Soil Data Explorer - KARCAL

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the KARCAL soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of KARCAL, 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 KARCAL were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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
11	79P0343	79ID039002	Karcal	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.101387,-115.2833328
21	73C0103	S1973CA049012	KARCAL	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.2000008,-120.413887

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the KARCAL 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 KARCAL 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 KARCAL 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 KARCAL 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 terrace figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with KARCAL 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 KARCAL 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 KARCAL 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 mountains figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with KARCAL, 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 KARCAL 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
Karcal-Ninekar complex,0 to 9 percent slopes	147	53014	486422	jb51	ca603	1974	1:24000
Karcal very cobbly clay, 0 to 9 percent slopes	146	5742	486421	jb50	ca603	1974	1:24000
Jellycamp-Karcal-Longcreek complex, cool, 2 to 15 percent slopes	199im	234	1469000	1l9m3	ca603	1974	1:24000
Jellycamp-Karcal-Longcreek complex, cool, 2 to 15 percent slopes	199	5333	486988	jbr9	ca604	1994	1:24000
Karcal-Cuppy complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	210	3387	487010	jbs0	ca604	1994	1:24000
Jellycamp-Karcal-Longcreek complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	198	2304	486986	jbr7	ca604	1994	1:24000
Karcal-Ninekar complex,0 to 9 percent slopes	147ma	529	1897448	21pg0	ca703	1983	1:24000
Karcal-Cuppy complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	210im	329	1899222	21r97	ca703	1983	1:24000
Karcal very cobbly clay, 0 to 9 percent slopes	146ma	321	1897441	21pfs	ca703	1983	1:24000
Jellycamp-Karcal-Longcreek complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	198im	51	1899209	21r8t	ca703	1983	1:24000
Jellycamp-Karcal-Longcreek complex, cool, 2 to 15 percent slopes	199It	26	1528173	1n95x	ca708	1984	1:24000
Karcal-Cuppy complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	210It	3	1528193	1n96k	ca708	1984	1:24000
Karcal-Day-Rock outcrop complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	87	8834	2519614	2r20	id685	2012	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the KARCAL 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).