Soil Data Explorer - ALPIN

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ALPIN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ALPIN, 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 ALPIN 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
133A	S37_023	1977-FL073-S37_023	Alpin	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	30.3232536,-84.2963486
133A	S33_009	1981-FL065-S33_009	Alpin	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	30.3970585,-84.0718918
133A	S39_002	1989-FL077-S39_002	Alpin	n/a	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	30.4594383,-84.8683319
137	S87SC025-2	S1985SC025001	Alpin	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	34.6476741,-80.2015566
138	S40_010	1984-FL079-S40_010	Alpin	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	30.2797661,-83.2670517
138	S24_003	1988-FL047-S24_003	Alpin	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	30.4683583,-83.1441889
138	S12_005	S1978FL023005	Alpin	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	29.9873314,-82.7684021
138	S21_001	S1986FL041001	Alpin	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	29.7435055,-82.8807755
152A	S65_012	1986-FL129-S65_012	Alpin	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	30.0759201,-84.3849869
153A	S16_020	1975-FL031-S16_020	Alpin	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	30.3828201,-81.6986465
153A	S04_007	1986-FL007-S04_007	Alpin	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	29.7696552,-82.0568008
153A	S45_030	1986-FL089-S45_030	Alpin	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	30.746767,-82.0175934

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with ALPIN 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 ALPIN 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 ALPIN 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 ALPIN, 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 ALPIN 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
Alpin sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	ApA	5920	329615	c1zr	al061	1973	1:20000
Alpin fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	3	17120	797450	2v174	fl023	1981	1:24000
Alpin fine sand, 5 to 12 percent slopes	4	990	797461	vrtk	fl023	1981	1:24000
Alpin fine sand, occasionally flooded	5	550	797472	vrtx	fl023	1981	1:24000
Bonifay-Alpin complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	9	11155	1381549	1hcm3	fl039	2006	1:12000
Alpin fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	35	11790	321816	2v174	fl041	1989	1:20000
Alpin sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	3	29070	1148826	2xnrd	fl047	1995	1:24000
Alpin fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	22	3280	1148818	17kfn	fl047	1995	1:24000
Alpin sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes	4	1305	1148837	17kg8	fl047	1995	1:24000
Otela-Alpin complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	49	1010	1148846	17kgk	fl047	1995	1:24000
Alpin-Shadeville complex, karst	60	620	1148859	17kgz	fl047	1995	1:24000
Alpin fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	28	1310	700490	rhxg	fl065	1984	1:20000
Alpin fine sand, 5 to 8 percent slopes	43	106	700502	rhxv	fl065	1984	1:20000
Alpin sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	3	17610	1454438	1ktgc	fl073	1989	1:20000
Alpin-Foxworth complex, 5 to 12 percent slopes	4	2800	322728	bttl	fl077	2004	1:24000
Alpin sand	3	28430	1380295	1hb9n	fl079	1988	1:15840
Alpin fine sand, occasionally flooded	78	3960	1380344	1hbc7	fl079	1988	1:15840
Blanton-Alpin-Bonneau complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	13	90031	1023328	2w4gj	fl121	2003	1:24000
Alpin fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	29	77277	1023343	2v174	fl121	2003	1:24000
Blanton-Foxworth-Alpin complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	43	27535	1023357	13bwj	fl121	2003	1:24000
Otela-Alpin-Chiefland complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	71	16068	1023385	13bxf	fl121	2003	1:24000
Blanton-Alpin complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	10	11925	1023325	13bvh	fl121	2003	1:24000
Blanton-Padlock-Alpin complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	22	4119	1023336	13bvv	fl121	2003	1:24000
