Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the THERESA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of THERESA, 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 THERESA 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
95B40A166968WI015003Theresa7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.9650002,-88.0449982
95B40A167068WI015004Theresa6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.0083351,-88.1074982
95B40A1560S1953WI027021Theresa3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.3330574,-88.8055573
95B10N1062S2009WI027001Theresa7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.555925,-88.4105806
95B10N1064S2010WI131002Theresa7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.4854778,-88.2718

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the THERESA 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 THERESA 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 THERESA 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 THERESA 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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Competing Series

Soil series competing with THERESA 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 THERESA 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 THERESA 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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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with THERESA, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing THERESA 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
Theresa silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesThB519732685122szd9wi01520231:15840
Theresa silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, erodedThC2110664236542szd8wi02719761:15840
Theresa silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesThB86964236532szd9wi02719761:15840
Theresa silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, erodedThD226014236552wpylwi02719761:15840
Theresa silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, erodedThE216134236562wpymwi02719761:15840
Theresa soils, 12 to 25 percent slopes, severely erodedTrD3576423657g6vcwi02719761:15840
Theresa silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, erodedThB2191234255692szd7wi03919671:15840
Theresa silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesThB106814255682szd9wi03919671:15840
Theresa silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, erodedThC284184255712szd8wi03919671:15840
Theresa soils, 6 to 12 percent slopes, severely erodedTrC31314425574g8v6wi03919671:15840
Theresa silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopesThC11904255702wpyjwi03919671:15840
Theresa silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, erodedThD28244255732wpylwi03919671:15840
Theresa-Casco silt loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes, erodedTsC25884255772wpypwi03919671:15840
Theresa silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopesThD5054255722wpykwi03919671:15840
Theresa silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesThA4234255672szd6wi03919671:15840
Theresa-Casco silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes, erodedTsB24184255762wpynwi03919671:15840
Theresa-Casco silt loams, 12 to 20 percent slopes, erodedTsD23794255782wpyqwi03919671:15840
Theresa soils, 12 to 20 percent slopes, severely erodedTrD3232425575g8v7wi03919671:15840
Theresa-Casco silt loams, 20 to 30 percent slopes, erodedTsE21894255792xzp9wi03919671:15840
Theresa silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesThB74124238332szd9wi05519761:15840
Theresa silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, erodedThC230684238342szd8wi05519761:15840
Theresa silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesThB73232685862szd9wi07120231:15840
Theresa silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesThB9814260232szd9wi08919671:15840
Theresa silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesThB25834032512szd9wi10120231:15840
Theresa silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesThB129094239362szd9wi11719741:15840
Theresa silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesThA24484239352szd6wi11719741:15840
Theresa silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, erodedThC26044239372szd8wi11719741:15840
Theresa silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesThB165604257862szd9wi13119671:15840
Theresa silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, erodedThB2130454257872szd7wi13119671:15840
Theresa silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, erodedThC231594257882szd8wi13119671:15840
Theresa silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesThA12604257852szd6wi13119671:15840
Theresa silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesThB1057934034892szd9wi13320231:15840
Theresa silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, erodedThB2306634034882szd7wi13320231:15840
Theresa silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, erodedThC2145634034872szd8wi13320231:15840
Theresa silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesThA118734034902szd6wi13320231:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the THERESA 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 .