Soil Data Explorer - ALAGA

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ALAGA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ALAGA, 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 ALAGA 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
133A	S40_003	1983-FL079-S40_003	Alaga	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	30.5018883,-83.2944107
133A	S87AL-109-1	87AL109001-pgm	Alaga	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	32.0419502258301,-85.9366683959961
133A	81P0555	S1981MS059002	ALAGA	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	30.6102238,-88.4878159
138	S63_001	1985-FL125-S63_001	Alaga	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	29.9964199,-82.5632782
152A	40A4796	S1955MS059002	Alaga	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	30.659668,-88.5239258

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the ALAGA 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 ALAGA 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 ALAGA 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 ALAGA 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 mountains figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with ALAGA 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 ALAGA 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 ALAGA 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).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ALAGA, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing ALAGA 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
Alaga loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	AaB	2286	328057	c0ch	al001	1972	1:20000
Troup-Alaga complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	TgB	3110	328235	2s69c	al005	2001	1:24000
Alaga loamy sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes	AgB	1946	328404	c0qp	al011	1986	1:20000
Troup-Alaga complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes	TaD	10110	328479	c0t3	al013	1996	1:20000
Troup-Alaga complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	AaB	3330	328439	2s69c	al013	1996	1:20000
Troup-Alaga complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes	TgD	250	330513	c2xq	al041	2005	1:24000
Alaga loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	AaB	12053	329614	c1zq	al061	1973	1:20000
Troup-Alaga complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	TpB	1481	330498	2s69c	al087	1997	1:24000
Alaga fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	AlB	1599	2995034	2vxxs	al097	2018	1:24000
Troup-Alaga complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	TgC	13760	331327	c3rz	al109	1996	1:20000
Troup-Alaga complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	TaB	9750	331368	2s69c	al113	1997	1:24000
Briley-Alaga association, rolling	5	7233	565677	lzmn	ar057	1976	1:20000
Alaga fine sand, 3 to 8 percent slopes	1	1286	565633	lzl7	ar057	1976	1:20000
Alaga loamy sand, 1 to 8 percent slopes	AgC	14115	566046	m00k	ar103	1969	1:20000
Alaga loamy sand, 8 to 20 percent slopes	AgE	5472	566047	m00l	ar103	1969	1:20000
Alaga association, rolling	ALC	2620	566044	m00h	ar103	1969	1:20000
Alaga association, undulating	ALB	2480	566043	m00g	ar103	1969	1:20000
Alaga loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	61	6760	1380328	1hbbq	fl079	1988	1:15840
Alaga loamy sand, moderately wet, 0 to 5 percent slopes	64	4150	1380331	1hbbt	fl079	1988	1:15840
Alaga loamy sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes	62	1600	1380329	1hbbr	fl079	1988	1:15840
Alaga loamy sand, 8 to 12 percent slopes	63	210	1380330	1hbbs	fl079	1988	1:15840
Alaga loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	21	1707	1023335	13bvt	fl121	2003	1:24000
Alaga-Smithdale-Briley(lucy) association, 5 to 40 percent slopes	AA	3249	1722375	1vt8h	la025	1983	1:24000
Alaga-Lucy association, undulating	Aa	786	1725273	1vx8z	la073	1969	1:24000
Alaga loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	AaA	1251	332201	c4p5	ms035	1976	1:20000
Alaga complex, 12 to 20 percent slopes	AmE	5064	332249	c4qq	ms039	1967	1:20000
Alaga loamy sand, terrace, 0 to 5 percent slopes	AlB	4559	332248	c4qp	ms039	1967	1:20000
Alaga loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	AgB	4010	332245	c4ql	ms039	1967	1:20000
Alaga loamy sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes	AgC	2071	332246	c4qm	ms039	1967	1:20000
Alaga loamy sand, 8 to 12 percent slopes	AgD	1428	332247	c4qn	ms039	1967	1:20000
Alaga fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	AaB	3509	2642151	2vxxs	ms041	2012	1:24000
Alaga loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	AlB	3071	332919	c5fb	ms077	1972	1:20000
Alaga loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	Al	1736	333592	c641	ms111	1997	1:20000
Alaga loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Ag	429	334038	c6lf	ms129	1997	1:20000
Alaga fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	AgB	592	2403471	2lp0b	ms153	2008	1:24000
Alaga sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	AaB	7025	115922	3wmf	nc073	1990	1:24000
Alaga coarse sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes	AlB	6203	138106	4mq1	sc009	1997	1:24000
Alaga sand, 0 to 4 percent slopes	AgB	825	131982	4fbh	sc025	1989	1:20000
Alaga sand, moderately wet, 0 to 6 percent slopes	AgB	1323	130081	4cc5	sc049	1990	1:20000
Eustis loamy sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes	EuB	292	130279	4ckk	sc057	1967	1:20000
Eustis loamy sand, 6 to 15 percent slopes	EuD	98	130280	4ckl	sc057	1967	1:20000
Alaga sand, 0 to 4 percent slopes	AgB	1206	1606490	1qxp8	sc061	2005	1:24000
Alaga-Lucknow complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes, rarely flooded	AoB	749	1606492	1qxpb	sc061	2005	1:24000
Alaga loamy sand, 0 to 4 percent slopes	AgB	8218	130486	4cs7	sc063	1972	1:20000
Alaga sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes	AhB	908	130600	4cwx	sc069	1995	1:24000
Alaga loamy coarse sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes	AgB	21777	2485870	2pfrc	sc085	1969	1:20000
Alaga-Blanton-Johns complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	AnB	294	2485874	2pfrh	sc085	1969	1:20000
Alaga fine sand	Ch	2237	575573	m9xw	tx339	1967	1:20000
Osier-Alaga complex, rarely flooded	Oc	908	575599	m9yq	tx339	1967	1:20000
Bienville-Alaga association, gently undulating	BIB	25417	374410	dklr	tx611	1980	1:20000
Alaga loamy sand, 0 to 4 percent slopes	1B	815	118952	3zs5	va073	1978	1:15840
Alaga fine sand	1	1730	119303	404h	va093	1982	1:15840
Alaga loamy sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes	1B	3037	705256	rnw6	va175	1996	1:24000
Alaga loamy sand, wet substratum, 2 to 8 percent slopes	1B	1200	120854	41rj	va800	1979	1:15840

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ALAGA 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).