Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the WAUBEEK soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of WAUBEEK, 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 WAUBEEK 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
104X53-771-1S1984IA105025Waubeek2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties42.2641754,-91.114418
105X65771-7-1S1962IA065014Waubeek1Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.0336066,-91.6060708
105UMN3649S1982MN1693649Waubeek2Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.160099,-92.0623627

Water Balance

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

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

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with WAUBEEK 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 WAUBEEK 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 WAUBEEK 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 WAUBEEK, 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. IA-2011-05-31-27 | Floyd County - 1995

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the Maxfield-Klinger-Dinsdale association (Soil Survey of Floyd County, Iowa; 1995).

  2. IA-2011-05-31-49 | Hardin County - 1985

    Pattern of soils and parent material in the Downs-Fayette-Montieth association (Soil Survey of Hardin County, Iowa; 1985).

  3. IA-2011-06-01-02 | Jones County - 1991

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Dinsdale-Waubeek-Downs association (Soil Survey of Jones County, Iowa; 1991).

Map Units

Map units containing WAUBEEK 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
Waubeek silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes771B9944029152y8q3ia01119771:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, eroded771C29534029172y8q6ia01119771:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes771C6654029162y8q5ia01119771:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes771B4964132712y8q3ia01320011:12000
Waubeek-Urban land complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes4771B1494133502y8q9ia01320011:12000
Waubeek-Urban land complex, 5 to 14 percent slopes4771D834494152y8qbia01320011:12000
Waubeek silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes771B3264034302y8q3ia02319781:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes771B118213971372y8q3ia03120081:12000
Waubeek silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes771B7074050792y8q3ia05519841:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes771C4684050802y8q5ia05519841:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes771B3114060122y8q3ia06719891:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes7711234060112y8q4ia06719891:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes771B12594049532y8q3ia06919771:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes771C2714049542y8q5ia06919771:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, eroded771C24514066952y8q6ia08319821:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes, eroded771D23004066962y8q8ia08319821:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes771B2214066942y8q3ia08319821:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, eroded771C22947579692y8q6ia09520051:12000
Waubeek silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes771B2627579682y8q3ia09520051:12000
Waubeek silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes771B10334080492y8q3ia10319791:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, eroded771C24734080502y8q6ia10319791:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes771B54764081992y8q3ia10519881:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes771C46514082002y8q5ia10519881:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes771D5454082022y8q7ia10519881:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, eroded771C25364082012y8q6ia10519881:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes, eroded771D22064082032y8q8ia10519881:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes771B9724086702y8q3ia11319701:15840
Waubeek-Urban land complex, 2 to 5 % slopes4771B69926064692qcrwia11319701:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, eroded771C23054086712y8q6ia11319701:15840
Waubeek-Urban land complex, 5 to 14 % slopes4771D11326064702qcrxia11319701:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes771B49134096992y8q3ia13119711:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes77120224096982y8q4ia13119711:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, eroded771C26474100322y8q6ia13919861:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes, eroded771D23654100332y8q8ia13919861:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, eroded771C27514115572y8q6ia17119891:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes771B3954115552y8q3ia17119891:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes, eroded771D22734115582y8q8ia17119891:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes771C1454115562y8q5ia17119891:15840
Waubeek and Massbach soils, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately erodedN538C29013850151hh6xmn03920051:12000
Waubeek and Massbach soils, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately erodedN538C210517116461vg3dmn04920071:12000
Waubeek silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes369B4793400767fg0zmn10919771:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes369C1863400768fg10mn10919771:15840
Waubeek silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes369C621429042gdg2mn16919871:20000
Waubeek silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes369B610429041gdg1mn16919871:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the WAUBEEK 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 .