Soil Data Explorer - BIGBEE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BIGBEE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BIGBEE, 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 BIGBEE 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	S46_011	1996-FL091-S46_011	Bigbee	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	30.6903725,-86.6169357
133A	18N0128	S2015GA007009	Bigbee	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	31.19824,-84.4674
133A	18N0144	S2015GA007029	Bigbee	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	31.1804694,-84.472313

Water Balance

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with BIGBEE, 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 BIGBEE 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
Sandy alluvial land	Sa	3335	328204	c0j7	al003	1961	1:20000
Bigbee loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	BgB	370	328443	c0ry	al013	1996	1:20000
Bigbee loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, rarely flooded	BeB	540	328600	c0y0	al023	1998	1:24000
Bigbee sand	3	2200	328669	c107	al031	1976	1:20000
Cahaba-Bigbee complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded	CbA	10897	328721	c11x	al035	1985	1:20000
Bigbee sand, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	BgA	4123	328718	c11t	al035	1985	1:20000
Bigbee loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, rarely flooded	BgA	5242	328748	c12s	al039	1985	1:20000
Bigbee sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes	11	13328	329046	c1dd	al047	1977	1:20000
Bigbee-Urban land complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes	12	1379	329047	c1df	al047	1977	1:20000
Bigbee-Kalmia-Eunola association	BK	12580	329617	c1zt	al061	1973	1:20000
Bigbee loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	BgB	1637	329741	2wwm0	al065	2003	1:24000
Bigbee-Muckalee complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded	BmA	1713	329779	c251	al067	1986	1:20000
Buncombe-Bigbee complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes, frequently flooded	BuB	1069	330372	c2s5	al069	2002	1:24000
Bigbee loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	BiB	600	2514624	2wwm0	al085	2011	1:24000
Bigbee loamy sand, 1 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded	BgB	618	330448	c2vm	al087	1997	1:24000
Bigbee loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	BgB	5400	330559	2wwm0	al091	1997	1:24000
Harleston-Bigbee complex, gently undulating, rarely flooded	HbA	4940	330579	c2zv	al091	1997	1:24000
Bigbee fine sand	5	310	330643	c31x	al093	1976	1:20000
Bigbee loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	BsB	1120	330829	2wwm0	al099	1984	1:20000
Bigbee loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	BgB	3382	330914	2wwm0	al101	1958	1:20000
Bigbee loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	BgB	4840	331284	c3ql	al107	1997	1:24000
Bigbee loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	BgA	3210	331471	c3xm	al119	1986	1:24000
Bigbee loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	BkB	2516	2642058	2x54d	al129	2013	1:24000
Bigbee loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	BgB	5250	331633	2wwm0	al131	1997	1:24000
Bigbee fine sand	7	3660	797486	vrvc	fl023	1981	1:24000
Bigbee-Garcon-Fluvaquents complex, flooded	50	10250	1425356	1jv67	fl033	1998	1:24000
Mantachie-Fluvaquents-Bigbee complex, frequently flooded	76	8870	1425381	1jv71	fl033	1998	1:24000
Garcon-Bigbee-Yemassee complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	46	980	1425352	1jv63	fl033	1998	1:24000
Bigbee fine sand, undulating, occasionally flooded	51	4800	1148849	17kgn	fl047	1995	1:24000
Bibb-Bigbee complex, undulating, occasionally flooded	56	1870	1148854	17kgt	fl047	1995	1:24000
Resota-Blanton-Bigbee complex, undulating, occasionally flooded	62	1210	1148861	17kh1	fl047	1995	1:24000
Yemassee, Garcon, and Bigbee soils, occasionally flooded	50	17680	1444732	1khc8	fl091	1989	1:20000
Bigbee-Garcon-Meggett complex, occasionally flooded	7	10733	1023324	13bvg	fl121	2003	1:24000
Fluvaquents-Meggett-Bigbee complex, frequently flooded	41	1241	1023355	13bwg	fl121	2003	1:24000
Yemassee-Garcon-Bigbee complex, occasionally flooded	48	5490	324019	bw57	fl131	1985	1:20000
Bigbee loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	51	520	324023	bw5c	fl131	1985	1:20000
Bigbee loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, rarely flooded	BgB	2740	754242	t9vd	ga087	2001	1:24000
Bigbee loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, rarely flooded	BgB	368	336562	c96v	ga131	2000	1:12000
Bigbee sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes	BgA	2100	325137	bxb9	ga603	1981	1:20000
Bigbee-Ochlockonee complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	BoC	793	126168	478y	ga620	1992	1:20000
Morganfield and Bigbee soils, frequently flooded	MB	3368	1605272	1qwdz	la037	1992	1:24000
Morganfield and Bigbee soils, frequently flooded	MB	22015	1725606	1vxmq	la125	2002	1:24000
Bigbee loamy sand	Bg	895	332079	c4k7	ms025	1974	1:20000
Bigbee loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Bh	1208	332210	2x54d	ms035	1976	1:20000
Bigbee loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	BkB	7584	2642165	2x54d	ms041	2012	1:24000
Bigbee-Bibb complex, frequently flooded	Bg	4904	332386	c4w4	ms045	1979	1:20000
Bigbee loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	21	570	332561	2x54d	ms059	1997	1:24000
Bigbee loamy sand, occasionally flooded	16	3696	332705	c56f	ms067	1984	1:20000
Bigbee-Bibb association, 0 to 5 percent slopes, frequently flooded	BB	4653	332875	301k2	ms075	1980	1:20000
Bigbee loamy sand, occasionally flooded	Ba	623	332876	c5cy	ms075	1980	1:20000
Jena-Bigbee complex, frequently flooded	Jg	5956	333124	c5my	ms091	1983	1:20000
Independence loamy fine sand (bigbee) (0 to 5 percent slopes)	Ia	296	333318	c5v6	ms101	1957	1:20000
Bigbee loamy sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Bn	7088	333599	2x54d	ms111	1997	1:20000
Bigbee loamy fine sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes, rarely flooded	BmB	7970	2403472	2lp0c	ms153	2008	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BIGBEE 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).