Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SEN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SEN, 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 SEN 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
53B90P019989ND047133Sen4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.3547222,-99.8263889
5440A010858ND033001Sen7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.9166667,-103.9552778
5440A010959ND033001Sen7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.8941667,-103.9911111
5483ND03317683ND033176Sen3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties47.2672222,-103.9055556
5495P0282S1994ND007027Sen8Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.8358345,-103.3455582

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the SEN 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 SEN 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 SEN 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 SEN 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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Competing Series

Soil series competing with SEN 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 SEN 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 SEN 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.

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

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with SEN, 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. ND-2010-09-27-03 | Billings County - 2005

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Janesburg-Dogtooth association (Soil Survey of Billings County, North Dakota; 2005).

  2. ND-2010-09-27-07 | McKenzie County - 2006

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Williams-Temvik-Wilton-Zahl association (Soil Survey of McKenzie County, North Dakota; 2006).

Map Units

Map units containing SEN 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
Cabba-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopes53D25742493012ct44mt08319731:24000
Chama-Cabba-Sen silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2737C103332567191vztxmt08319731:24000
Chama-Cabba-Sen silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2737C83643456161vztxmt10919561:31680
Sen-Golva silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2985B698832566632r8lbmt10919561:31680
Sen-Golva silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2985C596632566642r8lcmt10919561:31680
Chama-Sen-Cabba silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2913B1196125257521vzv3nd00119831:20000
Chama-Cabba-Sen silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2737C960825257491vztxnd00119831:20000
Cabba-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2741D253425257501vztynd00119831:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2439B1362217151811vztlnd00719981:24000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2439C1080017151821vztmnd00719981:24000
Cabba-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2741D488717151861vztynd00719981:24000
Chama-Sen-Cabba silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2913B447117151891vzv3nd00719981:24000
Chama-Cabba-Sen silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2737C340717151851vztxnd00719981:24000
Sen-Golva silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesE2985A208926990631vzv6nd00719981:24000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesE2439A45726990581vztknd00719981:24000
Chama-Sen-Cabba silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2913B804325635421vzv3nd01119691:20000
Chama-Cabba-Sen silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2737C303625635401vztxnd01119691:20000
Chama-Sen silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesE2903A165625635412r8l2nd01119691:20000
Cabba-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2741D7327584551vztynd01119691:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesE2439A4527584521vztknd01119691:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2439C1827584541vztmnd01119691:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2439B1427584531vztlnd01119691:20000
Werner-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2747D1050026617272r6ttnd01519671:20000
Sen-Werner complex, 9 to 15 percent slopesC964D777925641972q83fnd01519671:20000
Sen-Chama silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2987C765226617422r8l9nd01519671:20000
Sen silt loam, 3 to 6 percent slopesC972B492625641722q6lknd01519671:20000
Sen silt loam, 6 to 9 percent slopesC972C488325641002q2k1nd01519671:20000
Sen-Chama silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2987B48742661671cdn4nd01519671:20000
Sen silt loam, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2969D93526617412r8l8nd01519671:20000
Sen silt loam, 9 to 15 percent slopesC972D45825641732q6llnd01519671:20000
Sen-Werner complex, 6 to 9 percent slopesC964C21825641832q73lnd01519671:20000
Sen-Werner loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2765C10826617402r8l0nd01519671:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2439C2394317146391vztmnd02519811:20000
Chama-Cabba-Sen silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2737C2388917146471vztxnd02519811:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2439B1656317146381vztlnd02519811:20000
Sen-Chama silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2987B129462707212cdn4nd02519811:20000
Sen-Chama silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2987C1011427072132r8l9nd02519811:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesE2439A94017146371vztknd02519811:20000
Werner-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2747D28227584822r6ttnd02519811:20000
Chama-Sen-Cabba silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2913B9817146511vzv3nd02519811:20000
Cabba-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2741D3417146481vztynd02519811:20000
Chama-Sen-Cabba silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2913B4815327072981vzv3nd03319851:24000
Chama-Cabba-Sen silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2737C4031827072941vztxnd03319851:24000
Chama-Sen silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesE2903A326027072972r8l2nd03319851:24000
Sen-Golva silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2985B287127073002r8lbnd03319851:24000
Sen-Golva silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesE2985A222327072991vzv6nd03319851:24000
Cabba-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2741D99427597421vztynd03319851:24000
Sen, low precipitation-Floweree silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesL2985B16627073352qxl6nd03319851:24000
