Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the TUSQUITEE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of TUSQUITEE, 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 TUSQUITEE 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
130B88P086888NC199001Tusquitee7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties35.7433319,-82.2177811

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the TUSQUITEE 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 TUSQUITEE 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 TUSQUITEE 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 TUSQUITEE 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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There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with TUSQUITEE 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 TUSQUITEE 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 TUSQUITEE 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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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 TUSQUITEE, 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 TUSQUITEE 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
Madison-Tallapoosa-Tusquitee association, steepMTE6567912278943ryal02719711:20000
Tusquitee loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes, erodedTlD2112512455345lvga13719601:20000
Tusquitee loam, 6 to 10 percent slopesTlC109012455045lrga13719601:20000
Tusquitee loam, 10 to 15 percent slopesTlD74012455245ltga13719601:20000
Tusquitee stony loam, 10 to 15 percent slopesTmD72512455545lxga13719601:20000
Tusquitee loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes, erodedTlC254512455145lsga13719601:20000
Tusquitee loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesTlB36012454945lqga13719601:20000
Tusquitee stony loam, 6 to 10 percent slopesTmC17012455445lwga13719601:20000
Tusquitee loam, 10 to 25 percent slopesTlE7840531371kty0ga62219671:20000
Tusquitee stony loam, 10 to 25 percent slopesTmE5280531372kty1ga62219671:20000
Tusquitee loam, 6 to 10 percent slopesTlC2895531370ktxzga62219671:20000
Tusquitee loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesTlB1220531369ktxyga62219671:20000
Tusquitee loam, 10 to 25 percent slopesTlD1163512569046sjga63219671:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 25 to 60 percent slopesTmF558512569346smga63219671:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 10 to 25 percent slopesTmE507012569246slga63219671:15840
Tusquitee loam, 25 to 60 percent slopesTlF312512569146skga63219671:15840
Tusquitee loam, 6 to 10 percent slopesTlC280012568946shga63219671:15840
Tusquitee-Haywood association, steepTVF45350531408ktz6ga65119761:20000
Tusquitee loam, 10 to 25 percent slopesTuE15822531413ktzcga65119761:20000
Tusquitee loam, 4 to 10 percent slopesTuC5030531412ktzbga65119761:20000
Tusquitee loam, 10 to 15 percent slopesTlD2057545930lb2nnc00519671:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 15 to 25 percent slopesTsE1532545933lb2rnc00519671:15840
Tusquitee loam, 6 to 10 percent slopesTlC1365545929lb2mnc00519671:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 10 to 15 percent slopesTsD748545932lb2qnc00519671:15840
Tusquitee loam, 15 to 25 percent slopesTlE534545931lb2pnc00519671:15840
Tusquitee and Spivey stony soils, 15 to 25 percent slopesTUE8832545957lb3jnc00919821:24000
Tusquitee loam, 8 to 15 percent slopesTsD7556545960lb3mnc00919821:24000
Tusquitee loam, 15 to 25 percent slopesTsE2475545961lb3nnc00919821:24000
Tusquitee and Spivey stony soils, 25 to 45 percent slopesTUF2380545958lb3knc00919821:24000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very boulderyTpE1959316720961t3ylnc02120061:12000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very boulderyTpD1767016720951t3yknc02120061:12000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, boulderyToC307316720941t3yjnc02120061:12000
Tusquitee-Whiteside complex, 8 to 15 percent slopesTwC98416721001t3yqnc02120061:12000
Tusquitee-Toecane complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stonyTuD57916721021t3ysnc02120061:12000
Tusquitee-Whiteside complex, 2 to 8 percent slopesTwB42116720991t3ypnc02120061:12000
Tusquitee stony loam, 15 to 25 percent slopesTuE6756546881lc2bnc08919741:20000
Tusquitee loam, 7 to 15 percent slopesTsC1619546878lc27nc08919741:20000
Tusquitee loam, 15 to 25 percent slopesTsE1505546879lc28nc08919741:20000
Tusquitee stony loam, 25 to 45 percent slopesTuF1324546882lc2cnc08919741:20000
Tusquitee stony loam, 7 to 15 percent slopesTuC442546880lc29nc08919741:20000
Tusquitee-Whiteside complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes100C3325091332p7nznc08919741:20000
Whiteside-Tusquitee complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes100B2125092742p7xznc08919741:20000
Cullasaja-Tusquitee complex, 10 to 45 percent slopesCuE1771547184lcd3nc11119891:24000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very boulderyTsD1320416714541t38wnc11520061:12000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very boulderyTsE957716714551t38xnc11520061:12000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, boulderyTrC191116714561t38ync11520061:12000
Tusquitee-Whiteside complex, 8 to 15 percent slopesTwC131016714591t391nc11520061:12000
Tusquitee-Toecane complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stonyTuD122616714571t38znc11520061:12000
Tusquitee-Whiteside complex, 2 to 8 percent slopesTwB12916714581t390nc11520061:12000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stonyTtD151176533yf8nc16119971:24000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very boulderyTuE228323904072l7dxnc17519681:15840
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very boulderyTuF86223904082l7dync17519681:15840
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, boulderyTuD47623904092l7dznc17519681:15840
Whiteside-Tusquitee complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes100B18825018512q8nbnc17519681:15840
Tusquitee-Whiteside complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes100C9625017982q8n5nc17519681:15840
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very boulderyTwE8301547872ld39nc19919971:12000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very boulderyTwD5977547871ld38nc19919971:12000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, boulderyTuC1331547870ld37nc19919971:12000
Tusquitee loam, 20 to 35 percent slopesTuE3756526491knvltn01920001:24000
Tusquitee loam, 35 to 50 percent slopesTuF2088526492knvmtn01920001:24000
Tusquitee loam, 8 to 15 percent slopesTsD2370526563knxxtn09120001:24000
Tusquitee loam, 20 to 65 percent slopesTuF15098523783kl17tn13919971:24000
Tusquitee loam, 12 to 25 percent slopesTuD840528433kqw7tn17119801:24000
Tusquitee loam, 1 to 4 percent slopesTuB440528431kqw5tn17119801:24000
Tusquitee loam, 4 to 12 percent slopesTuC201528432kqw6tn17119801:24000
Tusquitee loam, 35 to 50 percent slopes85F7224013392llsktn17119801:24000
Tusquitee loam, 20 to 35 percent slopes85E3824013382llsjtn17119801:24000
Tusquitee loam, 35 to 50 percent slopesTuF1682524839km49tn60620011:24000
Tusquitee loam, 20 to 35 percent slopesTuE794524838km48tn60620011:24000
Stony colluvial land (Tusquitee)Sm1123189956021rn4tn60919551:20000
Tusquitee stony loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes87C970516487kbfwva00319811:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes87D490516488kbfxva00319811:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes87B470516486kbfvva00319811:15840
Tusquitee loam, slopingTuC5139519301kfcnva03519651:15840
Tusquitee loam, gently slopingTuB1528519300kfcmva03519651:15840
Tusquitee cobbly loam, slopingTsC718519299kfclva03519651:15840
Tusquitee loam, moderately steepTuD461519302kfcpva03519651:15840
Tusquitee very stony loam, moderately steepTvD263519304kfcrva03519651:15840
Tusquitee very stony loam, slopingTvC262519303kfcqva03519651:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 15 to 25 percent slopesTuD3669517054kc15va11319671:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 7 to 15 percent slopesTuC1434517053kc14va11319671:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 25 to 45 percent slopesTuE670517055kc16va11319671:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 2 to 7 percent slopesTuB276517052kc13va11319671:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the TUSQUITEE 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 .