Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the VONA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of VONA, 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 VONA 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
67B06N018906CO0871221Vona7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.3850556,-103.9697778
67B97P029796CO628017VONA6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties37.339,-103.0871944
67B40A3933S1961CO087001Vona6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.3886108,-103.9708328
67B13N0469S2012CO009001Vona6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties37.3476111,-102.1554167
6940A3932S1961CO011001Vona7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties38.2455559,-103.1094437
7208KS17510608KS175106Vona3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties37.3636436,-100.9446869
7208KS18715108KS187151Vona3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties37.5007477,-101.6089325
7201P0462S00KS055001-pitVona6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties37.7648861,-100.9694417
7201P0463S00KS055006-pitVona6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties37.7653083,-100.9701528

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the VONA 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 VONA 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 VONA 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 VONA 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 mountains figure.

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with VONA 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 VONA 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 VONA 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 mountains figure.

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with VONA, 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

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  1. CO-2011-05-27-01 | Bent County - 1971

    Representative pattern of soils and underlying materials in associations 3 (Soil Survey of Bent County, Colorado; 1971).

  2. CO-2011-05-27-04 | Crowley County - 1968

    Relationship of soils to typography and underlying material in association 2 (Soil Survey of Crowley County, Colorado; 1968).

  3. CO-2011-05-27-07 | Otero County - 1972

    Volney-Olney-Dwyer association; part of Minnequa-Penrose soil association in background (Soil Survey of Otero County, Colorado; 1972).

  4. CO-2011-05-27-11 | Otero County - 1972

    Cross section of Otero County showing relief, drainage, and relation of soils to underlying geologic formations (Soil Survey of Otero County, Colorado; 1972).

  5. CO-2011-05-27-16 | Prowers County - 1966

    Main soils and underlying materials in soil association 5 (Soil Survey of Prowers County, Colorado; 1966).

  6. CO-2011-05-27-19 | Prowers County - 1966

    Cross sections showing relationships of the soils to the landscape and to the underlying geologic formations in Prowers County. The upper cross section shows relationships in the western part of the county, and the lower shows those in the eastern part of the county (Soil Survey of Prowers County, Colorado; 1966).

  7. KS-2012-01-23-04 | Finney County - November 1965

    Typical cross section of the Manter-Keith association (Soil Survey of Finney County, Kansas; 1965).

  8. KS-2012-01-23-13 | Grant County - December 1969

    Relationships of soils in association 2 (Soil Survey of Grant County, Kansas; 1969).

  9. KS-2012-01-23-15 | Grant County - December 1969

    Relationships of soils in association 4 (Soil Survey of Grant County, Kansas; 1969).

  10. KS-2012-01-23-16 | Grant County - December 1969

    Relationships of soils in association 5 (Soil Survey of Grant County, Kansas; 1969).

  11. KS-2012-01-23-25 | Hamilton County - November 1961

    Geologic profile extending in a north-south direction through the central part of Hamilton County (Soil Survey of Hamilton County, Kansas; 1961).

  12. KS-2012-01-23-30 | Haskell County - October 1968

    Typical topographic relation of three soil associations in Haskell County. Tivoli-Vona association, the farthest north, blocks drainageways flowing from the Satanta-Manter and the Richfield-Ulysses associations to the south (Soil Survey of Haskell County, Kansas; 1968).

  13. KS-2012-01-23-31 | Haskell County - October 1968

    Soils of the Richfield-Ulysses association in the central part of the county (Soil Survey of Haskell County, Kansas; 1968).

  14. KS-2012-01-23-44 | Kearny County - November 1963

    An approximate geologic profile of Kearny County, extending in a north-south direction across the county near Hartland (Soil Survey of Kearny County, Kansas; 1963).

  15. KS-2012-01-24-20 | Morton County - December 1963

    Geologic cross section of the western part of the county. (Based on plate 6 of "Geology and Ground-Water Resources of Morton Co., Kans." (6).) (Soil Survey of Morton County, Kansas; 1963.)

  16. KS-2012-01-26-14 | Stevens County - October 1961

    Geological cross section through the central part of Stevens County (Soil Survey of Stevens County, Kansas; 1961).

  17. OK-2012-02-16-09 | Cimarron County - June 1960

    Typical landscape in the central and eastern part of Cimarron County: Associations 1, 2, 3, and 5 (Soil Survey of Cimarron County, Oklahoma; June 1960).

  18. OK-2012-02-17-54 | Texas County - July 1961

    Typical pattern of the soils in association 4, Texas County, Okla (Soil Survey of Texas County, Oklahoma; July 1961).

