Aggregate lab data for the TRAPPIST soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of TRAPPIST, 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 TRAPPIST 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 TRAPPIST 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 TRAPPIST 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 TRAPPIST 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 TRAPPIST 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 TRAPPIST 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 TRAPPIST 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 TRAPPIST 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 Nabb-Cincinnati-Blocher association (Soil Survey of Scott County, Indiana).
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 Covedale-Trappist 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-Rohan-Allegheny-Muse general soil map unit in Estill County (Soil Survey of Estill and Lee Counties, Kentucky; 2007).
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 material in the Trappist-McAfee-Colyer map unit (Soil Survey of Boyle and Mercer Counties, Kentucky; April 1983).
The relationship of soils to topography and underlying material in the Trappist-Lenberg-Carpenter general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Bullitt and Spencer Counties, Kentucky; September 1986).
Typical pattern of soils and underlying materials in the Faywood-Lowell-Fairmount general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Casey County, Kentucky; August 1994).
Typical pattern of soils and underlying materials in the Colyer-Faywood-Nolin general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Casey County, Kentucky; August 1994).
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).
Geolgic cross section of Clark County, showing some of the principal soils and their relation to the rock formations (Soil Survey of Clark County, Kentucky; 1964).
Pattern of soils and underlying material in the Colyer-Shrouts-Allegheny association (Soil Survey of Estill and Lee Counties, Kentucky; August 1974).
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 parent material in the Carpenter-Garmon-Rohan general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Marion County, Kentucky; August 1991).
Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Trappist-Crider-Faywood general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Marion County, Kentucky; August 1991).
General location of the Muse and Shelocta soils in a typical area of the Jellico Mountains. Small areas of sandstone cliffs are common (Soil Survey of McCreary-Whitley Area, Kentucky; 1970).
General location of the Muse, Wellston, and Trappist soils on ridgetops and side slopes in association 3 (Soil Survey of McCreary-Whitley Area, Kentucky; 1970).
General location of the Tate and Trappist soils on ridgetops and long, steep side slopes in association 5 (Soil Survey of McCreary-Whitley Area, Kentucky; 1970).
The relationship of rock formations and relief to some of the soil associations on the general soil map of the McCreary-Whitley Area (Soil Survey of McCreary-Whitley Area, Kentucky; 1970).
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).
Map units containing TRAPPIST as a major component. Limited to 250 records.
Approximate geographic distribution of the TRAPPIST 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 .