Soil Data Explorer - SHERLESS

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SHERLESS soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SHERLESS, 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 SHERLESS were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the SHERLESS 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 SHERLESS series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the SHERLESS 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 SHERLESS 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 terrace figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with SHERLESS share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the SHERLESS 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 SHERLESS 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 flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with SHERLESS, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing SHERLESS 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
Pirum-Sherless-Shermore fine sandy loams, 3 to 8 percent slopes	54	17633	3179389	30x8y	ar019	1983	1:20000
Carnasaw-Bismarck-Sherless complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	13	3199	3179344	2y1lz	ar019	1983	1:20000
Bismarck-Sherless-Clebit complex, 12 to 30 percent slopes, very stony	14	29143	565598	2z9cm	ar051	1986	1:20000
Bismarck-Sherless-Clebit complex, 8 to 12 percent slopes, stony	13	14220	565597	2z9cn	ar051	1986	1:20000
Bismarck-Clebit-Sherless complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes, stony	12	10994	565596	2z9cp	ar051	1986	1:20000
Sherless-Clebit complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	32	9888	565618	lzkr	ar051	1986	1:20000
Sherless-Clebit complex, 12 to 30 percent slopes	34	7207	565620	lzkt	ar051	1986	1:20000
Sherless-Clebit complex, 8 to 12 percent slopes	33	2810	565619	lzks	ar051	1986	1:20000
Pirum-Sherless-Shermore fine sandy loams, 3 to 8 percent slopes	54	26850	3179279	30x8y	ar059	1983	1:20000
Carnasaw-Bismarck-Sherless complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	13	5269	3179234	2y1lz	ar059	1983	1:20000
Carnasaw-Sherless complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely stony	15F	27478	577504	2zphf	ar097	1997	1:24000
Sherless-Littlefir complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony	45D	16941	577497	2vz7v	ar097	1997	1:24000
Nashoba-Bismarck-Sherless complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, rubbly	37F	10323	577507	2y1m8	ar097	1997	1:24000
Sherless-Littlefir complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	45C	9068	577496	2t5yh	ar097	1997	1:24000
Bismarck-Nashoba-Sherless complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	11D	8912	577474	2y1m4	ar097	1997	1:24000
Sherless-Littlefir-Nashoba complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely stony	46F	7989	577505	mcy6	ar097	1997	1:24000
Carnasaw-Sherless-Clebit complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, rubbly	16G	5371	577511	mcyd	ar097	1997	1:24000
Carnasaw-Sherless-Clebit complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, rubbly	16F	4918	577514	mcyh	ar097	1997	1:24000
Carnasaw-Sherless complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony	14D	3875	577503	2y1nf	ar097	1997	1:24000
Bismarck-Nashoba-Sherless complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes, stony	11C	3616	577473	2y1m1	ar097	1997	1:24000
Pirum-Sherless complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	42C	440	577528	mcyy	ar097	1997	1:24000
Sherless-Littlefir-Nashoba complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	73	90015	1542889	1nshm	ar109	2005	1:20000
Sherless-Littlefir complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	72	33788	1542888	2t5yh	ar109	2005	1:20000
Sherless-Littlefir-Nashoba complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	74	21894	1542898	1nshx	ar109	2005	1:20000
Carnasaw-Sherless complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely stony	16	13731	1542896	2zphf	ar109	2005	1:20000
Sherless-Nashoba complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes, extremely stony	75	5683	1542899	1nshy	ar109	2005	1:20000
Carnasaw-Sherless complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony	15	4917	1542895	2y1nf	ar109	2005	1:20000
Nashoba-Littlefir-Sherless complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, rubbly	52	4078	1542901	1nsj0	ar109	2005	1:20000