  19. TX-2012-03-21-04 | Hansford County - June 1960

    Diagram showing typical locations of soil series and the underlying parent material (Soil Survey of Hansford County, TX; 1960).

Map Units

Map units containing VONA 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
Ascalon-Vona sandy loams, 1 to 5 percent slopesAvC31108940462xst1co00119681:20000
Vona loamy sand, 3 to 9 percent slopesVnD14849940912x0j7co00119681:20000
Vona-Ascalon loamy sands, 3 to 9 percent slopesVsD43719409734xdco00119681:20000
Vona loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesVnB42929409334x8co00119681:20000
Terry-Vona-Tassel complex, 3 to 20 percent slopesTsE42239408234wxco00119681:20000
Vona sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesVoA39229409434x9co00119681:20000
Vona sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesVoB39049409534xbco00119681:20000
Vona sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesVoC10479409634xcco00119681:20000
Manter-Vona sandy loams, 1 to 3 percent slopesMaB11739828082942tqxzco00919661:20000
Vona loamy sand, warm, 0 to 3 percent slopesVnB5076027666932t514co00919661:20000
Vona sandy loam, warm, 3 to 6 percent slopesVoC2197427667162t517co00919661:20000
Manter-Vona sandy loams, 0 to 1 percent slopesMaA1544528082932tqxyco00919661:20000
Vona soils, warm, 0 to 5 percent slopes, erodedVr21089827667052t51fco00919661:20000
Vona loamy sand, warm, 3 to 6 percent slopes511443127666942t515co01719851:24000
Yoder-Vona complex, 6 to 25 percent slopes571369194348355hco01719851:24000
Vona-Olnest complex, warm, 3 to 12 percent slopes52852027667092t51bco01719851:24000
Vona soils, warm, 0 to 5 percent slopes, eroded50787527667072t51fco01719851:24000
Fort Collins-Vona complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes146246943012yvrrco01719851:24000
Olney-Limon, alkali, complexOo238294390356vco02519651:15840
Vona sandy loam, warm, 0 to 3 percent slopes39107127666972t516co06119771:24000
Vona-Olnest complex, warm, 3 to 12 percent slopes5472427667082t51bco06119771:24000
Vona sandy loam, warm, 6 to 12 percent slopes894058968862t518co06319961:24000
Vona sandy loam, warm, 0 to 3 percent slopes1982427927666982t516co07320011:24000
Valent-Vona complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes195207141052762x0hvco07320011:24000
Vona sandy loam, warm, 6 to 12 percent slopes199999227667042t518co07320011:24000
Vona-Karval-Midway, moist, complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes20082971052813jk5co07320011:24000
Vona loamy sand, warm, 3 to 6 percent slopes197822227666962t515co07320011:24000
Vona-Midway, moist, complex, 3 to 12 percent slopes20118701052823jk6co07320011:24000
Vona-Seldom sandy loams, 3 to 25 percent slopes20218011052833jk7co07320011:24000
Vona loamy sand, 3 to 9 percent slopes1163826944782x0j7co07519741:24000
Vona fine sandy loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes117230994479359qco07519741:24000
Vona-Dwyer loamy sands, 5 to 9 percent slopesVmD388051104853pz1co08719651:24000
Vona loamy sand, 1 to 3 percent slopesVmB204621104833pyzco08719651:24000
Valent-Vona loamy sands, 3 to 9 percent slopesVwD123601104932x0jcco08719651:24000
Vona sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopesVoC99341104893pz5co08719651:24000
Vona loamy sand, 3 to 5 percent slopesVmC90911104842x0j8co08719651:24000
Vona sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesVoA63791104883pz4co08719651:24000
Vona sandy loam, terrace, 1 to 3 percent slopesVrB31291104923pz8co08719651:24000
Vona sandy loam, terrace, 0 to 1 percent slopesVrA30251104913pz7co08719651:24000
Vona fine sandy loam, 5 to 9 percent slopesVoD28391104903pz6co08719651:24000
Vona loamy sand, terrace, 0 to 1 percent slopesVnA25491104863pz2co08719651:24000
Vona loamy sand, terrace, 1 to 3 percent slopesVnB17421104873pz3co08719651:24000
Vona sandy loam, warm, 0 to 3 percent slopesVoB1619927666992t516co09919631:15840
Vona sandy loam, warm, 3 to 6 percent slopesVoC648127667032t517co09919631:15840
Vona loamy sand, warm, 0 to 3 percent slopesVaB244127666922t514co09919631:15840
Vona loamy sand, warm, 3 to 6 percent slopesVaC209827666952t515co09919631:15840
Vona soils, warm, 0 to 5 percent slopes, erodedVsB2153027667062t51fco09919631:15840
Vona sandy loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes7369029503835wrco12119821:24000
Vona loamy sand, 3 to 9 percent slopes725962950372x0j7co12119821:24000
Vona loamy sand47124829509235yhco12519761:24000
Dwyer-Vona loamy sands, 3 to 9 percent slopes1457479505635xbco12519761:24000
