Soil Data Explorer - WADLEY

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the WADLEY soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of WADLEY, 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 WADLEY were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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
133A	S71AL-025-8	71AL025008-pgm	Wadley	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	31.6355609893799,-87.607780456543
133A	S99AL-065-4	99AL065004-pgm	Wadley	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	32.9772222,-87.4752778
138	S12_008	1979-FL023-S12_008	Wadley	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	30.026556,-82.5734787
138	S12_015	1980-FL023-S12_015	Wadley	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	29.9786148,-82.5799179
138	S63_004	1985-FL125-S63_004	Wadley	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	29.9507141,-82.4970932
153A	S02_008	1988-FL003-S02_008	Wadley	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	30.3494034,-82.1284561

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the WADLEY 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 WADLEY series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the WADLEY 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 WADLEY 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).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with WADLEY share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the WADLEY 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 WADLEY 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 2D hillslope position figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D hills figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

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 WADLEY, 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

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

1. AL-2012-04-24-02 | Clarke County - August 2006

   Generalized patterns of soils and geomorphology and landscape relationships in general soil map units 2—Iuka-Bibb-Harleston, 6—Lucedale-Bama-Smithdale, 8—Smithdale-Wadley-Boykin, 9—Smithdale-Flomaton-Wadley, 10—Prim-Suggsville-Brantley, and 11—Okeelala-Brantley-Smithdale. The area illustrated is along Bassett Creek in the northeastern part of Clarke County, Alabama (Soil Survey of Clarke County, Alabama; August 2006).