Pirum-Sherless-Bonnerdale complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	67	1694	1542883	1nshf	ar109	2005	1:20000
Sherless-Littlefir complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony	31D	61898	570874	2vz7v	ar113	1991	1:20000
Sherless-Nashoba-Bismarck complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely stony	33F	48375	570886	2y1mn	ar113	1991	1:20000
Sherless-Littlefir complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	31C	25571	570873	2t5yh	ar113	1991	1:20000
Sherless-Nashoba complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony	32D	24703	570885	m51n	ar113	1991	1:20000
Carnasaw-Sherless complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, rubbly	12F	22109	570881	m51j	ar113	1991	1:20000
Sherless-Nashoba complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes, stony	32C	16271	570884	m51m	ar113	1991	1:20000
Bismarck-Nashoba-Sherless complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	10D	15987	570849	2y1m4	ar113	1991	1:20000
Sherless-Littlefir complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely stony	31F	12299	570883	m51l	ar113	1991	1:20000
Bismarck-Nashoba-Sherless complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes, stony	10C	11596	570848	2y1m1	ar113	1991	1:20000
Carnasaw-Sherless complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, extremely stony	12D	5474	570880	2y1nf	ar113	1991	1:20000
Sherless gravelly fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	30C	5240	570868	m513	ar113	1991	1:20000
Carnasaw-Sherless complex, 20 to 35 percent slopes	CDF	100271	566308	m090	ar127	1993	1:20000
Carnasaw-Sherless complex, 8 to 20 percent slopes	CDE	72900	566307	m08z	ar127	1993	1:20000
Carnasaw-Sherless-Clebit complex, 20 to 35 percent slopes	CNF	45103	566311	m093	ar127	1993	1:20000
Carnasaw-Sherless-Clebit complex, 8 to 20 percent slopes, rocky, extremely stony	CNE	22330	566310	2zphj	ar127	1993	1:20000
Carnasaw-Sherless complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	CDC	21784	566306	m08y	ar127	1993	1:20000
Clebit-Sherless-Carnasaw complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes	CSG	5490	566319	m09c	ar127	1993	1:20000
Carnasaw-Sherless-Clebit complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	CNC	3810	566309	m091	ar127	1993	1:20000
Sherless-Bismarck-Nashoba complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely stony	30E	21280	1707533	2y1md	ar133	1996	1:24000
Sherless-Littlefir complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, stony	31D	16041	1707532	2vz7v	ar133	1996	1:24000
Sherless-Nashoba complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	32C	9035	1707536	1v9tt	ar133	1996	1:24000
Sherless-Littlefir complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes	31C	3165	1707531	2t5yh	ar133	1996	1:24000
Carnasaw-Sherless-Clebit complex, 20 to 40 percent slopes	13	39814	564970	lywv	ar149	1985	1:20000
Carnasaw-Sherless complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	NG265	34399	2577831	1qfwy	ar149	1985	1:20000
Carnasaw-Sherless-Clebit complex, 8 to 20 percent slopes, rocky, extremely stony	12	28001	564969	2zphj	ar149	1985	1:20000
Carnasaw-Sherless complex 3 to 8 percent slopes	NG263	17538	2577830	1qfwx	ar149	1985	1:20000
Carnasaw-Sherless complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely stony	NG260	6421	2495385	1qfzk	ar149	1985	1:20000
Sherless-Littlefir-Nashoba complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, extremely stony	NG355	4216	2577851	1qfyf	ar149	1985	1:20000
Sherless-Littlefir-Nashoba complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony	NG354	2738	2577850	1qfyd	ar149	1985	1:20000
Littlefir-Sherless-Nashoba complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes, very stony	NG397	1702	2495384	1qfzc	ar149	1985	1:20000
Sherless-Littlefir complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes	NG350	1005	2577849	1qfyc	ar149	1985	1:20000
Sherless gravelly fine sandy loam, 1 to 8 percent slopes	NG341	922	2577848	1qfy9	ar149	1985	1:20000
Nashoba-Bismarck-Sherless complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, rubbly	NG311	464	2577840	1qfxr	ar149	1985	1:20000
Sherless fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	48	304	565008	lyy2	ar149	1985	1:20000
Sherless-Bengal complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	64	24380	571451	m5mx	ok079	1981	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SHERLESS 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).