Soil Data Explorer - BEAUSITE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BEAUSITE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BEAUSITE, 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 BEAUSITE were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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 BEAUSITE 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 BEAUSITE 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 BEAUSITE 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 BEAUSITE 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.

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

Competing Series

Soil series competing with BEAUSITE 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 BEAUSITE 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 BEAUSITE 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 terrace figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with BEAUSITE, 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 BEAUSITE 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
Beausite-Alderwood complex, 0 to 30 percent slopes	BdD	2040	73713	2gpv	wa631	1968	1:20000
Beausite-Rock outcrop complex, 0 to 50 percent slopes	BeE	1870	73715	2gpx	wa631	1968	1:20000
Beausite gravelly sandy loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes	BaD	1370	73711	2gps	wa631	1968	1:20000
Rock land	Rk	1000	73807	2gsw	wa631	1968	1:20000
Beausite gravelly sandy loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	BaE	930	73712	2gpt	wa631	1968	1:20000
Beausite-Alderwood complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	BdE	720	73714	2gpw	wa631	1968	1:20000
Beausite gravelly sandy loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes	BeD	4692	1389414	1hmst	wa633	1969	1:24000
Beausite gravelly sandy loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes	BeC	4498	1389413	1hmss	wa633	1969	1:24000
Beausite gravelly sandy loam, 40 to 75 percent slopes	BeF	1812	1389415	1hmsv	wa633	1969	1:24000
Beausite-Alderwood-Urban land complex, 12 to 35 percent slopes	5020	114	3113671	2xtbw	wa633	1969	1:24000
Urban land-Beausite complex, 5 to 12 percent slopes	5017	89	3113668	2xtbs	wa633	1969	1:24000
Urban land-Beausite complex, 12 to 35 percent slopes	5018	74	3113669	2xtbt	wa633	1969	1:24000
Beausite-Alderwood complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes	5021	13	3113672	2xtbx	wa633	1969	1:24000
Urban land-Beausite complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	5016	10	3113667	2xtbr	wa633	1969	1:24000
Beausite-Alderwood-Urban land complex, 0 to 12 percent slopes	5019	6	3113670	2xtbv	wa633	1969	1:24000
Beausite gravelly loam, 30 to 65 percent slopes	18	3361	73982	2gzj	wa634	1986	1:24000
Beausite gravelly loam, 65 to 90 percent slopes	19	3129	73993	2gzw	wa634	1986	1:24000
Beausite gravelly loam, 6 to 30 percent slopes	17	855	73971	2gz5	wa634	1986	1:24000
Urban land-Beausite complex, 12 to 35 percent slopes	5018	101	3064851	2xtbt	wa775	2019	1:12000
Urban land-Beausite complex, 5 to 12 percent slopes	5017	48	3064850	2xtbs	wa775	2019	1:12000
Beausite-Alderwood-Urban land complex, 12 to 35 percent slopes	5020	35	3064853	2xtbw	wa775	2019	1:12000
Beausite-Alderwood complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes	5021	31	3064854	2xtbx	wa775	2019	1:12000
Urban land-Beausite complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	5016	3	3064849	2xtbr	wa775	2019	1:12000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BEAUSITE 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).