Soil Data Explorer - SILVER CREEK

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SILVER CREEK soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SILVER CREEK, 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 SILVER CREEK 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
71	40A2174	S1949NE079008	Silver Creek	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.9744453,-98.3416672
71	40A2314	S1951NE079009	Silver Creek	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.960556,-98.543335
71	40A2312	S1952NE019001	Silver Creek	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.7352791,-98.7544479
71	40A2313	S1952NE019002	Silver Creek	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.7283325,-98.8408356
71	40A2175	S1976NE121118	Silver Creek	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.218338,-97.9634171
71	01P0129	S2000NE079001	Silver Creek	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.9738922,-98.3389816
71	01P0130	S2000NE079002	Silver Creek	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.9761162,-98.3420334
71	01P0131	S2000NE079003	Silver Creek	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.0463905,-98.5445404

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the SILVER CREEK 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 SILVER CREEK 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 SILVER CREEK 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 SILVER CREEK 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 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 flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with SILVER CREEK 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 SILVER CREEK 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 SILVER CREEK 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 SILVER CREEK, 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 SILVER CREEK 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
Silver Creek silt loam, rarely flooded	8553	1017	1700079	1v228	ne019	1967	1:20000
Silver Creek complex, rarely flooded	8550	620	1691324	1tryv	ne023	1979	1:20000
Silver Creek complex, rarely flooded	8550	2129	1699713	1v1pg	ne047	1975	1:20000
Silver Creek silt loam, rarely flooded	8553	1643	1699711	1v1pd	ne047	1975	1:20000
Silver Creek silty clay loam, rarely flooded	8556	949	1699712	1v1pf	ne047	1975	1:20000
Wood River-Silver Creek silt loams, 0 to 1 percent slopes	8963	13944	1700197	1v262	ne079	2003	1:12000
Wood River-Silver Creek fine sandy loams, 0 to 1 percent slopes	8962	4620	1700196	1v261	ne079	2003	1:12000
Silver Creek complex, saline-alkali, rarely flooded	8551	2518	1700175	1v25c	ne079	2003	1:12000
Silver Creek fine sandy loam, overblown, occasionally ponded	8552	689	1700174	1v25b	ne079	2003	1:12000
Silver Creek-Slickspots complex, rarely flooded	8557	892	99742	3bsh	ne093	1968	1:12000
Silver Creek complex, saline-alkali, rarely flooded	8551	242	2228909	2dtc9	ne093	1968	1:12000
Wood River-Silver Creek fine sandy loams, 0 to 1 percent slopes	8962	11	2228915	2dtch	ne093	1968	1:12000
Silver Creek silt loam, occasionally flooded	8554	7460	1699215	1v15d	ne111	1971	1:24000
Silver Creek-Saltine complex, rarely flooded	8555	891	1699216	1v15f	ne111	1971	1:24000
Silver Creek complex, saline-alkali, rarely flooded	8551	513	2228263	2dspg	ne121	1978	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SILVER CREEK 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).