Alpin fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	38	3962	1023352	13bwc	fl121	2003	1:24000
Alpin fine sand, 5 to 12 percent slopes	30	2167	1023344	13bw3	fl121	2003	1:24000
Otela-Alpin fine sands, 0 to 5 percent slopes	47	13770	1399073	1hyvd	fl129	1988	1:24000
Alpin sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	4	8600	1399067	1hyv6	fl129	1988	1:24000
Alpin fine sand, 1 to 5 percent slopes	AnB	2460	112792	3scg	nc079	1978	1:24000
Alpin sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes, Southern Coastal Plain	AnB	1430	113079	2wdwp	nc085	1984	1:24000
Alpin fine sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes	AnB	6008	115959	3wnm	nc103	1979	1:24000
Alpin fine sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes	AnB	1693	116066	3ws2	nc133	1984	1:24000
Alpin fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	AnB	326	116111	3wtj	nc137	1984	1:24000
Alpin fine sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes	AnB	19011	116153	3wvw	nc141	1986	1:24000
Alaga loamy sand, banded substratum, 0 to 6 percent slopes (Alpin)	AgB	11623	114308	3tyc	nc147	1969	1:15840
Alpin sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes, Southern Coastal Plain	AnB	6933	2950652	2wdwp	sc017	1993	1:24000
Alpin sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes, Carolina and Georgia Sandhills	ApB	5848	2950651	2wdwn	sc017	1993	1:24000
Alpin sand, 6 to 10 percent slopes	ApC	2294	132311	2wb99	sc017	1993	1:24000
Alpin sand, 10 to 15 percent slopes	ApD	390	132312	2wb98	sc017	1993	1:24000
Alpin sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes, Carolina and Georgia Sandhills	ApB	52028	131984	2wdwn	sc025	1989	1:20000
Alpin sand, 6 to 10 percent slopes	ApC	27256	131985	2wb99	sc025	1989	1:20000
Alpin sand, 10 to 15 percent slopes	ApD	4781	131986	2wb98	sc025	1989	1:20000
Alpin fine sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes	18B	6637	132260	4fmg	sc029	1980	1:20000
Alpin sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes, Carolina and Georgia Sandhills	ApB	4567	2950654	2wdwn	sc031	1998	1:24000
Alpin sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes, Southern Coastal Plain	AnB	3050	2950655	2wdwp	sc031	1998	1:24000
Alpin sand, 6 to 10 percent slopes	ApC	1154	618778	2wb99	sc031	1998	1:24000
Alpin sand, 10 to 15 percent slopes	ApD	198	618777	2wb98	sc031	1998	1:24000
Alpin fine sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes	ApB	1200	129784	4c1l	sc035	1985	1:20000
Alpin sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes	ApB	607	130082	4cc6	sc049	1990	1:20000
Alpin sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes, Carolina and Georgia Sandhills	ApB	123	2394277	2wdwn	sc057	1967	1:20000
Alpin sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes, Carolina and Georgia Sandhills	ApB	4044	2950658	2wdwn	sc061	2005	1:24000
Alpin sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes, Southern Coastal Plain	AnB	1004	2950659	2wdwp	sc061	2005	1:24000
Alpin sand, 6 to 15 percent slopes	ApD	649	1606497	1qxph	sc061	2005	1:24000
Alpin sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes, Carolina and Georgia Sandhills	ApB	5784	2950661	2wdwn	sc069	1995	1:24000
Alpin sand, 6 to 10 percent slopes	ApC	984	130602	2wb99	sc069	1995	1:24000
Alpin sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes, Southern Coastal Plain	AnB	804	2950660	2wdwp	sc069	1995	1:24000
Alpin sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes, Southern Coastal Plain	ApB	9030	130871	2wdwp	sc075	1985	1:20000
Alpin sand, 6 to 10 percent slopes	ApC	560	130872	2wb9b	sc075	1985	1:20000
Alpin-Candor-Troup complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	ApB	620	2485877	2pfrl	sc085	1969	1:20000
Ailey-Troup-Alpin complex, 10 to 15 percent slopes	AaD	317	2485865	2pfr6	sc085	1969	1:20000
Alpin sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes, Carolina and Georgia Sandhills	ApB	20967	130179	2wdwn	sc610	1985	1:20000
Alpin sand, 6 to 10 percent slopes	ApC	1970	130180	2wb99	sc610	1985	1:20000
Alpin sand, 10 to 15 percent slopes	ApD	1260	130181	2wb98	sc610	1985	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ALPIN 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).