Soil Data Explorer - INYO

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the INYO soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of INYO, 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 INYO were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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 INYO 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 INYO 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 INYO 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 INYO 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 INYO 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 INYO 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 INYO 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).

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with INYO, 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

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

1. CA-2012-05-09-12 | Kern County, Northeastern Part, and Southeastern Part of Tulare County - 2007

   Map units in Short Canyon. Soil formation is affected by erosion from the mountains and deposition onto alluvial fans in map unit 242 (Inyo gravelly loamy coarse sand, 5 to 15 percent slopes) (Soil Survey of Kern County, Northeastern Part, and Southeastern Part of Tulare County, California; 2007).

Map Units

Map units containing INYO 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
Inyo loamy coarse sand, 5 to 15 percent slopes	242	6721	467342	hp9k	ca668	2007	1:24000
Inyo gravelly loamy coarse sand, 0 to 9 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	224	5648	467338	hp9f	ca668	2007	1:24000
Chollawell-Inyo complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes	514	5491	467413	hpcv	ca668	2007	1:24000
Inyo-Kelval complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	285	4585	467377	hpbp	ca668	2007	1:24000
Inyo gravelly loamy coarse sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	241	3300	467341	hp9j	ca668	2007	1:24000
Inyo-Riverwash complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes, frequently flooded	216	1689	467332	hp97	ca668	2007	1:24000
Inyo-Urban land complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	441	460	1421287	1jpyz	ca668	2007	1:24000
Inyo-Tips-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	247	383	467346	hp9p	ca668	2007	1:24000
Inyo-Urban land complex, 0 to 9 percent slopes	424	237	1421285	1jpyx	ca668	2007	1:24000
Inyo-Kelval-Urban land complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	485	199	1421293	1jpz5	ca668	2007	1:24000
Inyo-Urban land complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes	442	180	1421288	1jpz0	ca668	2007	1:24000
Inyo-Riverwash complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes, frequently flooded	216ne	129	2218091	2dg3b	ca670	1977	1:24000
Inyo loamy coarse sand, 5 to 15 percent slopes	3672	1634	1860308	20fsy	ca682	2007	1:24000
Chollawell-Inyo complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes	4241	966	1860305	20fsv	ca682	2007	1:24000
Inyo-Riverwash complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes, frequently flooded	4436	81	1860303	20fss	ca682	2007	1:24000
Inyo loamy coarse sand, 0 to 9 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	3670	76	1860306	20fsw	ca682	2007	1:24000
Inyo loamy coarse sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	3671	68	1860307	20fsx	ca682	2007	1:24000
Inyo loamy coarse sand, 5 to 15 percent slopes	3672nm	87	2371561	2klsz	ca760	1981	1:24000
Inyo gravelly loamy coarse sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	241ne	33	2371014	2kl7b	ca760	1981	1:24000
Inyo gravelly loamy coarse sand, 0 to 9 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	224ne	5	2371013	2kl79	ca760	1981	1:24000
Inyo-Poleta complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes	224	2823	488145	jcym	ca802	1996	1:24000
Inyo gravelly loamy coarse sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	223	2650	488143	jcyk	ca802	1996	1:24000
Inyo-Westguard association, 0 to 2 percent slopes	225	1682	488147	jcyp	ca802	1996	1:24000
Inyo sand, 0 to 9 percent slopes	221	831	488136	jcyb	ca802	1996	1:24000
Inyo sand, 9 to 15 percent slopes	222	298	488141	jcyh	ca802	1996	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the INYO 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).