Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the TIFFANY soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of TIFFANY, 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 TIFFANY 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
55A85ND00551785ND005517Tiffany3Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties48.2283206,-99.7497847
5695P0288S1994ND077020Tiffany7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.29776,-96.9481354
5695P0307S1994ND077020ATiffany5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.29776,-96.9495239
5695P0308S1994ND077023ATiffany5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.4280357,-97.0314713

Water Balance

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

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with TIFFANY 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 TIFFANY 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 TIFFANY 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.

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

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with TIFFANY, 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. ND-2012-02-07-16 | Cass County Area - 1985

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Glyndon-Wyndmere-Tiffany association (Soil Survey of Cass County Area, North Dakota; 1985).

  2. ND-2012-02-08-03 | Grand Forks County - May 1981

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Wyndmere-Tiffany-Arveson association (Soil Survey of Grand Forks County, North Dakota; May 1981).

Map Units

Map units containing TIFFANY 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
Tiffany fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesG36A12525738282q3v1nd0051:12000
Tiffany loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesC9A22425641682q53jnd01519671:20000
Glyndon-Tiffany silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesI490A1967826409251tbmdnd01719831:20000
Wyndmere-Tiffany loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesI489A606225216171tbmcnd01719831:20000
Wyndmere-Tiffany loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesG336A59825750702q61pnd01719831:20000
Tiffany silt loam, clayey substratum, 0 to 1 percent slopesI497A40225215981tbn2nd01719831:20000
Glyndon-Tiffany loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesG440A18225751262q5n1nd01719831:20000
Tiffany fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesI307A9426409081nyw7nd01719831:20000
Wyndmere-Tiffany fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesG332A455125753132q500nd02119891:20000
Arveson-Tiffany fine sandy loams, 0 to 1 percent slopesG322A99525762832q4zrnd0271:12000
Tiffany fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesG36A11125754072q3v1nd0271:12000
Arveson-Tiffany fine sandy loams, 0 to 1 percent slopesG322A20125764312q4zrnd03119901:20000
Wyndmere-Tiffany fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesI159A2328326425952mbp8nd03519801:20000
Glyndon-Tiffany silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesI490A1888926425211tbmdnd03519801:20000
Tiffany loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesI308A466126425431nyw8nd03519801:20000
Tiffany fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesG36A33025770282q3v1nd04519661:20000
Delamere-Tiffany loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesG35A19525770452q4nhnd04519661:20000
Wyndmere-Tiffany fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesG332A325770652q500nd04519661:20000
Tiffany fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesF36A425855732q3vznd04919871:20000
Tiffany fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesG36A12225772542q3v1nd0631:12000
Tiffany fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesI307A140526429631nyw7nd06719721:20000
Tiffany fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesF36A62125871732q3vznd06919751:20000
Tiffany fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesG36A12025822562q3v1nd06919751:20000
Wyndmere-Tiffany loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesI489A248826413341tbmcnd07319921:20000
Tiffany fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesF36A23025853252q3vznd07519721:20000
Glyndon-Mantador-Tiffany silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesI317A724126410501nywknd07720051:12000
Glyndon-Mantador-Tiffany silt loams, slightly saline, stratified substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopesI204A413926410991nyrznd07720051:12000
Tiffany loam, clayey substratum, 0 to 1 percent slopesI219A253326409891nyshnd07720051:12000
Tiffany loam, stratified substratum, 0 to 1 percent slopesI225A165326410161nyspnd07720051:12000
Tiffany fine sandy loam, stratified substratum, 0 to 1 percent slopesI224A134826411311nysnnd07720051:12000
Tiffany fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesI307A105126411431nyw7nd07720051:12000
Tiffany fine sandy loam, clayey substratum, 0 to 1 percent slopesI214A39626410151nysbnd07720051:12000
Tiffany loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesI308A28726410051nyw8nd07720051:12000
Tiffany fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesG36A1825795722q3v1nd08119591:12000
Tiffany fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesG36A11325819392q3v1nd08319901:20000
Glyndon-Tiffany silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesI490A683026413951tbmdnd09119911:20000
Wyndmere-Tiffany complex, stratified substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopesI857A572026414312qkv0nd09119911:20000
Glyndon-Tiffany loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesI180A350026414072l6x0nd09119911:20000
Glyndon-Tiffany loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesI180A239926424712l6x0nd09719741:20000
Wyndmere-Tiffany fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesI159A224026424882mbp8nd09719741:20000
Bohnsack-Tiffany loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesI189A128326424632l6wnnd09719741:20000
Glyndon-Tiffany silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesI490A108626424371tbmdnd09719741:20000
Tiffany loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesI308A95226416001nyw8nd09719741:20000
Wyndmere-Tiffany complex, stratified substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopesI857A39626425072qkv0nd09719741:20000
Wyndmere-Tiffany loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesI489A4126424361tbmcnd09719741:20000
Swenoda-Tiffany fine sandy loams, silty substratum, 0 to 2 percent slopesG753A466227978152sd5fsd01319871:20000
Embden-Tiffany fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesG375A436427977642sd31sd01319871:20000
Tiffany fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesG036A9927976362q3v1sd01319871:20000
Wyndmere-Tiffany fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesG332A127976642q500sd01319871:20000
Embden-Tiffany fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesG375A9027993382sd31sd09119701:20000
Tiffany fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopesG036A427992682q3v1sd09119701:20000
Embden-Tiffany fine sandy loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesI599A61528002182mdbrsd10919771:20000
Glyndon-Mantador-Tiffany silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopesI317A15128001701nywksd10919771:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the TIFFANY 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 .