Soil Data Explorer - TUSQUITEE

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 (updated 2020-03-13). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRA	Lab ID	Pedon ID	Taxonname	CI	NSSL / NASIS Reports	Link To SoilWeb GMap
130B	88P0868	88NC199001	Tusquitee	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	35.7433319,-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.

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 (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 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 (updated 2023-10-09).

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 (updated 2023-10-04).

Competing Series

Soil series competing with TUSQUITEE 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 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 (updated 2023-10-09).

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 (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 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 (updated 2023-10-02).

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, steep	MTE	65679	122789	43ry	al027	1971	1:20000
Tusquitee loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	TlD2	1125	124553	45lv	ga137	1960	1:20000
Tusquitee loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	TlC	1090	124550	45lr	ga137	1960	1:20000
Tusquitee loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes	TlD	740	124552	45lt	ga137	1960	1:20000
Tusquitee stony loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes	TmD	725	124555	45lx	ga137	1960	1:20000
Tusquitee loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	TlC2	545	124551	45ls	ga137	1960	1:20000
Tusquitee loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	TlB	360	124549	45lq	ga137	1960	1:20000
Tusquitee stony loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	TmC	170	124554	45lw	ga137	1960	1:20000
Tusquitee loam, 10 to 25 percent slopes	TlE	7840	531371	kty0	ga622	1967	1:20000
Tusquitee stony loam, 10 to 25 percent slopes	TmE	5280	531372	kty1	ga622	1967	1:20000
Tusquitee loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	TlC	2895	531370	ktxz	ga622	1967	1:20000
Tusquitee loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	TlB	1220	531369	ktxy	ga622	1967	1:20000
Tusquitee loam, 10 to 25 percent slopes	TlD	11635	125690	46sj	ga632	1967	1:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 25 to 60 percent slopes	TmF	5585	125693	46sm	ga632	1967	1:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 10 to 25 percent slopes	TmE	5070	125692	46sl	ga632	1967	1:15840
Tusquitee loam, 25 to 60 percent slopes	TlF	3125	125691	46sk	ga632	1967	1:15840
Tusquitee loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	TlC	2800	125689	46sh	ga632	1967	1:15840
Tusquitee-Haywood association, steep	TVF	45350	531408	ktz6	ga651	1976	1:20000
Tusquitee loam, 10 to 25 percent slopes	TuE	15822	531413	ktzc	ga651	1976	1:20000
Tusquitee loam, 4 to 10 percent slopes	TuC	5030	531412	ktzb	ga651	1976	1:20000
Tusquitee loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes	TlD	2057	545930	lb2n	nc005	1967	1:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	TsE	1532	545933	lb2r	nc005	1967	1:15840
Tusquitee loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	TlC	1365	545929	lb2m	nc005	1967	1:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes	TsD	748	545932	lb2q	nc005	1967	1:15840
Tusquitee loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	TlE	534	545931	lb2p	nc005	1967	1:15840
Tusquitee and Spivey stony soils, 15 to 25 percent slopes	TUE	8832	545957	lb3j	nc009	1982	1:24000
Tusquitee loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	TsD	7556	545960	lb3m	nc009	1982	1:24000
Tusquitee loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	TsE	2475	545961	lb3n	nc009	1982	1:24000
Tusquitee and Spivey stony soils, 25 to 45 percent slopes	TUF	2380	545958	lb3k	nc009	1982	1:24000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery	TpE	19593	1672096	1t3yl	nc021	2006	1:12000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very bouldery	TpD	17670	1672095	1t3yk	nc021	2006	1:12000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, bouldery	ToC	3073	1672094	1t3yj	nc021	2006	1:12000
Tusquitee-Whiteside complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	TwC	984	1672100	1t3yq	nc021	2006	1:12000
Tusquitee-Toecane complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stony	TuD	579	1672102	1t3ys	nc021	2006	1:12000
Tusquitee-Whiteside complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	TwB	421	1672099	1t3yp	nc021	2006	1:12000
Tusquitee stony loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	TuE	6756	546881	lc2b	nc089	1974	1:20000
