Soil Data Explorer - ALMERIA

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ALMERIA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ALMERIA, 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 ALMERIA 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
65	04N0288	03NE089008	Almeria	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.4213905,-98.8638916
65	86P0268	1985NE115034	Almeria	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.9577686,-99.5893055

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with ALMERIA 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 ALMERIA 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 ALMERIA 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 ALMERIA, 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. NE-2010-09-28-01 | Dundy County -

   Typical pattern of soil and underlying material in the Sanborn-Haigler-Calamus and Bigbend-Munjor-McCook associations (Soil Survey of Dundy County, Nebraska).

2. NE-2012-02-08-08 | Blaine County - September 1993

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Almeria-Ipage-Fluvaquents association (Soil Survey of Blaine County, Nebraska; September 1993).

3. NE-2012-02-13-54 | Loup County - October 1990

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Ipage-Valentine-Elsmere and Almeria-Calamus-Bolent associations (Soil Survey of Loup County, Nebraska; October 1990).

Map Units

Map units containing ALMERIA 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
Almeria loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4204	1943	1699470	2s80l	ne009	1988	1:20000
Almeria loamy fine sand, wet, occasionally flooded	4206	1585	1699471	1v1fn	ne009	1988	1:20000
Almeria loamy fine sand, channeled, frequently flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4205	726	1699472	2s80k	ne009	1988	1:20000
Almeria fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4201	359	2219150	2s80c	ne009	1988	1:20000
Almeria-Histosols complex, channeled, frequently flooded	4208	1915	99974	2zzbp	ne017	1987	1:20000
Almeria fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4201	710	99973	2s80c	ne017	1987	1:20000
Almeria loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4204	638	99972	2s80l	ne017	1987	1:20000
Almeria loamy fine sand, channeled, frequently flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4205	222	2219168	2s80k	ne017	1987	1:20000
Almeria loamy fine sand, channeled, frequently flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4205	11546	100342	2s80k	ne031	1995	1:24000
Almeria fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4201	4619	100343	2s80c	ne031	1995	1:24000
Almeria fine sandy loam, wet, occasionally flooded	4203	1159	100344	3cdx	ne031	1995	1:24000
Bolent-Almeria complex, channeled, frequently flooded	4226	56	2668663	2zzbt	ne031	1995	1:24000
Almeria loamy fine sand, channeled, frequently flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4205	4	2228177	2s80k	ne041	1980	1:20000
Bolent-Almeria complex, channeled, frequently flooded	4226	8655	1699083	1v114	ne057	1995	1:24000
Almeria fine sandy loam, channeled, frequently flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4200	3850	1698722	2s80f	ne069	1995	1:20000
Almeria fine sandy loam, channeled, frequently flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4200	10	2219261	2s80f	ne071	1984	1:20000
Almeria loamy fine sand, channeled, frequently flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4205	474	2219275	2s80k	ne075	1973	1:24000
Almeria loamy fine sand, channeled, frequently flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4205	882	1699922	2s80k	ne077	1987	1:20000
Almeria loamy sand, frequently flooded	4207	52	1700098	1v22w	ne079	2003	1:12000
Bolent-Almeria complex, channeled, frequently flooded	4226	64	2228848	2dt9b	ne087	1965	1:20000
Almeria-Calamus complex, channeled, frequently flooded	4210	5130	100160	2zzbm	ne089	1981	1:20000
Bolent-Almeria complex, channeled, frequently flooded	4226	949	2605705	2zzbt	ne091	1961	1:24000
Almeria-fluvaquents, sandy complex, channeled, frequently flooded	4211	270	2668685	2zzbn	ne091	1961	1:24000
Almeria soils, occasionally flooded	4258	6379	99689	3bqs	ne093	1968	1:12000
Almeria loam, occasionally flooded	4213	2161	99748	3bsp	ne093	1968	1:12000
Almeria loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded	4204	14	2217596	2dflc	ne103	1977	1:20000
Almeria-fluvaquents, sandy complex, channeled, frequently flooded	4211	397	2219704	2zzbn	ne111	1971	1:24000
Almeria fine sandy loam, frequently ponded	4212	1834	1699391	1v1c2	ne113	1969	1:24000
Almeria fine sandy loam, channeled, frequently flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4200	1539	1699516	2s80f	ne115	1986	1:20000
Almeria loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4204	491	1699514	2s80l	ne115	1986	1:20000
Almeria loamy fine sand, wet, occasionally flooded	4206	389	1699515	1v1h2	ne115	1986	1:20000
Almeria-Histosols complex, channeled, frequently flooded	4208	16	2219828	2zzbp	ne115	1986	1:20000
Almeria-fluvaquents, sandy complex, channeled, frequently flooded	4211	322	1700206	2zzbn	ne117	1966	1:31680
Almeria loamy fine sand, occasionally flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4204	226	2219831	2s80l	ne149	1982	1:20000
Almeria fine sandy loam, channeled, frequently flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4200	106	2219843	2s80f	ne149	1982	1:20000
Almeria loamy fine sand, channeled, frequently flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4205	1449	100560	2s80k	ne161	1992	1:20000
Almeria soils, occasionally flooded	4258	28	2228868	2dt9z	ne163	1987	1:20000
Almeria loam, occasionally flooded	4213	8	2228867	2dt9y	ne163	1987	1:20000
Almeria fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4201	1117	2605665	2s80c	ne171	1963	1:24000
Bolent-Almeria complex, channeled, frequently flooded	4226	1009	2605667	2zzbt	ne171	1963	1:24000
Almeria-Inavale complex, channeled, frequently flooded	4757	1133	1699859	2zzbq	ne183	1984	1:20000
Almeria-Calamus complex, channeled, frequently flooded	4210	632	2219886	2zzbm	ne183	1984	1:20000
Almeria loamy fine sand, channeled, frequently flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	4205	18	2219893	2s80k	ne183	1984	1:20000
Almeria loamy fine sand, channeled, frequently flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	T012A	314	1389464	2s80k	sd007	2004	1:20000
Almeria loamy fine sand, channeled, frequently flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	T012A	748	1391564	2s80k	sd121	1967	1:31680
Almeria fine sandy loam, wet, 0 to 2 percent slopes	T011A	194	1391563	1hq14	sd121	1967	1:31680
Almeria fine sandy loam, occasionally flooded, 0 to 2 percent slopes	T010A	164	1391536	2s80c	sd121	1967	1:31680
Almeria fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	T010A	7	2582753	1hv2f	sd613	2011	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ALMERIA 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).