Aggregate lab data for the YAHOLA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of YAHOLA, 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 YAHOLA 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 YAHOLA 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 YAHOLA series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-10-24), parsed OSD records (updated 2025-02-20) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2025-02-20).
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Select annual climate data summaries for the YAHOLA 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).
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Geomorphic description summaries for the YAHOLA 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).
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Competing Series
Soil series competing with YAHOLA share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2025-02-20) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2025-02-20).
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Select annual climate data summaries for the YAHOLA 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).
There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.
Geomorphic description summaries for the YAHOLA 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 terrace figure.
There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.
Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with YAHOLA, 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 2025-02-20).
Block Diagrams
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Physiographic relationships of general soil areas in the northwestern part of Bossier Parish. The area represented is about 12 miles square (Soil Survey of Bossier Parish, Louisiana; August 1962).
Soils of central and western Logan County on recent alluvium and on loams and sands of Quaternary age. Red beds are exposed in the upper right corner (Soil Survey of Logan County, Oklahoma; June 1960).
A diagram showing typical relief in the southern part of Love County and the relative position of the soils in associations 1, 3, and 6 (Soil Survey of Love County, Oklahoma; September 1966).
Prairie and forest soils formed in recent alluvium, and in adjoining areas of silty and sandy mantle material (Soil Survey of Pawnee County, Oklahoma; March 1959).
Typical pattern of soils in association 8. Woodward silt loam is a variation, which is described in the section "Descriptions of Soils" (Soil Survey of Roger Mills County, Oklahoma; August 1963).
Pattern of soils and underlying material on the flood plain along the Brazos River and on adjacent terraces. Included are the Burleson-Wilson, Ships, and Weswood general soil map units (Soil Survey of Brazos County, Texas; 2002).
Pattern of soils and underlying material on the flood plain along the Brazos and Little Brazos Rivers and on adjacent terraces. Included are the Chazos-Dutek-Silawa, Ships-HIghbank, and Weswood-Yahola-Coarsewood general soil map units (Soil Survey of Robertson County, Texas; 2007).
Block diagram showing the geographical association of the soils on the low terraces along the Pease River. Sandy alluvial land and Yahola very fine sandy loam, which formed in recent alluvium, are in soil association 6. Miles fine sandy loam, which is in soil association 3; Enterprise very fine sandy loam; and Tipton silt loam formed in sandy outwash that has been reworked by wind in some places (Soil Survey of Wilbarger County, TX; 1962).
Map Units
Map units containing YAHOLA as a major component. Limited to 250 records.
Approximate geographic distribution of the YAHOLA 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).
