Soil Data Explorer - SLEETH

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the SLEETH soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of SLEETH, 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 SLEETH 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
111A	HM7302	1973IN057002	Sleeth	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.0995139,-85.9997333
111A	JO7307	1973IN081007	Sleeth	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.4885222,-86.04515
111A	40A5283	S1959IN045006	Sleeth	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.2862358,-85.9503784
111A	40A5284	S1959IN045007	Sleeth	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.2862358,-85.9503784
111A	06N0671	S2005IN159005	Sleeth	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.3362236,-85.9187241
111B	RA7818	1978IN135018	Sleeth	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.2815472,-85.0752194
111B	RA7947	1979IN135047	Sleeth	n/a	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.2914,-85.2060778
n/a	PB-051	1960-OH135-051	Sleeth	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	DL-033	1962-OH041-033	Sleeth	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	GN-029	1972-OH057-029	Sleeth	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a
n/a	LG-041	1974-OH091-041	Sleeth	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a

Water Balance

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with SLEETH, 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

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

1. IN-2012-01-19-08 | Carroll County - November 1958

   Schematic cross section of west-central Carroll County showing soil series, parent material, native vegetation, and drainage. Roman numerals below each profile indicate drainage as follows: II, imperfect; IV, good; V, good to excessive; VI, excessive; VII, poor; and VIII, very poor (Soil Survey of Carroll County, Indiana; 1958).

2. IN-2012-01-20-05 | Rush County - January 1986

   Pattern of soils and parent material in the Ockley-Westland-Sleeth map unit (Soil Survey of Rush County, Indiana; 1986).

3. MI-2010-09-07-02 | Calhoun County - 1997

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Hillsdale-Kalamazoo-Oshtemo association (Soil Survey of Calhoun County, Michigan; 1997).

Map Units

Map units containing SLEETH 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
Sleeth loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SnfA	822	200921	6r2b	in005	2002	1:12000
Urban land-Sleeth complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	UmqA	393	207330	6yr2	in005	2002	1:12000
Sleeth silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SngA	668	679075	2w3qm	in011	2003	1:12000
Waynetown-Sleeth silt loams, till substrata, 0 to 1 percent slopes	WpA	9296	165248	5jyl	in015	1987	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam	Sm	3097	162457	5g1k	in017	1979	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	St	646	162359	2w3qm	in023	1978	1:20000
Sleeth silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SngA	1623	242501	2w3qm	in045	1999	1:12000
Sleeth loam	St	496	3186641	5dbm	in057	1976	1:15840
Sleeth loam-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	YsnA	361	3105119	2w58w	in057	1976	1:15840
Urban land-Sleeth loam complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	UmqA	41	3105118	2xf6s	in057	1976	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Sl	1	3291304	2w3qm	in057	1976	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Sk	1552	165287	2w3qm	in065	1984	1:15840
Sleeth loam	Sk	983	161688	5f7r	in081	1975	1:15840
Sleeth loam-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	YsnA	167	3189050	2w58w	in081	1975	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, loamy substratum	Sm	1273	162125	5fpv	in095	1965	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Sl	1001	162124	2w3qm	in095	1965	1:15840
Sleeth loam-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	YsnA	355	3104707	2w58w	in097	1975	1:15840
Sleeth loam	Sk	120	164440	5j3j	in097	1975	1:15840
Urban land-Sleeth loam complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	UmqA	44	3104706	2xf6s	in097	1975	1:15840
Sleeth loam	Sn	1549	161992	5fkk	in103	1977	1:20000
Sleeth silt loam, loamy substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SmA	1587	159800	5c8v	in121	1965	1:20000
Sleeth loam, loamy substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopes	ShA	505	159799	5c8t	in121	1965	1:20000
Sleeth loam	Sm	1379	161314	5dvp	in135	1984	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Sm	3762	161003	2w3qm	in139	1983	1:15840
Sleeth loam	Sm	5745	160757	5d8q	in145	1968	1:15840
Sleeth loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SmA	592	164299	5hyz	in157	1990	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, loamy substratum	Sm	29	3291367	5fpv	in159	1985	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam	Sm	311	160471	5czh	in165	1977	1:20000
Sleeth silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Sk	2673	249136	2w3qm	in177	1984	1:15840
Sleeth loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	45A	4281	188712	6bch	mi025	1993	1:15840
Sleeth loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	SeA	15921	187082	68nx	mi077	1978	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SnA	278	171859	5rtv	oh003	1998	1:12000
Sleeth silt loam, Southern Ohio Till Plain, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SlA	257	169799	2w3qp	oh017	1977	1:15840
Urban land-Sleeth, Southern Ohio Till Plain, complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	USlA	25	3381145	30trp	oh017	1977	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, Southern Ohio Till Plain, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SkA	715	172310	2w3qp	oh045	1998	1:12000
Sleeth silt loam, Southern Ohio Till Plain, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SlA	117	169271	2w3qp	oh047	1968	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, Southern Ohio Till Plain, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SlA	1197	167935	2w3qp	oh049	1977	1:15840
Sleeth-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SmA	381	167936	5mr9	oh049	1977	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, Southern Ohio Till Plain, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SlA	623	169349	2w3qp	oh057	1974	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	SkA	767	168967	5ntk	oh065	1987	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SmA	12	1611229	1r2m4	oh065	1987	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, Southern Ohio Till Plain, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SlA	183	1420524	2w3qp	oh071	1973	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, Southern Ohio Till Plain, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SkA	1480	171080	2w3qp	oh089	1986	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SlA	1756	171169	5r3l	oh091	1977	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	SmA	21	1593182	1qgtz	oh091	1977	1:15840
Sleeth loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	SkA	1674	171221	5r58	oh101	1984	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, loamy substratum, 0 to 3 percent slopes	SmA	81	1400473	1j09k	oh101	1984	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, Southern Ohio Till Plain, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SlA	227	169541	2w3qp	oh109	1973	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, loamy substratum, 0 to 3 percent slopes	SkA	4040	170370	5q8t	oh117	1986	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, Southern Ohio Till Plain, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SlA	1486	171298	2w3qp	oh129	1977	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, loamy substratum, 0 to 3 percent slopes	SmA	4	1406558	1j6mv	oh139	1971	1:15840
Sleeth silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	SlA	312	1406104	1j656	oh159	1970	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SLEETH 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).