Vona sandy loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes7418963951703610co61719801:24000
Vona loamy sand, 3 to 9 percent slopes7212102951682x0j7co61719801:24000
Vona sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes73905895169360zco61719801:24000
Vona loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes71262995167360xco61719801:24000
Vona loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes726730995255363rco61819761:24000
Vona loamy sand, 5 to 9 percent slopes7430772952572x0j9co61819761:24000
Vona loamy sand, 3 to 5 percent slopes7318815952562x0j8co61819761:24000
Vona sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes761484395259363wco61819761:24000
Vona sandy loam, 3 to 5 percent slopes77583395260363xco61819761:24000
Vona sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes75536995258363vco61819761:24000
Vona sandy loam, warm, 3 to 6 percent slopes10515499953632t517co62519751:24000
Olnest-Vona complex, cool, 1 to 6 percent slopes, eroded62386928376562t51gco62519751:24000
Vona sandy loam, warm, 0 to 3 percent slopes1043835953622t516co62519751:24000
Vona fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes8625294965272tqy5co62719801:24000
Vona sandy loam, warm, 3 to 6 percent slopesVnC665827667012t517co62820081:24000
Vona loamy sand, warm, 0 to 3 percent slopesVB421627666912t514co62820081:24000
Vona fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopesVnD247929333542tqy5co62820081:24000
Vona sandy loam, warm, 0 to 3 percent slopesVoB216027667002t516co62820081:24000
Valent-Vona loamy fine sands, 3 to 15 percent slopes19866257911523662wdscks05519621:24000
Vona loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes198711323115236717p44ks05519621:24000
Vona loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes1987742613806841hbq6ks06719651:24000
Valent-Vona loamy fine sands, 3 to 15 percent slopes1986327413806832wdscks06719651:24000
Satanta-Vona complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes181523525091802mjc8ks06719651:24000
Valent-Vona loamy fine sands, 3 to 15 percent slopes198697613806112wdscks06919651:24000
Vona loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes19876036115224817p09ks07519591:24000
Otero-Vona complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes17143213115223117nzrks07519591:24000
Valent-Vona loamy fine sands, 3 to 15 percent slopes198666211522472wdscks07519591:24000
Vona loamy fine sand, 5 to 15 percent slopes1988286115224917p0bks07519591:24000
Valent-Vona loamy fine sands, 3 to 15 percent slopes1986756113806432wdscks08119651:24000
Vona loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes1987311213806441hbnxks08119651:24000
Valent-Vona loamy fine sands, 3 to 15 percent slopes19863370611522952wdscks09319611:24000
Vona loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes19874678115229617p1vks09319611:24000
Satanta-Vona complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes1815360525091822mjc8ks09319611:24000
Otero-Vona complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes1714163115227617p16ks09319611:24000
Vona loamy fine sand, 5 to 15 percent slopes1988248213825771hdp8ks18719591:24000
Vona fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesVn1871347176cn87mt61119711:24000
Vona fine sandy loam, 2 to 4 percent slopesVo1682347177cn88mt61119711:24000
Vona fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopesVr1314347179cn8bmt61119711:24000
Vona fine sandy loam, wet, 0 to 2 percent slopesVs1284347180cn8cmt61119711:24000
Vona fine sandy loam, 4 to 8 percent slopesVp1124347178cn89mt61119711:24000
Vona-Remmit fine sandy loam, 4 to 8 percent slopesVr19245347918cp15mt64319671:20000
Vona fine sandy loam, 2 to 4 percent slopesVo3337347917cp14mt64319671:20000
Vona, Otero, and Plack soils, 3 to 20 percent slopesVp25964384930dxk3ok13919591:24000
Vona loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopesVoB218552737925dxk1ok13919591:24000
Otero-Vona complex, 3 to 12 percent slopesOv15312384915dxjmok13919591:24000
Vona loamy fine sand, 3 to 8 percent slopesVoC14309384929dxk2ok13919591:24000
Vona-Mobeetie complex, 2 to 8 percent slopesVmD3424371107dg56tx35719661:20000
Fort Collins-Vona complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes634986349343cqj4wy01119781:24000
Vona loamy fine sand, 6 to 10 percent slopes2032697349290cqgfwy01119781:24000
Vona loamy fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes2021236349289cqgdwy01119781:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the VONA 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 .