Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

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

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Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRALab IDPedon IDTaxonnameCINSSL / NASIS ReportsLink To SoilWeb GMap
107BM87195101987MO195010mSnead3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.0214272,-93.4854813
113M93019161993MO019016Snead4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties38.818288,-92.2489633
115BM91019161991MO019016Snead4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.0291932,-92.2552856
115BM91019171991MO019017Snead4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties39.0284561,-92.2527517
115BM07027772007MO027077SNEAD3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties38.8657778,-91.6630833

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the SNEAD 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.

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Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the SNEAD series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the SNEAD series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the SNEAD 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 .

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There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

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There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with SNEAD share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the SNEAD series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the SNEAD 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 .

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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 SNEAD, 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 .

Block Diagrams

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  1. MO-2012-02-06-24 | Clay and Ray Counties - January 1986

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the Snead-Ladoga association (Soil Survey of Clay and Ray Counties, Missouri; January 1986).

  2. MO-2012-02-06-25 | Clay and Ray Counties - January 1986

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the Knox-Sibley association (Soil Survey of Clay and Ray Counties, Missouri; January 1986).

Map Units

Map units containing SNEAD 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
Snead-Rock outcrop complex, 14 to 30 percent slopes1014146225282222zccnmo02119841:24000
Snead silty clay loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes, eroded30205422725319092qnt8mo02519671:24000
Snead silty clay loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes302032011888018yt1rmo02519671:24000
Snead silty clay loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes30204152825319072qnt7mo02519671:24000
Snead-Rock outcrop complex, 14 to 30 percent slopes1014197725282212zccnmo02519671:24000
Snead silty clay loam, 14 to 20 percent slopes30202739888021yt1vmo02519671:24000
Snead-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 14 percent slopes1014220225282302zccqmo02519671:24000
Snead silty clay loam, 5 to 14 percent slopes101394325214112ql0mmo02519671:24000
Snead silty clay loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes, eroded3020560025319102qnt8mo02719861:24000
Snead silty clay loam, 5 to 14 percent slopes101396725214102ql0mmo03319881:24000
Snead-Rock outcrop complex, warm, 5 to 14 percent slopes401071950125282332zccrmo03719811:24000
Snead silty clay loam, 5 to 14 percent slopes101391461625214122ql0mmo03719811:24000
Snead-Rock outcrop complex, warm, 14 to 30 percent slopes40108303025282242zccpmo03719811:24000
Snead silty clay loam, warm, 5 to 14 percent slopes, eroded1014011225214152zccjmo03719811:24000
Snead-Rock outcrop complex, 14 to 30 percent slopes10141639825214172zccnmo04719821:24000
Snead-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 14 percent slopes10142466425282262zccqmo04719821:24000
Snead silty clay loam, 5 to 14 percent slopes10139160425214092ql0mmo04719821:24000
Snead-Urban land complex, 9 to 30 percent slopes10143114525282342ql0rmo04719821:24000
Snead silty clay loam, 14 to 30 percent slopes1013818225214062ql0lmo04719821:24000
Snead silty clay loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes, eroded302052725319112qnt8mo04919811:24000
Snead silty clay, 6 to 14 percent slopes30206789887956yszrmo06119521:24000
Snead silty clay loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes, eroded302057425319122qnt8mo06119521:24000
Snead silty clay loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes302045325319062qnt7mo06119521:24000
Snead silty clay, warm, 5 to 14 percent slopes, eroded4010665948869292zccmmo08319721:24000
Snead silty clay, warm, 2 to 5 percent slopes401046668869272zcckmo08319721:24000
Snead silty clay, warm, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded401055918869282zcclmo08319721:24000
Snead-Rock outcrop complex, warm, 5 to 14 percent slopes4010744425282322zccrmo08319721:24000
Snead-Rock outcrop complex, warm, 14 to 30 percent slopes401081995525214202zccpmo09519821:24000
Snead-Urban land complex, 9 to 30 percent slopes101431476025282362ql0rmo09519821:24000
Snead-Rock outcrop complex, warm, 5 to 14 percent slopes401071299025282292zccrmo09519821:24000
Snead silty clay loam, warm, 5 to 14 percent slopes, eroded101402296525214142zccjmo10119771:24000
Snead-Rock outcrop complex, warm, 5 to 14 percent slopes401071057425282312zccrmo10119771:24000
Snead-Rock outcrop complex, warm, 14 to 30 percent slopes40108864425282232zccpmo10119771:24000
Snead silty clay loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes, eroded30205173525319132qnt8mo10719701:24000
Snead-Rock outcrop complex, warm, 14 to 30 percent slopes4010818025214192zccpmo10719701:24000
Snead-Rock outcrop complex, warm, 5 to 14 percent slopes401078125282282zccrmo10719701:24000
Snead silty clay loam, warm, 5 to 14 percent slopes, eroded101405325214132zccjmo10719701:24000
Snead silty clay loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes, eroded30205116325319082qnt8mo13919751:24000
Snead-Rock outcrop complex, 14 to 30 percent slopes101411476325214182zccnmo16519821:24000
Snead-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 14 percent slopes10142879825282272zccqmo16519821:24000
Snead-Urban land complex, 9 to 30 percent slopes10143164325282352ql0rmo16519821:24000
Snead-Rock outcrop complex, 14 to 30 percent slopes101413011225214162zccnmo17719791:24000
Snead silty clay loam, 5 to 14 percent slopes10139883625214082ql0mmo17719791:24000
Snead-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 14 percent slopes10142742425282252zccqmo17719791:24000
Snead silty clay loam, 14 to 30 percent slopes1013884025214072ql0lmo17719791:24000
Snead silty clay loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes, eroded3020544125319142qnt8mo19519891:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the SNEAD 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 .