Soil Data Explorer - GOLDRIDGE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the GOLDRIDGE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of GOLDRIDGE, 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 GOLDRIDGE 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
14	40A3078	S1961CA097006	Goldridge	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.3786125,-122.8327789
4B	UCD6349007	63-CA-49-007x	GOLDRIDGE	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.6573334,-123.2982864
5	40A3077	S1961CA097005	GOLDRIDGE	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.3966675,-122.8627777

Water Balance

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

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the GOLDRIDGE 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 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 GOLDRIDGE, 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 GOLDRIDGE 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
Goldridge fine sandy loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes	GdE	12420	459731	hfd1	ca097	1968	1:20000
Goldridge fine sandy loam, 2 to 9 percent slopes	GdC	6965	459728	hfcy	ca097	1968	1:20000
Goldridge fine sandy loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	GdF	5136	459733	hfd3	ca097	1968	1:20000
Goldridge fine sandy loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes	GdD	5071	459729	hfcz	ca097	1968	1:20000
Goldridge fine sandy loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	GdD2	2794	459730	hfd0	ca097	1968	1:20000
Goldridge fine sandy loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, eroded	GdE2	2028	459732	hfd2	ca097	1968	1:20000
Goldridge fine sandy loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes, eroded	GdF2	500	459734	hfd4	ca097	1968	1:20000
Clallam family, extremely gravelly-Skalan-Goldridge families,deep, 35 to 70 percent slopes	345	25083	2670266	2p26d	ca701	1984	1:24000
Kistirn-Goldridge families, deep-Deadwood family association, 30 to 70 percent slopes	226	21420	470225	hs9k	ca701	1984	1:24000
Holland-Goldridge families association, deep, 5 to 35 percent slopes	261	15495	470253	hsbg	ca701	1984	1:24000
Goldridge-Kistirn-Aiken families association, deep, 5 to 70 percent slopes	225	15034	470224	hs9j	ca701	1984	1:24000
Goldridge family, deep-Clallam family, moderately deep-Aiken family, deep association, 40 to 90 percent slopes	346	11522	470285	hsch	ca701	1984	1:24000
Skalan-Goldridge-Clallam families association, deep, 20 to 70 percent slopes	210	8828	470212	hs94	ca701	1984	1:24000
Goldridge-Aiken families association, deep, 5 to 40 percent slopes	349	6964	470287	hsck	ca701	1984	1:24000
Skalan-Goldridge families complex, deep, 20 to 65 percent slopes	230	5535	470228	hs9n	ca701	1984	1:24000
Goldridge family, deep, 30 to 50 percent slopes	222	3968	470221	hs9f	ca701	1984	1:24000
Goldridge family, deep, 15 to 30 percent slopes	231	1370	470229	hs9p	ca701	1984	1:24000
Goldrige family, deep, 50 to 70 percent slopes	223	1240	470222	hs9g	ca701	1984	1:24000
Clallam, deep-Goldridge, gravelly families association, 30 to 90 percent slopes.	114	58239	470335	hsf3	ca702	1984	1:24000
Gilligan-Goldridge families association, 30 to 90 percent slopes.	129	55954	470350	hsfl	ca702	1984	1:24000
Goldridge, gravelly-Clallam, deep-Prather families association, 30 to 90 percent slopes.	132	7965	470353	hsfp	ca702	1984	1:24000
Goldridge family, gravelly, 15 to 50 percent slopes.	131	6393	470352	hsfn	ca702	1984	1:24000
Goldridge-Gilligan families association, 15 to 90 percent slopes.	133	2387	470354	hsfq	ca702	1984	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the GOLDRIDGE 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).