Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the VANDA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of VANDA, 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 VANDA 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
4491P069990MT043002Vanda7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties45.8576775,-112.1250381
5240A3550S1950MT085006Vanda5Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties48.0738335,-105.8173523
5240A3725S1971MT013004VANDA8Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties47.5843506,-111.4958801

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the VANDA 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 VANDA 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 VANDA 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 VANDA 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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Competing Series

Soil series competing with VANDA 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 VANDA 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 VANDA 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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There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with VANDA, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing VANDA 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
Vanda-Marvan complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes197A30104343013chxymt01119921:24000
Vanda silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes97A17947343293cj6zmt01119921:24000
Vanda-Marvan complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes197C17887343014chxzmt01119921:24000
Marvan-Vanda clays, warm, 0 to 3 percent slopes613B1701343172cj32mt01119921:24000
Marvan-Vanda silty clays, 0 to 4 percent slopes621B5544343592cjjmmt01719951:24000
Vanda clay, wet, 0 to 2 percent slopes781A278343673cjm7mt01719951:24000
Vanda clay, 0 to 8 percent slopesVa4918342056cgy2mt02119711:24000
Vanda-Nobe clays, 0 to 4 percent slopes25321520342494chd6mt02719791:24000
Vanda clay, 0 to 8 percent slopes2528547342493chd5mt02719791:24000
Gerdrum-Vanda silty clays, 0 to 4 percent slopes553B14615643404plhzmt03320021:24000
Vanda silty clay, 0 to 4 percent slopes96B1396342716chmcmt03320021:24000
Marvan-Vanda silty clays, 0 to 8 percent slopes741C937342775chp8mt03320021:24000
Marvan-Vanda complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes301C680344169ck47mt05119921:24000
Vanda clay, 0 to 8 percent slopes1481819344347ck9zmt05519811:24000
Marvan-Vanda silty clays, 0 to 4 percent slopes64A21460344614cgmbmt06519961:24000
Gerdrum-Vanda-Creed complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes23B190533445132wby0mt06519961:24000
Gerdrum-Vanda complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes23A16076344512cgjdmt06519961:24000
Vanda silty clay, 0 to 4 percent slopes25A2918344531pl1zmt06519961:24000
Harlake-Marvan-Vanda silty clays, 0 to 4 percent slopes20B2690344505ckh2mt06519961:24000
Gerdrum-Vanda-Creed complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes41714743447092wby0mt06919891:24000
Gerdrum-Vanda complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes4031017344708ckpmmt06919891:24000
Marvan-Vanda silty clays, 0 to 8 percent slopes6012348344730ckqbmt06919891:24000
Vanda-Harlem-Marvan silty clays, 0 to 4 percent slopes863325344758ckr7mt06919891:24000
Vanda silty clay, 0 to 4 percent slopes851794344757ckr6mt06919891:24000
Marvan-Vanda silty clays, 0 to 4 percent slopes961843345052cl1qmt07919861:24000
Vanda clayVa2467345370clczmt08319731:24000
Vanda silty clay, 0 to 4 percent slopes48B6657345199cl6gmt10119921:24000
Vanda-Marvan, saline, clays, 0 to 2 percent slopes482A2692345197cl6dmt10119921:24000
Vanda silty clay, 4 to 8 percent slopes48C311345200cl6hmt10119921:24000
Vanda clayVa46761469554xxhmt60019691:24000
Vanda clay, 2 to 8 percent slopesVaC1001474534yfkmt60219631:20000
Vanda-Nobe clays, 0 to 2 percent slopes13312592346297cmbwmt60819761:24000
Vanda clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes1329927346293cmbrmt60819761:24000
Vanda-Nobe clays, 2 to 8 percent slopes1341723346298cmbxmt60819761:24000
