Soil Data Explorer - TONGUE RIVER

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the TONGUE RIVER soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of TONGUE RIVER, 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 TONGUE RIVER were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

There are insufficient data to create the lab data summary figure.

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the TONGUE RIVER 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 TONGUE RIVER 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 TONGUE RIVER 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 TONGUE RIVER 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).

Competing Series

Soil series competing with TONGUE RIVER 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 TONGUE RIVER 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).

Geomorphic description summaries for the TONGUE RIVER 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 3D terrace figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with TONGUE RIVER, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing TONGUE RIVER 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
Tongue River loam, 5 to 60 percent slopes	TrF	1738	509802	k3h7	co661	1968	1:31680
Tongue River loam, 10 to 50 percent slopes	TrF	5448	498231	jqfz	co662	1968	1:24000
Stemple, stony-Tongue River-Yellowmule complex, 8 to 45 percent slopes, landslides	816F	7072	2485304	2pf53	mt612	2011	1:24000
Tongue River-Yellowmule-Helmville complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes, landslides	728F	1655	2515383	2ppjd	mt612	2011	1:24000
Leavitt-Tongue River-Knep complex, 4 to 35 percent slopes, landslides	819E	1372	2485089	2pdy5	mt612	2011	1:24000
Tongue River-Inabnit, very stony-Doolittle complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	822F	1143	2486451	2pgc3	mt612	2011	1:24000
Tongue River-Hooligan-Leavitt complex, 8 to 45 percent slopes	821F	1053	2485179	2pf12	mt612	2011	1:24000
Stemple, very stony-Tongue River complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes, landslides	820D	249	2486434	2pgbk	mt612	2011	1:24000
Tongue River-Hooligan-Leavitt complex, 8 to 45 percent slopes	821F	1365	2492950	2pf12	mt614	2012	1:24000
Leavitt-Tongue River-Knep complex, 4 to 35 percent slopes, landslides	819E	651	2492949	2pdy5	mt614	2012	1:24000
Tongue River-Yellowmule-Helmville complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes, landslides	728F	618	2541648	2ppjd	mt614	2012	1:24000
Tongue River-Inabnit, very stony-Doolittle complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	822F	84	2520750	2pgc3	mt614	2012	1:24000
Stemple, stony-Tongue River-Yellowmule complex, 8 to 45 percent slopes, landslides	816F	32	2520748	2pf53	mt614	2012	1:24000
Tongue River-Arrowpeak, moist complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes	379F	1378	149942	510v	mt639	2000	1:24000
Tongue River-Cabba, moist-Adel loams, 15 to 60 percent slopes	377F	1330	149940	510s	mt639	2000	1:24000
Tongue River-Timberlin complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes	391F	637	149951	5114	mt639	2000	1:24000
Tongue River-Danaher loams, 15 to 35 percent slopes	358E	548	149916	5100	mt639	2000	1:24000
Tongue River-Doby-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes	405F	202	149966	511m	mt639	2000	1:24000
Tongue River-Novary-Cowood complex, 4 to 45 percent slopes	387E	128	149949	5112	mt639	2000	1:24000
Jaegie-Gilispie-Tongue River loams, 20 to 70 percent slopes	5656F	2189	741516	swlw	mt669		1:24000
Yellowmule-Timberlin-Tongue River complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	5611F	711	156476	57tm	mt669		1:24000
Tongue River-Arrowpeak, moist complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes	379F	370	620226	ntd9	mt669		1:24000
Tongue River-Cabba, moist-Adel loams, 15 to 60 percent slopes	377F	166	620225	ntd8	mt669		1:24000
Tongue River-Timberlin complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes	391F	35	2481362	2p91y	mt669		1:24000
Tongue River-Gateway association, 2 to 35 percent slopes	90	53	152139	539q	wy043	1976	1:24000
Tongue River-Inchau complex, 10 to 30 percent slopes	168	1662	733697	smgn	wy647		1:24000
Tongue River-Gateway association, 2 to 35 percent slopes	43	40228	158054	59gj	wy650	1982	1:24000
Tongue River-Inchau-Teton family, complex, 10 to 30 percent slopes	215D	2457	157936	59bq	wy656	2008	1:24000
Roxal-Tongue River complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	201D	27	157933	59bm	wy656	2008	1:24000
Buckskin-Tongue River-Helmville families, association, 0 to 60 percent slopes	264	3680	151980	534l	wy663	2012	1:24000
Buffork-Tongue River association *	5	2192	153300	54j5	wy666	1978	1:24000
Buffork-Tongue River-Clayburn association *	6	900	153311	54jj	wy666	1978	1:24000
Tongue River-Inchau-Farlow variant complex, 10 to 30 percent slopes	215	6906	503092	jwhs	wy713	1986	1:24000
Roxal-Tongue River complex, hilly	201	2183	503068	jwh0	wy713	1986	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the TONGUE RIVER 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).