Aggregate lab data for the UDORTHENTS soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of UDORTHENTS, 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 UDORTHENTS 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:
| MLRA | Lab ID | Pedon ID | Taxonname | CI | NSSL / NASIS Reports | Link To SoilWeb GMap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | 88UTK001004 | 88TN001UTK004 | udorthents | 5 | Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties | 35.9430555,-84.3388889 |
| 92 | 04N0454 | S2003MI131001 | Udorthents | 6 | Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties | 46.694149,-89.1639175 |
| 92 | 04N0462 | S2003MI131009 | Udorthents | 7 | Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties | 46.7121429,-89.2128296 |
| 97 | 93P0043 | 92IL031025a | Udorthents | 4 | Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties | 41.8811252,-87.6147383 |
| 97 | 93P0044 | 92IL031026a | Udorthents | 5 | Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties | 41.8777919,-87.6194607 |
Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the UDORTHENTS 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 UDORTHENTS 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 UDORTHENTS 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 UDORTHENTS 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 UDORTHENTS 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 UDORTHENTS 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 UDORTHENTS 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 Urban land-Beltsville-Chillum association (Soil Survey of District of Columbia; 1976).
Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Urban land-Christiana-Sunnyside association (Soil Survey of District of Columbia; 1976).
Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Manor-Glenelg association (Soil Survey of District of Columbia; 1976).
Typical pattern of soils and their relationship to geology and topography in the Kimper-Cloverlick-Renox-Highsplint general soil map unit in Letcher County (Soil Survey of Knott and Letcher Counties, Kentucky; 2004).
Typical pattern of soils, parent material, and topography in the Udorthents-Nelse-Allegheny and Shelocta-Hazleton-Blairton general soil map units. The Udorthents-Nelse-Allegheny general soil map unit is along the Tug and Lavista Forks of the Big Sandy River and their major tributaries, and the Shelocta-Hazleton-Blairton general soil map unit is on the mountains (Soil Survey of Lawrence and Martin Counties, Kentucky; 2005).
Typical pattern of soils and their relationship to geology and topography in the Shelocta-Pope-Helechawa-Gilpin general soil map unit in Magoffin County (Soil Survey of Magoffin and Morgan Counties, Kentucky; 2002).
Along the Levisa and Russell Forks of the Big Sandy River, the soils in the valleys are in the Nelse-Shelbiana-Udorthents general soil map unit and those on the mountains are in the Marrowbone-Fedscreek-Kimper-Dekalb map unit (Soil Survey of Pike County, Kentucky; June 1990).
A typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Urban land-Merriac-Udorthents association (Soil Survey of Middlesex County, Massachusetts; 2009).
Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Freetown-Swansea-Saco general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Norfolk and Suffolk Counties, Massachusetts; September 1989).
Pattern of soils in the Urban land-Sunnyside association (Soil Survey of City of Baltimore, Maryland; 1998).
Pattern of soils in the Urban land-Joppa-Sassafras association (Soil Survey of City of Baltimore, Maryland; 1998).
Pattern of soils in the Urban land-Joppa-Sassafras association (Soil Survey of City of Baltimore, Maryland; 1998).
Pattern of soils in the Urban land-Sunnyside association (Soil Survey of City of Baltimore, Maryland; 1998).
Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Udorthents-Gilpin-Rayne association (Soil Survey of Clearfield County, PA; 1988).
Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in area of Ernest-Rayne-Gilpin soils (Soil Survey of Somerset County, PA; 1983).
Illustration of an area that has been surface mined for coal, showing a sequence of native residual and colluvial soils, mine soils, rock outcrop, and multiple exposed highwalls. The soils named on the land surface are shown in their natural relationship to each other and in their relationship to landform position and geologic strata (Soil Survey of Buchanan County, Virginia).
Illustration of an area that has been surface mined for coal, showing a sequence of native residual and colluvial soils, mine soils, rock outcrop, and multiple exposed highwalls. The soils named on the land surface are shown in their natural relationship to each other and in their relationship to landform position and geologic strata (Soil Survey of Dickenson County, Virginia; 2009).
Illustration of an area that has been surface mined for coal, showing a sequence of native residual and colluvial soils, mine soils, rock outcrop, and a single exposed highwall. The soils named on the land surface are shown in their natural relationship to each other and in their relationship to landform position and geologic strata (Soil Survey of Dickenson County, Virginia; 2009).
An illustration of an area that has been surface-mined for coal that shows a sequence of native residual and colluvial soils, mine soils, rock outcrop, and multiple exposed highwalls. The soils named on the land surface are shown in their natural relationship to each other and in their relationship to landform position and geologic strata (Soil Survey of Buchanan County, Virginia; 2009).
An illustration of an area that has been surface-mined for coal that shows a sequence of native residual and colluvial soils, mine soils, rock outcrop, and a single exposed highwall. The soils named on the land surface are shown in their natural relationship to each other and in their relationship to landform position and geologic strata (Soil Survey of Buchanan County, Virginia; 2009).
Illustration of an area that has been surface mined for coal, showing a sequence of native residual and colluvial soils, mine soils, rock outcrop, and multiple exposed highwalls. The soils named on the land surface are shown in their natural relationship to each other and in their relationship to landform position and geologic strata (Soil Survey of Dickenson County, Virginia; 2009).
Illustration of an area that has been surface mined for coal, showing a sequence of native residual and colluvial soils, mine soils, rock outcrop, and a single exposed highwall. The soils named on the land surface are shown in their natural relationship to each other and in their relationship to landform position and geologic strata (Soil Survey of Dickenson County, Virginia; 2009).
Map units containing UDORTHENTS as a major component. Limited to 250 records.
Approximate geographic distribution of the UDORTHENTS 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 .
