Aggregate lab data for the TILSIT soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of TILSIT, 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 TILSIT were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE
.Pedons used in the lab summary:
Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the TILSIT 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.
Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the TILSIT series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot
, parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .Select annual climate data summaries for the TILSIT series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data
.Geomorphic description summaries for the TILSIT 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 .
Soil series competing with TILSIT share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records
and snapshot of the SC database .Select annual climate data summaries for the TILSIT series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data
.Geomorphic description summaries for the TILSIT 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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Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Berks-Gilpin-Wellston association (Soil Survey of Jackson County, Indiana; 1990).
Relationship of relief and geologic strata to certain of the soil series represented in Perry County. The vertical scale is greatly exaggerated (Soil Survey of Perry County, Indiana; 1969).
Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Trappist-Tilsit-Lenberg general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Garrard and Lincoln Counties, Kentucky; 2006).
Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Blairton-Berks-Brownsville general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Lewis County, Kentucky; 2004).
Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Berks-Brownsville-Blairton general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Lewis County, Kentucky; 2004).
Typical pattern of soils and their relationship to geology and topography in the Jessietown-Muse-Rohan general soil map unit in Estill County (Soil Survey of Estill and Lee Counties, Kentucky; 2007).
Typical landscape in the knobby areas of the county showing the topography, the relationship of some of the principal soils, and the parent rocks (Soil Survey of Bath County, Kentucky; September 1963).
Cross section of Bath County showing the major soils and their relationship to the rock formations and to relief (Soil Survey of Bath County, Kentucky; September 1963).
Typical pattern of soils and underlying materials in association 1 (Soil Survey of Caldwell County, Kentucky; September 1966).
Typical pattern of soils and underlying materials in association 3 (Soil Survey of Caldwell County, Kentucky; September 1966).
Major soil series in soil association 10, their relationship to the landscape, and the parent rocks from which the soils formed (Soil Survey of Clark County, Kentucky; 1964).
Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Muse-Blairton-Brownsville soil map unit (Soil Survey of Fleming County, Kentucky; October 1993).
Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Bledsoe-Wallen-Wellston general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Hart County, Kentucky; May 1993).
Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Jefferson-Lily-Wellston general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Hart County, Kentucky; May 1993).
Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Trappist-Crider-Faywood general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Marion County, Kentucky; August 1991).
Pattern of soils and underlying material in the Tilsit-Clifty-Morehead association (Soil Survey of Menifee and Rowan Counties and Northwestern Morgan County, Kentucky; December 1974).
Pattern of soils and underlying material in the Latham-Tilsit-Johnsburg association (Soil Survey of Menifee and Rowan Counties and Northwestern Morgan County, Kentucky; December 1974).
The pattern of soils and relationship to topography and underlying material in the Tilsit-Morehead-Tyler general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Montgomery County, Kentucky; January 1986).
The pattern of soils and relationship to topography and underlying material in the Lenberg-Trappist-Colyer general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Montgomery County, Kentucky; January 1986).
Pattern of soils and underlying material in association 9 (Soil Survey of Pulaski County, Kentucky; December 1974).
Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Latham-Wharton-Shelocta association (Soil Survey of Scioto County, Ohio; January 1989).
The typical pattern of upland soils and parent materials that are dominant throughout the survey area (Soil Survey of Jackson and Mason Counties, West Virginia).
The dominant upland and high terrace soils in the Upper Flats area of northern Mason County. These high terrace soils have their origins associated with the ancient Teays River system (Soil Survey of Jackson and Mason Counties, West Virginia).
Map units containing TILSIT as a major component. Limited to 250 records.
Approximate geographic distribution of the TILSIT 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 .