Sen, low precipitation-Floweree silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesL2985A11827073342qxl5nd03319851:24000
Chama-Cabba-Sen silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2737C1317017154971vztxnd03719851:20000
Chama-Sen-Cabba silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2913B1035427596481vzv3nd03719851:20000
Cabba-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2741D762317154981vztynd03719851:20000
Chama-Sen-Cabba silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2913B2665117186051vzv3nd04119861:20000
Chama-Cabba-Sen silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2737C2085117186001vztxnd04119861:20000
Chama-Sen silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesE2903A107925258102r8l2nd04119861:20000
Sen-Golva silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesE2985A3427556871vzv6nd04119861:20000
Cabba-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2741D2117186011vztynd04119861:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesE2439A727556821vztknd04119861:20000
Cabba-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2741D3513527150811vztynd05320031:24000
Chama-Cabba-Sen silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2737C1668327150801vztxnd05320031:24000
Chama-Sen-Cabba silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2913B519927150841vzv3nd05320031:24000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2439C69127597191vztmnd05320031:24000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2439B57327150751vztlnd05320031:24000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesE2439A8027150741vztknd05320031:24000
Sen-Chama silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2987C78926624942r8l9nd05519741:20000
Sen silt loam, 6 to 9 percent slopesC972C10825969912q2k1nd05519741:20000
Werner-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2747D1891526993892r6ttnd05719761:20000
Sen-Chama silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2987B32822699316cdn4nd05719761:20000
Sen-Chama silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2987C248226993172r8l9nd05719761:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2439C120426993181vztmnd05719761:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2439B43326993191vztlnd05719761:20000
Cabba-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2741D1727585451vztynd05719761:20000
Chama-Cabba-Sen silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2737C4346017183561vztxnd05919981:20000
Cabba-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2741D2804117183571vztynd05919981:20000
Sen-Chama silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2987B91952699211cdn4nd05919981:20000
Chama-Sen-Cabba silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2913B481326991571vzv3nd05919981:20000
Werner-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2747D16227596742r6ttnd05919981:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2439B2517183511vztlnd05919981:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2439D2517183521vztnnd05919981:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2439C1626992121vztmnd05919981:20000
Werner-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2747D1728825259482r6ttnd06519711:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2439C455625259441vztmnd06519711:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2439B266625259431vztlnd06519711:20000
Sen-Werner loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2765C162825259502r8l0nd06519711:20000
Sen-Chama silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2987B3332755713cdn4nd06519711:20000
Cabba-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2741D22427557081vztynd06519711:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesE2439A16825259421vztknd06519711:20000
Sen-Chama silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2987C16732566582r8l9nd06519711:20000
Sen-Werner loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2765B12325259492qz90nd06519711:20000
Chama-Cabba-Sen silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2737C1227556981vztxnd06519711:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2439D527557071vztnnd06519711:20000
Chama-Cabba-Sen silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2737C2384617167881vztxnd08719741:20000
Chama-Sen-Cabba silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2913B1221127158301vzv3nd08719741:20000
Sen silt loam, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2969B11830337411cb37nd08719741:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2439B719417167831vztlnd08719741:20000
Sen-Golva silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2985B696427158392r8lbnd08719741:20000
Sen-Golva silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesE2985A432427158381vzv6nd08719741:20000
Sen silt loam, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2969C4274337412cb38nd08719741:20000
Cabba-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2741D409717167891vztynd08719741:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2439C281117167841vztmnd08719741:20000
Chama-Sen silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesE2903A156027074292r8l2nd08719741:20000
Sen, low precipitation-Floweree silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesL2985B142927159252qxl6nd08719741:20000
Sen-Golva silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2985C93727158402r8lcnd08719741:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesE2439A88927585171vztknd08719741:20000
Sen, low precipitation-Floweree silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesL2985C47427159262qxl7nd08719741:20000
Sen, low precipitation-Floweree silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesL2985A10327159242qxl5nd08719741:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2439D127074211vztnnd08719741:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2439B2065517135231vztlnd08919651:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2439C1390117135241vztmnd08919651:20000
Cabba-Chama-Sen silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2741D1010317135341vztynd08919651:20000
Chama-Cabba-Sen silt loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesE2737C880117135331vztxnd08919651:20000
Chama-Sen-Cabba silt loams, 3 to 6 percent slopesE2913B527417135391vzv3nd08919651:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesE2439D457027159941vztnnd08919651:20000
Sen-Janesburg silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesE2439A335417135221vztknd08919651:20000
Sen-Golva silt loams, 0 to 3 percent slopesE2985A148617135421vzv6nd08919651:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SEN 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 .