024043772tgs3ia04519781:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes17712794043752tgs2ia04519781:15840
Saude loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes177C5054043782tgs4ia04519781:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes17759244050132tgs2ia05519841:15840
Burkhardt-Saude complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes241B2325405029flggia05519841:15840
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes177B7664050142tgs3ia05519841:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes17774504057262tgs2ia06519751:15840
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes177B37484057272tgs3ia06519751:15840
Saude loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes177C3824057282tgs4ia06519751:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes17778574058572tgs2ia06719891:15840
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes177B36104058582tgs3ia06719891:15840
Saude loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes177C4654058592tgs4ia06719891:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes17776994048752tgs2ia06919771:15840
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes177B22174048762tgs3ia06919771:15840
Saude loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes177C2594048772tgs4ia06919771:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes1778494062832tgs2ia07519731:15840
Saude-Lilah complex, 5 to 14 percent slopes, moderately eroded241C2786406296fmsbia07519731:15840
Saude-Lilah complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes241B751406295fms9ia07519731:15840
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes177B6194062842tgs3ia07519731:15840
Saude loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, eroded177C23054062862tgs5ia07519731:15840
Saude loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes177C1534062852tgs4ia07519731:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes17726634066282tgs2ia08319821:15840
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes177B25654066292tgs3ia08319821:15840
Saude loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes177C3364066302tgs4ia08319821:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes177A48504070302tgs2ia08919691:15840
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes177B28294070312tgs3ia08919691:15840
Saude sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes284B321406936fnfzia08919691:15840
Saude sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes284A193406935fnfyia08919691:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes1773004081202tgs2ia10519881:15840
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes177B2454081212tgs3ia10519881:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes1772594084402tgs2ia11119761:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes177A19464085712tgs2ia11319701:15840
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes177B13024085722tgs3ia11319701:15840
Saude-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 % slopes, rarely flooded417765726064572qcrria11319701:15840
Saude loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes177C5224085732tgs4ia11319701:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes1779714094382tgs2ia12719781:15840
Saude loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, eroded177C23384094392tgs5ia12719781:15840
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes17716004096362tgs2ia13119711:15840
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes177B14014096372tgs3ia13119711:15840
Saude loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, eroded177C226313990872tgs5ia19120051:12000
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes1177316925814482tgs2ia19520121:12000
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded177284323986952lj18ia19520121:12000
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, rarely flooded177B192023986962lj19ia19520121:12000
Saude loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes1177B182625814492tgs3ia19520121:12000
Saude loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, rarely flooded177C27323986972lj1bia19520121:12000
Saude loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes1177C26625814502tgs4ia19520121:12000
Burkhardt-Saude complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes961A7651987706ntyil16120021:12000
Saude loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes774A3521987536ntdil16120021:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SAUDE 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 .