Soil Data Explorer - SISSON

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SISSON soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SISSON, 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 SISSON 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 SISSON 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 SISSON 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 SISSON 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 SISSON 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).

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with SISSON 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 SISSON 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 SISSON 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).

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with SISSON, 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 SISSON 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
Sisson-Strawn complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	SaC2	7	3291350	5fqz	in095	1965	1:15840
Sisson-Strawn complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	SaC2	340	162160	5fqz	in159	1985	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SnB	657	186400	67yx	mi037	1974	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SfB	661	186895	68gw	mi049	1967	1:20000
Sisson fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	SfC	408	186896	68gx	mi049	1967	1:20000
Sisson fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	SgB	15	2423764	2mc3y	mi049	1967	1:20000
Sisson very fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	ShC	1	2409723	2lwj0	mi049	1967	1:20000
Sisson fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SnB	914	186755	68bc	mi065	1977	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	SnC	364	186756	68bd	mi065	1977	1:15840
Sisson very fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded	SfB2	326	192147	6fy9	mi087	1966	1:15840
Sisson very fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded	SfC2	304	192149	6fyc	mi087	1966	1:15840
Sisson very fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SfB	206	192146	6fy8	mi087	1966	1:15840
Sisson very fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	SfC	143	192148	6fyb	mi087	1966	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	SgB	3	2673679	6bh7	mi087	1966	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SmB	571	187686	699d	mi099	1967	1:20000
Sisson fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	SmC	112	187687	699f	mi099	1967	1:20000
Sisson loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes	123D	25	2509213	5prq	mi115	1980	1:15840
Sisson loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	123C	4	2509212	5prp	mi115	1980	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	23B	1601	188828	6bh7	mi125	1980	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	23C	646	188829	6bh8	mi125	1980	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	132B	8	2508685	699d	mi125	1980	1:15840
Sisson very fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	144B	5	2673698	6fy8	mi125	1980	1:15840
Sisson very fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	136B	23	2508135	6fy8	mi157	1984	1:15840
Sisson very fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	136C	7	2508136	6fyb	mi157	1984	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SnB	1972	191672	6ffz	mi161	1974	1:20000
Sisson fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	SnC	1128	191673	6fg0	mi161	1974	1:20000
Sisson-Urban land complex, 2 to 12 percent slopes	SnB	1546	169872	5prr	oh095	1978	1:15840
Sisson loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes	SmD	826	169871	5prq	oh095	1978	1:15840
Sisson loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	SmC	614	169870	5prp	oh095	1978	1:15840
Sisson loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SmB	451	169869	5prn	oh095	1978	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SoB	1865	422964	2wsr8	wi001	1978	1:20000
Sisson silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SnB	2393	426252	g9k2	wi009	1970	1:20000
Sisson fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	ShB	2351	426248	2wsr8	wi009	1970	1:20000
Sisson fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	ShC2	637	426249	2wsr9	wi009	1970	1:20000
Kewaunee-Sisson complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, eroded	KmE2	632	426203	2xzq7	wi009	1970	1:20000
Sisson silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SnA	571	426251	g9k1	wi009	1970	1:20000
Waymor-Casco-Sisson complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes	WsC	521	426267	g9kk	wi009	1970	1:20000
Waymor-Casco-Sisson complex, 12 to 25 percent slopes	WsE	457	426268	g9kl	wi009	1970	1:20000
Sisson fine sandy loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded	ShD2	270	426250	2wsrb	wi009	1970	1:20000
Sisson fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SnB	2731	423369	2wsr8	wi021	1972	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	SnC2	1465	423370	2wsr9	wi021	1972	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded	SnD2	707	423371	2wsrb	wi021	1972	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SnA	426	423368	2wsr7	wi021	1972	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes	SnE	304	423372	g6k5	wi021	1972	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SuB	883	423650	2wsr8	wi027	1976	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	SuC2	701	423651	2wsr9	wi027	1976	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SuA	139	423649	2wsr7	wi027	1976	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded	SuD2	132	423652	2wsrb	wi027	1976	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SnB	942	422274	2wsr8	wi029	1975	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SnA	350	422273	2wsr7	wi029	1975	1:15840
Sisson silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	SuB2	167	425565	g8tx	wi039	1967	1:15840
Sisson loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SnB	608	423757	g6yl	wi047	1974	1:20000
Sisson loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	SnC2	290	423758	g6ym	wi047	1974	1:20000
Sisson loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded	SnD2	151	423759	g6yn	wi047	1974	1:20000
Sisson fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SoB	1629	423831	2wsr8	wi055	1976	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	SoC2	622	423832	2wsr9	wi055	1976	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	SoB2	593	426144	2wsrc	wi077	1969	1:20000
Sisson fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SoA	582	426143	2wsr7	wi077	1969	1:20000
Sisson loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SsB	417	426146	g9fn	wi077	1969	1:20000
Sisson loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SsA	326	426145	g9fm	wi077	1969	1:20000
Hochheim-Sisson-Casco complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	HsB2	5160	425973	2wsrf	wi089	1967	1:15840
Hochheim-Sisson-Casco complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	HsC2	2360	425974	2wsrg	wi089	1967	1:15840
Hochheim-Sisson-Casco complex, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded	HsD2	1544	425975	2wsrh	wi089	1967	1:15840
Hochheim-Sisson-Casco complex, 20 to 35 percent slopes, eroded	HsE2	811	425976	2wsrj	wi089	1967	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	SrB2	478	426022	2wsrc	wi089	1967	1:15840
Hochheim-Sisson-Casco complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	HsA	446	425972	2wsrd	wi089	1967	1:15840
Sisson loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SkB	1290	426389	g9ph	wi105	1970	1:20000
Sisson loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	SkC2	529	426390	g9pj	wi105	1970	1:20000
Sisson loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SkA	400	426388	g9pg	wi105	1970	1:20000
Sisson loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SnB	1351	423210	g6cy	wi111	1977	1:15840
Sisson very fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SrB	2993	423932	g747	wi117	1974	1:15840
Hochheim-Casco-Sisson complex, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded	HsD2	1617	423891	2wsrp	wi117	1974	1:15840
Hochheim-Casco-Sisson complex, 20 to 30 percent slopes, eroded	HsE	1366	423892	2wsrr	wi117	1974	1:15840
Hochheim-Casco-Sisson complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	HsC2	1308	423890	2wsrn	wi117	1974	1:15840
Sisson very fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SrA	960	423931	g746	wi117	1974	1:15840
Sisson very fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	SrC2	723	423933	g748	wi117	1974	1:15840
Sisson-Casco-Hochheim complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	SvB2	3870	425781	g91w	wi131	1967	1:15840
Sisson-Casco-Hochheim complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	SvC2	2114	425782	g91x	wi131	1967	1:15840
Sisson-Casco-Hochheim complex, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded	SvD2	1632	425783	g91y	wi131	1967	1:15840
Sisson-Casco-Hochheim complex, 20 to 30 percent slopes	SvE	1350	425784	g91z	wi131	1967	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SrB	768	425777	2wsr8	wi131	1967	1:15840
Sisson-Casco-Hochheim complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SvA	252	425780	g91v	wi131	1967	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded	SrD2	233	425779	2wsrb	wi131	1967	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	SrC2	171	425778	2wsr9	wi131	1967	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SrB	1360	424109	2wsr8	wi601	1967	1:15840
Sisson fine sandy loam, clayey substratum, 1 to 6 percent slopes	SsB	99	424110	g79z	wi601	1967	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SISSON 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).