Soil Data Explorer - BEARPAW

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BEARPAW soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BEARPAW, 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 BEARPAW 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
52	40A5333	S1962MT005002	Bearpaw	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	48.2577019,-108.8855209
52	40A3332	S1962MT005005	Bearpaw	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	48.3507576,-109.3502579
52	40A3333	S1962MT005006	BEARPAW	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	48.405201,-109.4297104
n/a	92P0151	91ND051450	Bearpaw	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a

Water Balance

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with BEARPAW 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 BEARPAW 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 BEARPAW 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).

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with BEARPAW, 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 BEARPAW 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
Bearpaw-Vida clay loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	671B	20006	344024	2vyqr	mt041	1994	1:24000
Bearpaw-Vida clay loams, 2 to 8 percent slopes	671C	17866	344025	2vyqs	mt041	1994	1:24000
Vida-Bearpaw-Zahill clay loams, 4 to 15 percent slopes	671D	10139	344026	2vyt1	mt041	1994	1:24000
Vida-Zahill-Bearpaw clay loams, 2 to 8 percent slopes	696C	9143	344036	cjzy	mt041	1994	1:24000
Bearpaw-Waltham complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	674B	953	344027	2vyqp	mt041	1994	1:24000
Vida-Bearpaw-Zahill clay loams, 4 to 15 percent slopes	692D	7749	344247	2vyt1	mt051	1992	1:24000
Bearpaw-Vida-Nishon clay loams, 0 to 8 percent slopes	671C	6611	344242	ck6l	mt051	1992	1:24000
Vida-Bearpaw-Nishon clay loams, 0 to 15 percent slopes	693D	6582	344248	ck6s	mt051	1992	1:24000
Bearpaw-Vida clay loams, 2 to 8 percent slopes	69C	5906	344251	2vyqs	mt051	1992	1:24000
Bearpaw clay loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	67B	5735	344244	2sy7q	mt051	1992	1:24000
Bearpaw-Noonan complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	673B	2627	344243	2vysv	mt051	1992	1:24000
Bearpaw-Vida clay loams, 2 to 8 percent slopes	697C	16977	345249	2vyqs	mt101	1992	1:24000
Vida-Bearpaw-Nishon clay loams, 0 to 15 percent slopes	698D	5815	345250	cl83	mt101	1992	1:24000
Bearpaw-Noonan complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	673B	2154	345239	2vysv	mt101	1992	1:24000
Bearpaw clay loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	67B	1288	345240	2sy7q	mt101	1992	1:24000
Bearpaw-Vida clay loams, 2 to 8 percent slopes	Sn	4727	146936	2vyqs	mt600	1969	1:24000
Vida-Bearpaw-Zahill clay loams, 4 to 15 percent slopes	692D	469	3111827	2vyt1	mt600	1969	1:24000
Bearpaw-Vida clay loams, 2 to 8 percent slopes	17	151630	346349	2vyqs	mt608	1976	1:24000
Vida-Bearpaw-Zahill clay loams, 4 to 15 percent slopes	136	22668	346300	2vyt1	mt608	1976	1:24000
Bearpaw-Vida clay loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	16	20500	346343	2vyqr	mt608	1976	1:24000
Bearpaw clay loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	13	19911	346285	2sy7q	mt608	1976	1:24000
Bearpaw-Waltham complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	14	19683	346308	2vyqp	mt608	1976	1:24000
Bearpaw-Waltham complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	15	10720	346327	2vytn	mt608	1976	1:24000
Bearpaw-Vida clay loams, 0 to 4 percent slopes	671B	143729	346876	2vyqr	mt615	1992	1:24000
Bearpaw-Vida clay loams, 2 to 8 percent slopes	671C	67380	346877	2vyqs	mt615	1992	1:24000
Bearpaw clay loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes	67B	38698	346882	2sy7q	mt615	1992	1:24000
Vida-Bearpaw-Zahill clay loams, 4 to 15 percent slopes	692D	11009	346891	2vyt1	mt615	1992	1:24000
Bearpaw-Waltham complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	674B	6065	346880	2vyqp	mt615	1992	1:24000
Vida-Bearpaw-Nishon clay loams, 0 to 15 percent slopes	693C	5096	346892	cmz2	mt615	1992	1:24000
Bearpaw-Noonan complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	673A	1012	346879	2vysv	mt615	1992	1:24000
Bearpaw-Zeeland loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C194B	13833	2595807	2q2lx	nd029	1979	1:20000
Bearpaw-Zeeland loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	C194A	5416	2596833	2q2qs	nd029	1979	1:20000
Bearpaw loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C190C	3879	2569032	2q3b1	nd029	1979	1:20000
Bearpaw-Noonan loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes	C198B	197	2595792	2q2qr	nd029	1979	1:20000
Bearpaw-Zeeland loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C194B	43411	2566577	2q2lx	nd051	1992	1:24000
Bearpaw-Zeeland loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	C194A	26080	2566563	2q2qs	nd051	1992	1:24000
Bearpaw-Noonan loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes	C198B	12156	2566562	2q2qr	nd051	1992	1:24000
Bearpaw loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C190C	9760	2566584	2q3b1	nd051	1992	1:24000
Bearpaw-Greenway loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C192B	103	2596761	2qyg0	nd051	1992	1:24000
Bearpaw-Noonan loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	C199A	2180	2798660	2rrq3	sd049	1981	1:20000
Bearpaw-Noonan loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C199B	805	2798661	2rrq4	sd049	1981	1:20000
Bearpaw-Greenway loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C192B	7675	2798752	2qyg0	sd089	1980	1:20000
Bearpaw-Greenway loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	C192A	5940	2798761	2rrq0	sd089	1980	1:20000
Temvik-Grassna-Bearpaw complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes	C743B	3264	2798774	2rsq7	sd089	1980	1:20000
Bearpaw-Zeeland loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C194B	2896	2798704	2q2lx	sd089	1980	1:20000
Bearpaw loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C190C	2599	2798713	2q3b1	sd089	1980	1:20000
Bearpaw-Zeeland loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	C194A	318	2798686	2q2qs	sd089	1980	1:20000
Bearpaw-Noonan loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	C199A	191	2799475	2rrq3	sd107	1983	1:20000
Bearpaw-Noonan loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C199B	181	2799476	2rrq4	sd107	1983	1:20000
Bearpaw-Zeeland loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C194B	24	2799453	2q2lx	sd107	1983	1:20000
Highmore-Bearpaw complex, cool, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C723C	8236	2800141	2rspz	sd129	1975	1:20000
Highmore-Bearpaw complex, cool, 2 to 6 percent slopes	C723B	7464	2800140	2rrrx	sd129	1975	1:20000
Bearpaw-Gettys complex, cool, 6 to 15 percent slopes	C195D	6949	2800119	2rrq1	sd129	1975	1:20000
Bearpaw loam, 6 to 9 percent slopes	C190C	4135	2800091	2q3b1	sd129	1975	1:20000
Bearpaw-Zeeland loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes	C194B	3547	2800082	2q2lx	sd129	1975	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BEARPAW 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).