Vanda clay2095090341878cgrbmt61319751:24000
Vanda clay, wet2103931341880cgrdmt61319751:24000
Marvan-Vanda clays, 2 to 8 percent slopes301C11212346666cmqsmt61519921:24000
Marvan-Vanda clays, 0 to 2 percent slopes301A1721346665cmqrmt61519921:24000
Vanda clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes48A1615346797cmw0mt61519921:24000
Vanda clay, 2 to 8 percent slopes48C1113346798cmw1mt61519921:24000
Gerdrum-Vanda-Creed complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes23C2534347392cnh6mt62420211:24000
Gerdrum-Vanda-Creed complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes, fan429C13111910348223w4mt62420211:24000
Gerdrum-Vanda-Creed complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes23B106826102432r8cxmt62420211:24000
Gerdrum-Vanda-Creed complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, fan429B76226102442r8cymt62420211:24000
Marvan-Vanda silty clays, 0 to 4 percent slopes64A1233176841cgmbmt62420211:24000
Vanda silty clay, 0 to 3 percent slopes505A2661478354ytwmt63019911:24000
Marvan-Vanda clays, 0 to 8 percent slopes302B65913347662cnrxmt64119941:24000
Vanda clay, 0 to 2 percent slopes48A6153347733cnv6mt64119941:24000
Benz-Vanda complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes241B2696347647cnrfmt64119941:24000
Gerdrum-Vanda silty clays, 0 to 4 percent slopes9325793348129cp7zmt64919851:24000
Vanda silty clay, 0 to 4 percent slopes18914832348018cp4dmt64919851:24000
Delpoint-Kremlin-Vanda complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes876C16595348815cpz3mt65719901:24000
Kiev-Winifred-Vanda complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes784C12256348798cpykmt65719901:24000
Vanda-Marvan clays, 0 to 2 percent slopes160A546348371cphsmt65719901:24000
Vanda variant-Thebo-Lisam complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes653310348272cpdlmt66119821:24000
Vanda variant silty clay, 4 to 10 percent slopes641859348271cpdkmt66119821:24000
Gerdrum-Vanda-Creed complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes23B72963416642wby0mt66620081:24000
Marvan-Vanda silty clays, 0 to 4 percent slopes64A4289341754cgmbmt66620081:24000
Gerdrum-Vanda complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes23A3464341663cgjdmt66620081:24000
Vanda silty clay, 0 to 4 percent slopes25A1181642970pl1zmt66620081:24000
Patent, occasionally flooded-Vanda-Gerda, barren complex, 0 to 9 percent slopesL3247C1354027070682q2n3nd00719981:24000
Lambert-Vanda, high precipitation-Rhoades, barren complex, 0 to 9 percent slopesE3247C27827071021vzvlnd00719981:24000
Patent, occasionally flooded-Vanda-Gerda, barren complex, 0 to 9 percent slopesL3247C1527584652q2n3nd01119691:20000
Lambert-Vanda, high precipitation-Rhoades, barren complex, 0 to 9 percent slopesE3247C497927072261vzvlnd02519811:20000
Patent, occasionally flooded-Vanda-Gerda, barren complex, 0 to 9 percent slopesL3247C127927071302q2n3nd02519811:20000
Vanda silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopesE0502A87727071682q521nd02519811:20000
Vanda silty clay, 0 to 2 percent slopesL0502A77727071362qk3qnd02519811:20000
Patent, occasionally flooded-Vanda-Gerda, barren complex, 0 to 9 percent slopesL3247C135127073422q2n3nd03319851:24000
Patent, occasionally flooded-Vanda-Gerda, barren complex, 0 to 9 percent slopesL3247C539927151372q2n3nd05320031:24000
Lambert-Vanda, high precipitation-Rhoades, barren complex, 0 to 9 percent slopesE3247C350227151021vzvlnd05320031:24000
Lambert-Vanda, high precipitation-Rhoades, barren complex, 0 to 9 percent slopesE3247C214226992761vzvlnd05719761:20000
Patent, occasionally flooded-Vanda-Gerda, barren complex, 0 to 9 percent slopesL3247C508927159412q2n3nd08719741:20000
Lambert-Vanda, high precipitation-Rhoades, barren complex, 0 to 9 percent slopesE3247C45827158551vzvlnd08719741:20000
Lambert-Vanda, high precipitation-Rhoades, barren complex, 0 to 9 percent slopesE3247C102627159991vzvlnd08919651:20000
Bullock-Vanda-Rock Outcrop complex, 2 to 25 percent slopesBuD170143546542zzvqsd10519771:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the VANDA 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 .