Tusquitee loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes	TsC	1619	546878	lc27	nc089	1974	1:20000
Tusquitee loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	TsE	1505	546879	lc28	nc089	1974	1:20000
Tusquitee stony loam, 25 to 45 percent slopes	TuF	1324	546882	lc2c	nc089	1974	1:20000
Tusquitee stony loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes	TuC	442	546880	lc29	nc089	1974	1:20000
Tusquitee-Whiteside complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	100C	33	2509133	2p7nz	nc089	1974	1:20000
Whiteside-Tusquitee complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	100B	21	2509274	2p7xz	nc089	1974	1:20000
Cullasaja-Tusquitee complex, 10 to 45 percent slopes	CuE	1771	547184	lcd3	nc111	1989	1:24000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very bouldery	TsD	13204	1671454	1t38w	nc115	2006	1:12000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery	TsE	9577	1671455	1t38x	nc115	2006	1:12000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, bouldery	TrC	1911	1671456	1t38y	nc115	2006	1:12000
Tusquitee-Whiteside complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	TwC	1310	1671459	1t391	nc115	2006	1:12000
Tusquitee-Toecane complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stony	TuD	1226	1671457	1t38z	nc115	2006	1:12000
Tusquitee-Whiteside complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	TwB	129	1671458	1t390	nc115	2006	1:12000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very stony	TtD	15	117653	3yf8	nc161	1997	1:24000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very bouldery	TuE	2283	2390407	2l7dx	nc175	1968	1:12000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery	TuF	862	2390408	2l7dy	nc175	1968	1:12000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, bouldery	TuD	476	2390409	2l7dz	nc175	1968	1:12000
Whiteside-Tusquitee complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	100B	188	2501851	2q8nb	nc175	1968	1:12000
Tusquitee-Whiteside complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	100C	96	2501798	2q8n5	nc175	1968	1:12000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes, very bouldery	TwE	8301	547872	ld39	nc199	1997	1:12000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very bouldery	TwD	5977	547871	ld38	nc199	1997	1:12000
Toecane-Tusquitee complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, bouldery	TuC	1331	547870	ld37	nc199	1997	1:12000
Tusquitee loam, 20 to 35 percent slopes	TuE	3756	526491	knvl	tn019	2000	1:24000
Tusquitee loam, 35 to 50 percent slopes	TuF	2088	526492	knvm	tn019	2000	1:24000
Tusquitee loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	TsD	2370	526563	knxx	tn091	2000	1:24000
Tusquitee loam, 20 to 65 percent slopes	TuF	15098	523783	kl17	tn139	1997	1:24000
Tusquitee loam, 12 to 25 percent slopes	TuD	840	528433	kqw7	tn171	1980	1:24000
Tusquitee loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes	TuB	440	528431	kqw5	tn171	1980	1:24000
Tusquitee loam, 4 to 12 percent slopes	TuC	201	528432	kqw6	tn171	1980	1:24000
Tusquitee loam, 35 to 50 percent slopes	85F	72	2401339	2llsk	tn171	1980	1:24000
Tusquitee loam, 20 to 35 percent slopes	85E	38	2401338	2llsj	tn171	1980	1:24000
Tusquitee loam, 35 to 50 percent slopes	TuF	1682	524839	km49	tn606	2001	1:24000
Tusquitee loam, 20 to 35 percent slopes	TuE	794	524838	km48	tn606	2001	1:24000
Stony colluvial land (Tusquitee)	Sm	1123	1899560	21rn4	tn609	1955	1:20000
Tusquitee stony loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes	87C	970	516487	kbfw	va003	1981	1:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	87D	490	516488	kbfx	va003	1981	1:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes	87B	470	516486	kbfv	va003	1981	1:15840
Tusquitee loam, sloping	TuC	5139	519301	kfcn	va035	1965	1:15840
Tusquitee loam, gently sloping	TuB	1528	519300	kfcm	va035	1965	1:15840
Tusquitee cobbly loam, sloping	TsC	718	519299	kfcl	va035	1965	1:15840
Tusquitee loam, moderately steep	TuD	461	519302	kfcp	va035	1965	1:15840
Tusquitee very stony loam, moderately steep	TvD	263	519304	kfcr	va035	1965	1:15840
Tusquitee very stony loam, sloping	TvC	262	519303	kfcq	va035	1965	1:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	TuD	3669	517054	kc15	va113	1967	1:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes	TuC	1434	517053	kc14	va113	1967	1:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 25 to 45 percent slopes	TuE	670	517055	kc16	va113	1967	1:15840
Tusquitee stony loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes	TuB	276	517052	kc13	va113	1967	1:15840

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 (updated 2023-10-04).