Aggregate lab data for the VERNON soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of VERNON, 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 VERNON 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 VERNON 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 VERNON 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 VERNON 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 VERNON 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 VERNON 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 VERNON 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 VERNON 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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Cross section of the Renfrow-Vernon association downslope from the Clark-Ost association (Soil Survey of Reno County, Kansas; 1966).
Cross section of the Nash-Lucien association in the south-central part of the county (Soil Survey of Reno County, Kansas; 1966).
Cross section of the Clark-Ost association showing the topographic relationship of the Clark and Ost soils to the soils of the Renfrow-Vernon association (Soil Survey of Reno County, Kansas; 1966).
Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Burford-Knoco-Vernon general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Woods County, Oklahoma; 2003).
Parent material and parent rock of most of the soils in Beaver County, and their position on the landscape (Soil Survey of Beaver County, Oklahoma; August 1962).
Typical pattern of soils in associations 1, 3, 4, and 6 (Soil Survey of Blaine County, Oklahoma; February 1968).
Topography and underlying material of major soils in associations 1 and 7 (Soil Survey of Comanche County, Oklahoma; August 1967).
Topography and underlying material of Waurika soils and other extensive soils in southeastern part of county (Soil Survey of Comanche County, Oklahoma; August 1967).
Topography and underlying material of Windthorst soils and other extensive soils in southwestern part of county (Soil Survey of Comanche County, Oklahoma; August 1967).
Typical pattern of Foard and Tillmans soils on gently undulating uplands in association 1 (Soil Survey of Cotton County, Oklahoma; December 1963).
Typical pattern of Zaneis, Lucien, and associated soils in the northeastern part of Cotton County (Soil Survey of Cotton County, Oklahoma; December 1963).
Typical pattern of Pratt, Tivoli, and associated soils (Soil Survey of Cotton County, Oklahoma; December 1963).
Typical pattern of moderately sloping Vernon soils in association 8 (Soil Survey of Cotton County, Oklahoma; December 1963).
Schematic diagram showing the location of the Chickasha and other extensive soils in the east-central part of Cotton County (Soil Survey of Cotton County, Oklahoma; December 1963).
Typical pattern of the soils in associations 1 and 2 (Soil Survey of Dewey County, Oklahoma; December 1963).
Typical pattern of soils in the Renfrow-Vernon-Kirkland association (Soil Survey of Garfield County, Oklahoma; October 1967).
Typical pattern of soils in the Kirkland-Bethany-Tabler association (Soil Survey of Garfield County, Oklahoma; October 1967).
Major soils in soil associations 3, 7, and 9, and their relation to the landscape (Soil Survey of Greer County, Oklahoma; March 1967).
Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Tillman-Vernon map unit (Soil Survey of Harmon County, Oklahoma; September 1984).
Typical pattern of La Casa and associated soils, Rough broken land, and Rock outcrop (Soil Survey of Jackson County, Oklahoma; June 1961).
Typical pattern of soils in associations 1 and 2 (Soil Survey of Lincoln County, Oklahoma; January 1970).
Typical pattern of soils in association 3 (Soil Survey of Lincoln County, Oklahoma; January 1970).
Soils of the Zaneis-Lucien-Chickasha and the Renfrow-Vernon-Kirkland associations on red clays, sandstone, siltstone, and alluvium. They have developed largely on the Wellington, Garber, and Hennessey formations that dip successively toward the west (Soil Survey of Logan County, Oklahoma; June 1960).
Soils of southeastern Logan County on reddish sandstone, colluvium, and alluvium (Soil Survey of Logan County, Oklahoma; June 1960).
Diagram showing typical relief in the northwestern corner of the county and the relative positions of the soils in association 4 (Soil Survey of Love County, Oklahoma; September 1966).
Soil associations in the western part of the county (Soil Survey of Major County, Oklahoma; October 1968).
Soil associations in the central part of the county (Soil Survey of Major County, Oklahoma; October 1968).
Cross section along a line extending across the middle of the county from the western to the eastern boundary (Soil Survey of Major County, Oklahoma; October 1968).
Typical pattern of soils in soil association 1 (Soil Survey of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma; February 1969).
Typical pattern of soils in soil association 2 (Soil Survey of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma; February 1969).
Prairie soils of western Pawnee County formed in clay and sandy strata of the Permian "redbeds" area, and in accompanying alluvium (Soil Survey of Pawnee County, Oklahoma; March 1959).
Typical pattern of soils in associations 6, 7, and 9 (Soil Survey of Roger Mills County, Oklahoma; August 1963).
Typical pattern of soils in associations 6, 7, and 8 (Soil Survey of Stephens County, Oklahoma; 1964).
Typical pattern of soils of the St. Paul-Carey-Woodward association (Soil Survey of Woodward County, Oklahoma; November 1963).
Typical pattern of soils of the Vernon-Cottonwood association (Soil Survey of Woodward County, Oklahoma; November 1963).
Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Duffau-Windthorst-Keeter general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Jack County, Texas; 2005).
Pattern of soils and underlying material in the Sagerton general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Young County, Texas; 2009).
Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Bluegrove-Jolly-Weswind general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Archer County, TX; 1995).
Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Kamay-Deandale general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Archer County, TX; 1995).
Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Vernon-Knoco general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Archer County, TX; 1995).
Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Tillman-Vernon general soil map unit (Soil Survey of Archer County, TX; 1995).
Soils developed in Permian shales and clays (Soil Survey of Childress County, TX; 1963).
Soils on caprock and associated soils on high plains and rolling plains (Soil Survey of Dawson County, TX; 1960).
Topography and underlying material of the Mobeetie (3); Quay-Montoya-Vernon (8); and Mobeetie-Potter-Rough broken land (4) associations (Soil Survey of Deaf Smith County, TX; 1968).
Soils developed in red-bed clay and shale (Soil Survey of Haskell County, TX; 1961).
Soils formed in red marine clay (Soil Survey of Runnels County, TX; 1970).
Tillman-Vernon soil association (Soil Survey of Stonewall County, TX; 1975).
Owens-Cottonwood soil association (Soil Survey of Stonewall County, TX; 1975).
Talpa-Yates soil association (Soil Survey of Stonewall County, TX; 1975).
Block diagram showing the geographical association of some of the soils developed in clays and shales. Norwood clay loam, which formed in recent alluvium, is in soil association 6 (Soil Survey of Wilbarger County, TX; 1962).
Map units containing VERNON as a major component. Limited to 250 records.
Approximate geographic distribution of the VERNON 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 .