Soil Data Explorer - WATEREE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the WATEREE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of WATEREE, 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 WATEREE were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the WATEREE 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 WATEREE 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 WATEREE 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 WATEREE 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).

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with WATEREE 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 WATEREE 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 WATEREE 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 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 WATEREE, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing WATEREE 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
Louisburg-Wateree complex, 10 to 25 percent slopes	22	4030	330204	2xpwt	al081	1979	1:20000
Wateree-Rion complex, 10 to 25 percent slopes	LnE	3528	124206	2xpws	ga067	1969	1:15840
Wateree-Rock outcrop-Louisburg complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes, bouldery	LDF	1361	124203	2xpwq	ga067	1969	1:15840
Ashlar, Rion, and Wateree soils, 10 to 25 percent slopes	ARE	10960	640009	pgzg	ga135	1966	1:15840
Ashlar-Wateree complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes, stony	AsF	3090	639997	pgz2	ga135	1966	1:15840
Wateree-Rion complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes	WnE	4205	2511224	218cy	ga223	2010	1:12000
Wateree-Rion complex, 10 to 15 percent slopes	WnD	2005	2511223	218cx	ga223	2010	1:12000
Wateree-Rion complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes	WnC	1555	2511222	218ct	ga223	2010	1:12000
Wateree-Wake complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes	WrE	1425	2511225	2lnh6	ga223	2010	1:12000
Wateree-Rion complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes, bouldery	WeE	800	2511213	1tjqz	ga223	2010	1:12000
Wateree-Wake complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes	WrC	780	2511227	2lnh8	ga223	2010	1:12000
Crawfordville-Wateree complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	CrD	675	2511241	2m7yd	ga223	2010	1:12000
Wateree-Wake complex, 25 to 45 percent slopes, bouldery	WrF	515	2511284	2p7db	ga223	2010	1:12000
Wateree-Rion complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes, bouldery	WeD	490	2511214	1tjr0	ga223	2010	1:12000
Sedgefield-Wateree complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes	SeC	470	2511229	2lnhb	ga223	2010	1:12000
Wateree-Wake complex, 10 to 15 percent slopes	WrD	320	2511226	2lnh7	ga223	2010	1:12000
Wateree-Helena complex, 10 to 15 percent slopes	WaD	125	2511235	2m7y5	ga223	2010	1:12000
Rock outcrop-Wake-Wateree complex, 6 to 60 percent slopes	RwF	120	2511231	2lnjb	ga223	2010	1:12000
Wateree-Helena complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes	WaC	105	2511234	2m7y4	ga223	2010	1:12000
Rion-Wateree complex, 10 to 25 percent slopes	LuE	11845	125319	2xn6j	ga606	1973	1:20000
Wateree-Rion-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	WaD	3435	2639093	2rj4n	ga639	2012	1:24000
Rion-Wateree-Wake complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes	ReC	2350	127118	488l	ga645	1995	1:12000
Wateree-Rock outcrop-Wake complex, 6 to 25 percent slopes	WaE	751	747872	t36x	ga655	2012	1:24000
Wateree-Rion-Wedowee complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes	WcE	273	2433569	2mpb7	nc067	1970	1:15840
Wedowee-Wateree complex, 10 to 15 percent slopes	WeD	249	2433648	2mpds	nc067	1970	1:15840
Wedowee-Wateree complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes	WeC	189	2433646	2mpdq	nc067	1970	1:15840
Wateree-Rion complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	WaF	99	2433562	2mpb0	nc067	1970	1:15840
Wedowee-Wateree complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	WeB	93	2433643	2mpdm	nc067	1970	1:15840
Wateree-Rion complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	WaD	29	2433565	2mpb3	nc067	1970	1:15840
Wake-Wateree-Wedowee complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, rocky	WbD	26301	112623	3s60	nc069	1997	1:24000
Wake-Wateree complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, very rocky	WcE	6076	112624	3s61	nc069	1997	1:24000
Wateree-Rion-Wedowee complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	WdE	134	112625	3s62	nc069	1997	1:24000
Rion-Wateree-Wedowee complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	ReD	80	112605	3s5f	nc069	1997	1:24000
Wateree-Rion-Wedowee complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	WaE	821	112789	3scc	nc077	1993	1:24000
Rion-Wateree-Wedowee complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes	RwD	767	112782	3sc4	nc077	1993	1:24000
Louisburg (Wateree) sandy loam, 15 to 45 percent slopes	LoF	2239	114115	3tr4	nc135	1975	1:20000
Louisburg (Wateree) sandy loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes	LoC	1707	114114	3tr3	nc135	1975	1:20000
Louisburg (Wateree) loamy coarse sand, 15 to 40 percent slopes	LoE	4052	117682	3yg6	nc181	1977	1:20000
Louisburg (Wateree) loamy coarse sand, 8 to 15 percent slopes	LoD	3801	117681	3yg5	nc181	1977	1:20000
Louisburg (Wateree) loamy coarse sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes	LoB	2067	117680	3yg4	nc181	1977	1:20000
Wateree-Rion complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes	WaF	4575	132209	4fkt	sc023	1977	1:20000
Wateree-Rion complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	WaD	1295	132208	4fks	sc023	1977	1:20000
Wateree sandy loam, 10 to 25 percent slopes	WeE	702	129890	4c50	sc037	1978	1:20000
Wateree-Rion complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes	WaF	20815	129935	4c6g	sc039	1977	1:20000
Wateree-Rion complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	WaD	9095	129934	4c6f	sc039	1977	1:20000
Louisburg sandy loam, 10 to 25 percent slopes	LoE	203	131047	4dcb	sc077	1967	1:20000
Wateree sandy loam, 25 to 60 percent slopes	WaF	173	131785	4f44	sc615	1981	1:20000
Wateree-Rock outcrop complex, 25 to 70 percent slopes	30E	336	121054	41yz	va033	1996	1:24000
Pacolet-Wateree complex, 15 to 25 percent slopes	30D	6946	1587432	1q8vh	va049	2005	1:24000
Wateree sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes	42D	2588	1587455	1q8w7	va049	2005	1:24000
Wateree sandy loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes	42C	989	1587454	1q8w6	va049	2005	1:24000
Pacolet-Wateree complex, 25 to 45 percent slopes	30E	269	1587433	1q8vj	va049	2005	1:24000
Wateree-Wedowee complex, 20 to 45 percent slopes	44E	1337	140100	4psc	va760	2004	1:24000
Wateree sandy loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes	43D	1023	140099	4psb	va760	2004	1:24000
Wateree-Wedowee-Rock outcrop complex, 45 to 60 percent slopes	45F	621	140101	4psd	va760	2004	1:24000
Wateree-Urban land complex, 4 to 12 percent slopes	43C	247	140098	4ps9	va760	2004	1:24000
Grover-Wateree-Urban land complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes	20C	2	139994	4pny	va760	2004	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the WATEREE 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).