Soil Data Explorer - WHALAN

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the WHALAN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of WHALAN, 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 WHALAN 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
104	X45-207-1	1964IA089006	Whalan	1	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.329875,-92.1079389
104	UMN2161	S1976MN1092161	Whalan	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.8459702,-92.5695877
105	X191205-4-1	S1959IA191021	Whalan	1	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.4138845,-92.0095679
90B	UMN1991	S1974MN1631991	Whalan	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.8627014,-92.7917938

Water Balance

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with WHALAN, 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 WHALAN 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
Whalan loam, 20 to 30 inches to limestone, till plain, 2 to 9 percent slopes	207C	190	402859	2xl2h	ia011	1977	1:15840
Whalan silt loam, 20 to 30 inches to limestone, till plain, 2 to 5 percent slopes	207B	470	403219	2xl2w	ia019	1978	1:15840
Whalan silt loam, 30 to 40 inches to limestone, till plain, 2 to 5 percent slopes	205B	431	403218	2xl2y	ia019	1978	1:15840
Whalan loam, 20 to 30 inches to limestone, 2 to 5 percent slope	207B	653	405021	flg6	ia055	1984	1:15840
Whalan loam, 30 to 40 inches to limestone, 2 to 5 percent slope	205B	468	405020	flg5	ia055	1984	1:15840
Whalan loam, 20 to 30 inches to limestone, 5 to 9 percent slope	207C	394	405022	flg7	ia055	1984	1:15840
Whalan silt loam, till plain, 2 to 5 percent slopes	806B	200	406042	2xl2r	ia067	1989	1:15840
Whalan loam, moderately deep, 2 to 5 percent slopes	207B	205	407036	fnk6	ia089	1969	1:15840
Whalan loam, moderately deep, 5 to 9 percent slopes	207C	180	406921	fnfh	ia089	1969	1:15840
Whalan loam, 20 to 30 inches to limestone, till plain, 5 to 9 percent slopes, eroded	207C2	149	408580	2xl2m	ia113	1970	1:15840
Whalan loam, 30 to 40 inches to limestone, till plain, 2 to 5 percent slopes	205B	544	409645	2xl2d	ia131	1971	1:15840
Whalan loam, 30 to 40 inches to limestone, till plain, 5 to 9 percent slopes	205C	398	409646	2xl2j	ia131	1971	1:15840
Whalan silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	806B	1086	766676	tqsh	ia191	2005	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, moderately eroded	806C2	864	766677	tqsj	ia191	2005	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes	806D	385	766678	tqsk	ia191	2005	1:12000
Whalan and NewGlarus silt loams, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	561C2	66	1483212	1lsdk	il007	2006	1:12000
Whalan and NewGlarus silt loams, 10 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	561D2	62	1483213	1lsdl	il007	2006	1:12000
Whalan and NewGlarus silt loams, 2 to 5 percent slopes	561B	26	199860	6pz3	il007	2006	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes	509B	892	988884	1260h	il091	2003	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	509A	648	988883	1260g	il091	2003	1:12000
Whalan loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes	509D	831	942125	10mc4	il103	2004	1:12000
Whalan loam, 18 to 35 percent slopes	509F	279	942129	10mc8	il103	2004	1:12000
Whalan loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	509B	260	942124	10mc3	il103	2004	1:12000
Whalan loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	509C2	4702	208643	703f	il141	2005	1:12000
Whalan loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes, eroded	509D2	2145	1398950	1hyqf	il141	2005	1:12000
Whalan loam, 18 to 25 percent slopes, eroded	509E2	1319	1398951	1hyqg	il141	2005	1:12000
Whalan loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	509B	574	208642	703d	il141	2005	1:12000
Whalan loam, 10 to 18 percent slopes	509D	2	1478852	1lmvx	il141	2005	1:12000
Whalan loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	509B	590	793076	vm83	il195	2003	1:12000
Whalan and NewGlarus silt loams, 5 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	561C2	2922	174127	5v60	il201	1997	1:12000
Whalan and NewGlarus silt loams, 10 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	561D2	2022	174128	5v61	il201	1997	1:12000
Whalan and NewGlarus silt loams, 2 to 5 percent slopes	561B	485	174126	5v5z	il201	1997	1:12000
Whalan loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	67B	505	188803	6bgf	mi075	1979	1:15840
Dubuque and Whalan silt loams, 18 to 45 percent slopes	Dx	22644	2216727	2ddpb	mn045	2008	1:12000
Dubuque and Whalan silt loams, 12 to 17 percent slopes, moderately eroded	Dv	10170	2216732	2ddph	mn045	2008	1:12000
Dubuque and Whalan silt loams, 7 to 11 percent slopes, moderately eroded	Du	5660	2216730	2ddpf	mn045	2008	1:12000
Dubuque and Whalan silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	Ds	3144	2216728	2ddpc	mn045	2008	1:12000
Whalan loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	340B	3805	400765	fg0x	mn109	1977	1:15840
Whalan loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	340C	2052	400766	fg0y	mn109	1977	1:15840
