Soil Data Explorer - SHULLSBURG

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

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

Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRA	Lab ID	Pedon ID	Taxonname	CI	NSSL / NASIS Reports	Link To SoilWeb GMap
105	UMN2389	S1976MN0552389	Shullsburg	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.5269012,-91.6310196
105	UMN2745	S1978MN1692745	Shullsburg	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.9363823,-91.9791718
105	X3-206-1	S1984IA005004	Shullsburg	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.3461844,-91.5057213
105	X3-206B-2	S1987IA005010	Shullsburg	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.3403309,-91.5184591

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the SHULLSBURG 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 SHULLSBURG 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 SHULLSBURG 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 SHULLSBURG 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 mountains figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with SHULLSBURG 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 SHULLSBURG 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 SHULLSBURG 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 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 SHULLSBURG, 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 SHULLSBURG 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
Shullsburg silty clay loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes	206C	252	402400	fhqn	ia005	1992	1:15840
Shullsburg silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	745B	648	1949696	23ftf	il085	1990	1:12000
Shullsburg silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	745A	1	2393884	2lc12	il085	1990	1:12000
Shullsburg silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	745C2	834	1592068	1qfp1	il177	2006	1:12000
Shullsburg silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	745B	283	1592067	1qfp0	il177	2006	1:12000
Schapville-Shullsburg complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded	N630C2	980	1711632	1vg2y	mn049	2007	1:12000
Schapville-Shullsburg complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	N630B	172	1711635	1vg31	mn049	2007	1:12000
Shullsburg silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	312C	352	398267	fcfb	mn055	1981	1:15840
Shullsburg silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	312B	213	398266	fcf9	mn055	1981	1:15840
Shullsburg silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	312C	1432	400759	fg0q	mn109	1977	1:15840
Shullsburg silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	312B	1397	400758	fg0p	mn109	1977	1:15840
Shullsburg silt loam, wet variant, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SgB	90	426247	g9jx	wi009	1970	1:20000
Shullsburg silt loam, till plain, 1 to 6 percent slopes	168B	394	1690979	1trlq	wi093	2006	1:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SHULLSBURG 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).