Soil Data Explorer - TALLULA

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the TALLULA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of TALLULA, 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 TALLULA 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
104	UMN2326	S1976MN0372326	Tallula	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.6120186,-92.8947525
105	UMN1162	S1970MN0491162	Tallula	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.5079994,-92.6452866

Water Balance

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

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

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with TALLULA 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 TALLULA 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 TALLULA 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 TALLULA, 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. IL-2011-08-03-06 | Cass County - 1989

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Ipava-Tama general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Cass County, Illinois; 1989).

Map Units

Map units containing TALLULA 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
Tallula silt loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes, moderately eroded	373D2	615	404901	flbb	ia069	1977	1:15840
Tallula silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, moderately eroded	373C2	275	404900	flb9	ia069	1977	1:15840
Tallula-Downs silt loams, 12 to 20 percent slopes	373E	197	412776	fvjc	ia125	1976	1:15840
Tallula-Bold silt loams, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded	965D2	4875	262830	8thd	il017	2003	1:12000
Tallula-Bold silt loams, 18 to 35 percent slopes	965F	526	262831	8thf	il017	2003	1:12000
Tallula-Bold silt loams, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded	965D2	587	1596061	1qktv	il107	2006	1:12000
Tallula-Bold silt loams, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	965C2	132	1596060	1qktt	il107	2006	1:12000
Tallula-Bold silt loams, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded	965D2	986	177829	5z1f	il125	1989	1:15840
Tallula-Bold silt loams, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	965C2	4310	1406149	1j66n	il129	2005	1:12000
Tallula silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes, eroded	34B2	469	1547940	1nyrk	il129	2005	1:12000
Tallula-Bold silt loams, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded	965D2	268	1406150	1j66p	il129	2005	1:12000
Tallula silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	320B	3424	396836	f9y5	mn037	1980	1:15840
Tallula silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	320C2	1429	396837	f9y6	mn037	1980	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the TALLULA 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).