Whalan silt loam, shallow, 12 to 18 percent slopes, moderately eroded	WsD2	688	2216451	2dddf	mn157	2008	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, shallow, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded	WsC2	437	2216456	2dddl	mn157	2008	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded	WhC2	361	2216449	2dddc	mn157	2008	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, 12 to 18 percent slopes, moderately eroded	WhD2	340	2216447	2ddd9	mn157	2008	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, 18 to 25 percent slopes	WsE	249	2216452	2dddg	mn157	2008	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, 25 to 35 percent slopes	WsF	218	2216454	2dddj	mn157	2008	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	WhB	165	2216448	2dddb	mn157	2008	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, shallow, 2 to 6 percent slopes	WsB	90	2216453	2dddh	mn157	2008	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	340B	930	1677100	1t950	mn163	1978	1:15840
Whalan silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	340C	856	1677101	1t951	mn163	1978	1:15840
Whalan silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	WxC2	3273	753607	t95x	wi025	1972	1:15840
Whalan silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded	WxD2	2682	753608	t95y	wi025	1972	1:15840
Whalan silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	WxB	2046	753606	t95w	wi025	1972	1:15840
Whalan loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, eroded	WwE2	990	753605	t95v	wi025	1972	1:15840
Whalan silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded	WlC2	5862	425394	g8nd	wi045	1969	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded	WlB2	2448	425393	g8nc	wi045	1969	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded	WlD2	1011	425395	g8nf	wi045	1969	1:12000
Whalan loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded	WhC2	542	425392	g8nb	wi045	1969	1:12000
Whalan loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded	WhB2	472	425391	g8n9	wi045	1969	1:12000
Whalan loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	WxB	2169	423846	g71g	wi055	1976	1:15840
Whalan loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	WxC2	740	423847	g71h	wi055	1976	1:15840
Whalan variant silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	WyA	291	423848	g71j	wi055	1976	1:15840
Dorerton, very stony-Boone-Whalan complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes	1105F	5818	1698613	1v0jz	wi093	2006	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded	823C2	4176	1693161	1ttw3	wi093	2006	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded	823D2	3987	1693158	1ttw0	wi093	2006	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded	823B2	3078	1693159	1ttw1	wi093	2006	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes	823E	2977	1693160	1ttw2	wi093	2006	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, strath terrace, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded	803C2	1779	1693206	1ttxk	wi093	2006	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, strath terrace, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded	803D2	722	1693204	1ttxh	wi093	2006	1:12000
Whalan silt loam, strath terrace, 20 to 30 percent slopes	803E	145	1693205	1ttxj	wi093	2006	1:12000
Whalan fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	800B	95	1701235	1v38k	wi093	2006	1:12000
Whalan fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes	800C	92	1701236	1v38l	wi093	2006	1:12000
Whalan loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	WlC2	4505	426412	g9q7	wi105	1970	1:20000
Whalan loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	WlB2	4129	426411	g9q6	wi105	1970	1:20000
Whalan sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, eroded	WhB2	1380	426408	g9q3	wi105	1970	1:20000
Whalan loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded	WlD2	555	426413	g9q8	wi105	1970	1:20000
Whalan sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	WhC2	546	426409	g9q4	wi105	1970	1:20000
Whalan loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	WlA	275	426410	g9q5	wi105	1970	1:20000
Whalan silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	WhB	2734	422208	g5bm	wi109	1975	1:15840
Whalan silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	WhC2	2426	422209	g5bn	wi109	1975	1:15840
Whalan silt loam, 12 to 25 percent slopes, eroded	WhD2	1319	422210	g5bp	wi109	1975	1:15840
Whalan loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	WhB	655	422761	g5xg	wi135	1982	1:15840
Whalan variant loamy fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes	WvB	383	422763	g5xj	wi135	1982	1:15840
Whalan loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	WhC2	345	422762	g5xh	wi135	1982	1:15840
Whalan silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	WhB	1951	422834	g5zt	wi139	1977	1:20000
Whalan loamy fine sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes	WfB	353	422833	g5zs	wi139	1977	1:20000
Whalan silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded	WhC2	216	422835	g5zv	wi139	1977	1:20000
Whalan silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	WpB	2783	422911	g629	wi600	1976	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the WHALAN 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).