Soil Data Explorer - WARE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the WARE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of WARE, 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 WARE 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
115B	71IL003002	1971IL003002	Ware	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.2639157,-89.4734236
131A	M0514307	2005MO14307	WARE	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.5333333,-89.4
131A	98KY-075-002	98KY-075-002	Ware	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.5704994,-89.350975

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the WARE 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 WARE series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-10-24), parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the WARE 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the WARE 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 2024-10-23).

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.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with WARE share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the WARE 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the WARE 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 2024-10-23).

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 flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with WARE, 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 2024-10-23).

Block Diagrams

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing WARE 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
Ware loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, frequently flooded, long duration	3456BL	3335	602238	n6p1	il003	2002	1:12000
Ware loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8456B	2318	602224	n6nl	il003	2002	1:12000
Ware loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, frequently flooded	3456B	7	602337	n6s7	il003	2002	1:12000
Ware loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8456B	1973	1539925	1npf0	il077	2006	1:12000
Ware fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, frequently flooded, long duration	3456BL	1047	1539926	1npf1	il077	2006	1:12000
Ware loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, frequently flooded, long duration	3456BL	9	748973	t4cf	il153	2004	1:12000
Ware loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	8456B	4665	199420	6phx	il181	2001	1:12000
Ware fine sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, frequently flooded	3456B	1170	207607	6z10	il181	2001	1:12000
Ware silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded	Ws	1741	655031	pzm1	ky075	2002	1:12000
Ware loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, protected	Wa	1615	655030	pzm0	ky075	2002	1:12000
Ware silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, protected	Wr	1610	655033	pzm3	ky075	2002	1:12000
Ware loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Wm	703	655049	pzmm	ky075	2002	1:12000
Ware sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded	86108	390	1722656	1vtkk	mo157	1983	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the WARE 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 2024-10-30).