Soil Data Explorer - AIDO

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the AIDO soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of AIDO, 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 AIDO 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 AIDO 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 AIDO series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-10-24), parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the AIDO 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the AIDO 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 2024-10-23).

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with AIDO share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the AIDO 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the AIDO 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 2024-10-23).

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with AIDO, 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 2024-10-23).

Block Diagrams

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

1. CA-2012-05-08-20 | San Luis Obispo County, Carrizo Plain Area - 2003

   Idealized cross-section of the northwestern part of the survey area, showing soil-landscape-geology relationships (Soil Survey of San Luis Obispo County, California, Carrizo Plain Area; 2003).

Map Units

Map units containing AIDO 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
Ayar-Hillbrick-Aido complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes	112	7718	463657	hkgp	ca666	1983	1:24000
Ayar-Hillbrick-Aido complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	111	4491	463656	hkgn	ca666	1983	1:24000
Aido clay 30 to 50 percent slopes	102	4465	463647	hkgc	ca666	1983	1:24000
Aido clay, 9 to 30 percent slopes	101	3925	463646	hkgb	ca666	1983	1:24000
Hillbrick-Aido association, 30 to 50 percent slopes	161	3503	463706	hkj8	ca666	1983	1:24000
Aido clay, 50 to 75 percent slopes	103	790	463648	hkgd	ca666	1983	1:24000
Kilmer-Nacimiento-Aido complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	134	9010	458438	hd1b	ca667	2003	1:24000
Ayar-Hillbrick-Aido complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	274	1630	458476	hd2k	ca667	2003	1:24000
Aido clay, 30 to 50 percent slopes	262	1520	458473	hd2g	ca667	2003	1:24000
Aido clay, 15 to 30 percent slopes	261	1425	458472	hd2f	ca667	2003	1:24000
Ayar-Hillbrick-Aido complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	275	885	458477	hd2l	ca667	2003	1:24000
Aido clay, 50 to 75 percent slopes	263	125	458548	hd4w	ca667	2003	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the AIDO 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 2024-10-30).