Soil Data Explorer - CATGULCH

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the CATGULCH soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of CATGULCH, 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 CATGULCH 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 CATGULCH 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 CATGULCH 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 CATGULCH 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 CATGULCH 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 flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with CATGULCH 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 CATGULCH 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 CATGULCH 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 flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with CATGULCH, 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 CATGULCH 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
Draft, igneous colluvium over sed beds, frigid rangeland, 15 to 40 percent slopes	63C	71	3039567	10095	mt602	1963	1:20000
Bielenberg-Catgulch, very stony-Breeton complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	454E	5115	155505	56t9	mt622	1997	1:24000
Catgulch, very stony-Spanpeak, stony-Bavdark complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	787F	2304	155726	571f	mt622	1997	1:24000
Bielenberg-Catgulch, very stony complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes	454D	2148	155504	56t8	mt622	1997	1:24000
Sawicki-Catgulch complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very stony	761F	1583	155715	5712	mt622	1997	1:24000
Catgulch, very stony-Rock outcrop complex, 55 to 75 percent slopes	654G	1463	155635	56yh	mt622	1997	1:24000
Catgulch, very stony-Bielenberg-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	654E	531	155634	56yg	mt622	1997	1:24000
Sawicki, stony-Catgulch, very stony complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	761E	483	155714	5711	mt622	1997	1:24000
Catgulch, bouldery-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 35 percent slopes	487E	440	155526	56tz	mt622	1997	1:24000
Martinsdale-Whitlash, bouldery-Catgulch complex, 4 to 25 percent slopes	702E	1403	2487106	2ph17	mt624	2021	1:24000
Bielenberg-Burtoner, very stony-Catgulch, bouldery, complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes	1461D	2981	150622	51qs	mt627	1998	1:24000
Sawbuck-Catgulch, stony, complex, 8 to 45 percent slopes	2681E	2584	150976	5236	mt627	1998	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Catgulch, bouldery, complex, 15 to 70 percent slopes	2041F	2221	150809	51xt	mt627	1998	1:24000
Burtoner, very stony-Crampton, bouldery-Catgulch, bouldery complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	1377E	1776	150613	51qh	mt627	1998	1:24000
Catgulch, bouldery-Crackerville-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	1591E	1673	150632	51r3	mt627	1998	1:24000
Clancy, bouldery-Bielenberg, stony-Catgulch, bouldery, complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	1836E	1209	150734	51vd	mt627	1998	1:24000
Catgulch, bouldery-Rock outcrop-Ashbray, bouldery, complex, 4 to 35 percent slopes	1664E	1194	150676	51sj	mt627	1998	1:24000
Sawbuck, stony-Yreka, stony-Catgulch, very stony, complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	2682E	1023	150977	5237	mt627	1998	1:24000
Crackerville-Bielenberg-Catgulch, bouldery, complex, 20 to 35 percent slopes	1283E	905	150577	51pb	mt627	1998	1:24000
Crackerville-Bielenberg-Catgulch, bouldery, complex, 8 to 20 percent slopes	1282D	892	150576	51p9	mt627	1998	1:24000
Crackerville-Catgulch complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes, bouldery	1280D	747	150574	51p7	mt627	1998	1:24000
Sawicki, very bouldery-Crampton, bouldery-Catgulch, bouldery, complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	1657E	723	150667	51s7	mt627	1998	1:24000
Catgulch-Baxton complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes, stony	1661D	657	150672	51sd	mt627	1998	1:24000
Catgulch-Baxton complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, stony	1661E	636	150673	51sf	mt627	1998	1:24000
Baxton, stony-Breeton, bouldery-Catgulch, very stony, complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	1246E	535	150556	51nn	mt627	1998	1:24000
Connieo-Catgulch-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	1629C	471	150654	51rt	mt627	1998	1:24000
Crackerville-Bielenberg-Catgulch, bouldery, complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, warm	1286E	454	150580	51pf	mt627	1998	1:24000
Crackerville-Catgulch, bouldery-Rock outcrop complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes	1281D	399	150575	51p8	mt627	1998	1:24000
Catgulch, very stony-Rock outcrop-Burtoner complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes	1662D	336	150674	51sg	mt627	1998	1:24000
Catgulch, bouldery-Burtoner, bouldery-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	1663D	268	150675	51sh	mt627	1998	1:24000
Catgulch, extremely bouldery-Baxton, extremely bouldery-Burtoner, bouldery, complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	1667E	255	150678	51sl	mt627	1998	1:24000
Catgulch, very bouldery-Rock outcrop-Connieo, very stony, complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes	1665F	254	150677	51sk	mt627	1998	1:24000
Crampton-Catgulch complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes, very stony	2701F	177	150986	523j	mt627	1998	1:24000
Baxton, very stony-Dominic, extremely stony-Catgulch, extremely stony complex, 8 to 35 percent slopes	565E	144	2486269	2pg57	mt632		1:24000
Catgulch, bouldery-Rock outcrop-Ashbray, bouldery, complex, 4 to 35 percent slopes	1664E	616	1703072	1v55t	mt635	2006	1:24000
Connieo-Catgulch-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	1629C	306	1703066	1v55m	mt635	2006	1:24000
Sawbuck-Catgulch, stony, complex, 8 to 45 percent slopes	2681E	90	1703116	1v577	mt635	2006	1:24000
Catgulch-Baxton complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes, stony	1661D	74	1703071	1v55s	mt635	2006	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Catgulch, bouldery, complex, 15 to 70 percent slopes	2041F	57	1703088	1v56b	mt635	2006	1:24000
Catgulch, bouldery-Crackerville-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	1591E	48	1703061	1v55g	mt635	2006	1:24000
Bielenberg-Catgulch, very stony-Breeton complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	173	162	146547	4xhb	mt636	1983	1:24000
Catgulch, very stony-Spanpeak, stony-Bavdark complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes	182	75	146571	4xj3	mt636	1983	1:24000
Catgulch, very stony-Bielenberg-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	181	57	146559	4xhq	mt636	1983	1:24000
Sawicki, stony-Catgulch, very stony complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	198	12	146566	4xhy	mt636	1983	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Catgulch, bouldery complex, 15 to 70 percent slopes	226	9	146597	4xjy	mt636	1983	1:24000
Catgulch-Baxton complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, stony	223	1	146595	4xjw	mt636	1983	1:24000
Baxton, very stony-Riverside, extremely stony-Catgulch, extremely stony complex, 8 to 35 percent slopes	565E	2021	816843	wdzs	mt637	2014	1:24000
Catgulch-Labre complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	238E	1771	1383376	1hfj1	mt637	2014	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Catgulch-Dotsero families complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	66	11665	512412	k66f	ut646		1:24000
Rock outcrop-Catgulch family complex, 30 to 70 percent slopes	65	4522	512413	k66g	ut646		1:24000
Lolo family-Rock outcrop-Catgulch family, complex	2522F	7152	3056533	2xtsf	wy665	1996	1:62500

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the CATGULCH 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).