Soil Data Explorer - WELLSFORD

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the WELLSFORD soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of WELLSFORD, 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 WELLSFORD were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

There are insufficient data to create the lab data summary figure.

Water Balance

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

Select annual climate data summaries for the WELLSFORD 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 WELLSFORD 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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There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

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

Select annual climate data summaries for the WELLSFORD 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).

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the WELLSFORD 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 WELLSFORD, 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 WELLSFORD 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
Wellsford silty clay, 6 to 25 percent slopes	5455	29330	1381755	1hctr	ks025	1980	1:24000
Wellsford clay, 6 to 25 percent slopes	5452	452	1381754	1hctq	ks025	1980	1:24000
Wellsford clay, 6 to 25 percent slopes	5452	5574	1381297	1hcbz	ks033	1987	1:24000
Wellsford-Elandco complex, 0 to 25 percent slopes	5456	25	1382750	1hdvv	ks077	1965	1:24000
Wellsford clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	5480	4801	1444753	1khcy	ks095	1977	1:24000
Renfrow-Wellsford clay loams, 1 to 4 percent slopes	6423	3	1444839	2ywsw	ks095	1977	1:24000
Wellsford clay, 6 to 25 percent slopes	5452	17974	1380555	1hbl1	ks097	1983	1:24000
Renfrow-Wellsford clay loams, 1 to 4 percent slopes	6423	1523	1444022	2ywsw	ks173	1976	1:24000
Wellsford clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	5480	1387	1443956	1kgk7	ks173	1976	1:24000
Wellsford-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 10 percent slopes	5464	1129	1443955	2xlhz	ks173	1976	1:24000
Wellsford-Elandco complex, 0 to 25 percent slopes	5456	6434	1444606	1kh76	ks191	1974	1:24000
Wellsford clay loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes	5482	3828	1444610	1kh7b	ks191	1974	1:24000
Wellsford clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	5480	3535	1444609	1kh79	ks191	1974	1:24000
Wellsford-Shale outcrop complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes	5466	1683	1444608	1kh78	ks191	1974	1:24000
Wellsford-Renfrow clay loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	5465	1331	1444607	1kh77	ks191	1974	1:24000
Mansic-Wellsford complex, 5 to 12 percent slopes	10	3683	381645	dt44	ok009	1978	1:24000
Teagard-Wellsford complex, 1 to 20 percent slopes	TeWE	235	383193	307sf	ok059	1998	1:24000
Teagard-Wellsford complex, 1 to 20 percent slopes	TeWF	993	385238	307sf	ok151	1995	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the WELLSFORD 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).