Map Units

Map units containing WADLEY 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
Heidel-Wadley complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	HeE	33212	3116211	2z46z	al001	1972	1:20000
Heidel-Wadley complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes	HeD	19301	3116212	2z470	al001	1972	1:20000
Heidel-Wadley complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	HeC	6422	3272038	2zkvw	al001	1972	1:20000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	EuB	29576	3121726	2x59m	al003	1961	1:20000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes	EuC	7491	328130	2x5qf	al003	1961	1:20000
Wadley-Heidel complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	EuD	2002	328131	2x5qd	al003	1961	1:20000
Wadley-Smithdale-Boykin complex, 5 to 20 percent slopes	WdE	5645	2247144	2ffbj	al007	2007	1:24000
Wadley-Boykin complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	WbF	1415	2247141	2ffbf	al007	2007	1:24000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 1 to 5 percent slopes	WaB	2100	328566	c0wx	al023	1998	1:24000
Wadley-Smithdale complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	WsF	65730	600045	2wtz1	al025	2004	1:24000
Maubila-Wadley-Smithdale complex, 8 to 30 percent slopes	MbF	49630	600074	n4f7	al025	2004	1:24000
Flomaton-Smithdale-Wadley complex, 10 to 25 percent slopes	FaE	21580	600099	n4g1	al025	2004	1:24000
Wadley loamy sand, 1 to 5 percent slopes	WaB	2600	600095	n4fx	al025	2004	1:24000
Wadley-Smithdale-Boykin complex, 5 to 20 percent slopes	WbD	6242	725102	sbjd	al065	2003	1:24000
Wadley-Boykin complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	WbF	487	725098	sbj8	al065	2003	1:24000
Wadley loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	WaB	166	329770	c24r	al065	2003	1:24000
Boykin-Wadley complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	BpE	18950	330562	c2z9	al091	1997	1:24000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 5 to 15 percent slopes	WdD	10520	330607	c30r	al091	1997	1:24000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	WaB	49971	2995029	2x59m	al097	2018	1:24000
Wadley-Heidel complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	WhD	47139	2995027	2x5qd	al097	2018	1:24000
Wadley-Heidel complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes	WhE	39462	2995064	2x5r1	al097	2018	1:24000
Wadley-Heidel complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	WhC	16146	2995063	2x5r0	al097	2018	1:24000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes	WaC	15411	2995028	2x5qf	al097	2018	1:24000
Wadley-Urban land complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	WuC	15246	2995030	2x5qg	al097	2018	1:24000
Wadley-Urban land complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	WuD	4542	2995031	2x5qh	al097	2018	1:24000
Wadley-Boykin-Smithdale complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	WbF	4295	2642149	2rrx6	al129	2013	1:24000
Wadley-Boykin-Smithdale complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes	WbD	4043	2642148	2rrx5	al129	2013	1:24000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	WaB	1362	2642147	2x59m	al129	2013	1:24000
Penney-Wadley complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	16	3995	1421086	1jprh	fl029	1998	1:24000
Wadley fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	13	5180	321796	bsvj	fl041	1989	1:20000
Wadley sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	18	1940	1148813	17kfh	fl047	1995	1:24000
Wadley sand, 5 to 12 percent slopes	17	580	1148812	17kfg	fl047	1995	1:24000
Wadley-Toinette-Smithdale association, 12 to 40 percent slopes	EsF	19856	3121741	2z24j	ms023	1963	1:15840
Wadley-Heidel complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	EsD	2771	331987	2x5qd	ms023	1963	1:15840
Wadley loamy fine sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes	EsC	2290	331986	2x5qf	ms023	1963	1:15840
Wadley loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	EsB	580	3121727	2x59m	ms023	1963	1:15840
Wadley-Toinette-Smithdale association, 12 to 40 percent slopes	EsF	11190	3121740	2z24j	ms031	1962	1:15840
Wadley loamy fine sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes	EsC	404	332133	2x5qf	ms031	1962	1:15840
Wadley loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	EsB	140	3121728	2x59m	ms031	1962	1:15840
Wadley-Heidel complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	EsD	134	332134	2x5qd	ms031	1962	1:15840
Wadley loamy fine sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes	TrB	240	332242	2x5qf	ms035	1976	1:20000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	EsB	15306	3121729	2x59m	ms039	1967	1:20000
Wadley-Heidel complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	EsE	7464	332263	2x5qd	ms039	1967	1:20000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 5 to 15 percent slopes	EsD	6433	3121723	2z3t2	ms039	1967	1:20000
Wadley-Boykin-Smithdale complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes	WbD	5071	2642253	2rs3y	ms041	2012	1:24000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	WaB	3290	2642252	2x59m	ms041	2012	1:24000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 5 to 15 percent slopes	EuD	1000	3121724	2z3t2	ms041	2012	1:24000
Wadley-Boykin-Smithdale complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	WbF	273	2642254	2rs3z	ms041	2012	1:24000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	EuB	438	3121730	2x59m	ms045	1979	1:20000
Wadley and Poarch soils, 8 to 17 percent slopes	EuE	8410	3121722	2z3t3	ms047	1971	1:20000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	EtB	1882	3121731	2x59m	ms047	1971	1:20000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	84	12866	3121732	2x59m	ms059	1997	1:24000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 5 to 15 percent slopes	17	2991	3121725	2z3t2	ms059	1997	1:24000
Wadley-Heidel complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	18	991	332559	2x5qd	ms059	1997	1:24000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	EaB	787	3121733	2x59m	ms075	1980	1:20000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes	TaB	3721	333568	2x5qf	ms109	1980	1:20000
Wadley fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	WdC	2577	333628	c656	ms111	1997	1:20000
Wadley fine sand, 5 to 15 percent slopes	WdE	1866	333629	c657	ms111	1997	1:20000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes	40	882	334135	2x5qf	ms131	1997	1:24000
Wadley-Heidel complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	9	782	334166	2x5qd	ms131	1997	1:24000
Wadley loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	10	377	3121734	2x59m	ms131	1997	1:24000
Wadley-Boykin-Smithdale complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes	WsD	6201	2403474	2lp0f	ms153	2008	1:24000
Wadley fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	WaB	856	2403473	2lp0d	ms153	2008	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the WADLEY 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).