Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

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

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Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the TILFORD 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 TILFORD 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 TILFORD 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 TILFORD 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 TILFORD 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 TILFORD 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 TILFORD 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 TILFORD, 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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Map Units

Map units containing TILFORD 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
Rekop-Gypnevee, moderately deep-Tilford, dry complex, 6 to 15 percent slopesP388D620627331492rwfjsd04719801:24000
Tilford, dry-Gypnevee, moderately deep complex, 2 to 9 percent slopesP522C332427331632s02jsd04719801:24000
Tilford silt loam, dry, 2 to 6 percent slopesP516B255127331612s02bsd04719801:24000
Tilford silt loam, dry, 0 to 2 percent slopesP516A1402273316030wnmsd04719801:24000
Spearfish-Tilford extremely stony loams, dry, 6 to 25 percent slopesP484E64127331592rxvwsd04719801:24000
Tilford silt loam, dry, 6 to 15 percent slopesP516D45227681082s02csd04719801:24000
Tilford silt loam, cool, 2 to 6 percent slopesQ0670B18325171362ml3ssd04719801:24000
Tilford silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesTaB148355160cxkssd04719801:24000
Tilford, cool-Rockerville complex, 6 to 9 percent slopesQ0672C1625171372ml42sd04719801:24000
Nevee-Tilford silt loams, 3 to 10 percent slopesP262C370827332612rvf7sd08120071:24000
Tilford silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesP514B321727332742s028sd08120071:24000
Tilford-Nevee silt loams, 1 to 4 percent slopesP520B135627332762s02hsd08120071:24000
Barnum, moist, occasionally flooded-Tilford-Nevee silt loams, 1 to 25 percent slopesP032E105427332902qt21sd08120071:24000
Tilford silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesP514A989273327330wnlsd08120071:24000
Tilford silt loam, gravelly substratum, 2 to 6 percent slopesP518B89827332882s02gsd08120071:24000
Tilford silt loam, 6 to 10 percent slopesP514C68127332752s029sd08120071:24000
Herdcamp, somewhat poorly drained-Herdcamp-Tilford complex, 1 to 10 percent slopes, floodedP158C48927332372qt2ysd08120071:24000
Tilford silt loam, gravelly substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopesP518A40027332872s02fsd08120071:24000
Colnevee-Tilford, cool silt loams, moist, 3 to 10 percent slopesQ0908C13424268872mgcpsd08120071:24000
Tilford silt loam, cool, 6 to 10 percent slopesQ0924C10525137322mx6rsd08120071:24000
Tilford silt loam, cool, 1 to 6 percent slopesQ0924B2125137312mx6qsd08120071:24000
Tilford silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesP514B528427456392s028sd60019741:24000
Tilford silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesP514A4179274563830wnlsd60019741:24000
Tilford silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesTaB510354356cwqvsd60019741:24000
Nevee-Tilford silt loams, 3 to 10 percent slopesP262C3527681162rvf7sd60019741:24000
Tilford silt loam, 6 to 10 percent slopesP514C3327681252s029sd60019741:24000
Tilford silt loam, dry, 0 to 2 percent slopesP516A495258098130wnmsd60620111:24000
Tilford silt loam, dry, 2 to 6 percent slopesP516B498927680302s02bsd60720111:24000
Tilford, dry-Rockerville, warm complex, 6 to 9 percent slopesP524C246727456972s02ksd60720111:24000
Tilford-Urban land complex, 0 to 6 percent slopesP526B127927456982s02lsd60720111:24000
Tilford silt loam, 6 to 10 percent slopesP514C121527681582s029sd60720111:24000
Tilford silt loam, dry, 6 to 15 percent slopesP516D66127456952s02csd60720111:24000
Tilford silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesP514B64227681572s028sd60720111:24000
Tilford, cool-Rockerville complex, 6 to 9 percent slopesQ0672C60525865052ml42sd60720111:24000
Tilford silt loam, cool, 2 to 6 percent slopesQ0670B46225864592ml3ssd60720111:24000
Tilford silt loam, dry, 0 to 2 percent slopesP516A434274569430wnmsd60720111:24000
Tilford-Rockerville, warm complex, 6 to 9 percent slopesP523C38227456962s03lsd60720111:24000
Tilford silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesP514A147276815630wnlsd60720111:24000
Rekop-Gypnevee, moderately deep-Tilford, dry complex, 6 to 15 percent slopesP388D12727681502rwfjsd60720111:24000
Tilford silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesTfB1102586626cyffsd60720111:24000
Tilford, dry-Gypnevee, moderately deep complex, 2 to 9 percent slopesP522C1027681592s02jsd60720111:24000
Tilford silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesP514B1247527459342s028wy01119781:24000
Tilford silt loam, 6 to 10 percent slopesP514C741427459352s029wy01119781:24000
Corpening, warm-Rock outcrop-Tilford complex, 3 to 30 percent slopesP098E324327457952rvd5wy01119781:24000
Tilford silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesP514A1847274593330wnlwy01119781:24000
Tilford silt loam, cool, 6 to 10 percent slopesQ0924C58724401882mx6rwy01119781:24000
Tilford silt loam, cool, 1 to 6 percent slopesQ0924B32624401872mx6qwy01119781:24000
Nevee-Tilford silt loams, 3 to 10 percent slopesP262C10727459502rvf7wy01119781:24000
Tilford silt loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes18786349272cqfvwy01119781:24000
Tilford silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes18677349271cqftwy01119781:24000
Tilford-Nevee silt loams, 1 to 4 percent slopesP520B4227459522s02hwy01119781:24000
Tilford silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesP514B827682072s028wy04519841:24000
Tilford silt loam, 6 to 10 percent slopesP514C527682082s029wy04519841:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the TILFORD 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 .