Soil Data Explorer - SHERMORE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SHERMORE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SHERMORE, 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 SHERMORE were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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 SHERMORE 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 SHERMORE 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 SHERMORE 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 SHERMORE 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 flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with SHERMORE 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 SHERMORE 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).

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the SHERMORE 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 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 SHERMORE, 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 SHERMORE 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
Shermore fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded	73	1089	3179410	30x8x	ar019	1983	1:20000
Pirum-Sherless-Shermore fine sandy loams, 3 to 8 percent slopes	54	26850	3179279	30x8y	ar059	1983	1:20000
Shermore fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded	73	71	3179300	30x8x	ar059	1983	1:20000
Shermore fine sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes	NG399	2	2577852	1qfyh	ar149	1985	1:20000
Shermore fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes	34	9926	571504	30x90	ok077	1980	1:24000
Shermore fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	33	1451	571503	30x8w	ok077	1980	1:24000
Shermore fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes, moderately eroded	35	869	571505	30x91	ok077	1980	1:24000
Shermore fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes, moderately eroded	67	18939	571454	30x91	ok079	1981	1:24000
Shermore fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes	66	8680	571453	30x90	ok079	1981	1:24000
Shermore fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded	68	6225	571455	30x8x	ok079	1981	1:24000
Shermore fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	65	4775	571452	30x8w	ok079	1981	1:24000
Shermore loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes, moderately eroded	49	3321	571761	30x95	ok091	1980	1:24000
Shermore loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes	64	581	106429	30x93	ok101	1984	1:24000
Shermore-Clearview-Gullied land complex, 3 to 5 percent slopes	SCGC4	2886	384201	dwsl	ok107	1996	1:24000
Shermore fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes, moderately eroded	ShmC2	1132	384207	30x91	ok107	1996	1:24000
Shermore fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes	ShmC	432	384206	30x90	ok107	1996	1:24000
Shermore fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes	47	13705	571300	30x90	ok127	1977	1:24000
Shermore fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	46	5487	571299	30x8w	ok127	1977	1:24000
Shermore fine sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes, moderately eroded	48	3291	571301	30x91	ok127	1977	1:24000
Shermore loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes, moderately eroded	PcC2	8888	571904	30x94	ok135	1966	1:24000
Shermore loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes	PcC	6902	571903	30x93	ok135	1966	1:24000
Shermore loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	PcB	4902	571902	30x92	ok135	1966	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SHERMORE 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).