Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BLACHLY soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BLACHLY, 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 BLACHLY were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRALab IDPedon IDTaxonnameCINSSL / NASIS ReportsLink To SoilWeb GMap
140A0868S1955OR011001BLACHLY6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.1588898,-124.1333313
140A0869S1955OR011002BLACHLY6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties43.1261101,-124.1502762
101N0322S2000OR003017Blachly6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.4056358,-123.6623077
312N7672S2011OR039002Blachly7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties44.0848885,-122.6616669

Water Balance

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

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Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the BLACHLY series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the BLACHLY series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the BLACHLY 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 .

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

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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 BLACHLY share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the BLACHLY series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the BLACHLY 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 .

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

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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 BLACHLY, 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 .

Block Diagrams

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing BLACHLY 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
Preacher-Blachly-Bohannon complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes1341470854392vx3or00320041:24000
Blachly-Kilowan complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes21988854432vx7or00320041:24000
Blachly-Kilowan complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes22459854382vx2or00320041:24000
Preacher-Blachly association, 30 to 60 percent slopes44E278636119921p5or01119831:20000
Preacher-Blachly association, 12 to 30 percent slopes44D161226119821p4or01119831:20000
Preacher-Blachly-Digger association, 30 to 60 percent slopes45E125076120121p7or01119831:20000
Blachly silty clay loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes4E81426121021pjor01119831:20000
Blachly silty clay loam, 0 to 30 percent slopes4D79006120921phor01119831:20000
Preacher-Blachly-Digger association, 12 to 30 percent slopes45D21326120021p6or01119831:20000
McDuff-Absaquil-Blachly complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes75E14686125921r3or01119831:20000
Absaquil-Blachly-McDuff complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes66D2016124521qnor01119831:20000
Preacher-Blachly-Digger complex, 0 to 30 percent slopes199E51496515825swor01519951:24000
Preacher-Blachly complex, warm, 0 to 30 percent slopes198E2566515725svor01519951:24000
Blachly silty clay loam, 3 to 30 percent slopes9D93946245022zjor05319771:20000
Blachly silty clay loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes9E19216245122zkor05319771:20000
Blachly clay loam, uneven, 25 to 37 percent slopesBeE129214259551jvtkor60119681:20000
Klickitat-Blachly complex, 25 to 50 percent slopesKoF93214260021jvw2or60119681:20000
Blachly clay loam, 0 to 25 percent slopesBaD63214259471jvt9or60119681:20000
Blachly clay loam, uneven, 10 to 25 percent slopesBeD59514259541jvtjor60119681:20000
Blachly clay loam, 25 to 37 percent slopesBaE59014259481jvtbor60119681:20000
Blachly clay loam, ridge, 0 to 25 percent slopesBdD53014259531jvthor60119681:20000
Blachly clay loam, basalt substratum, ridge, 5 to 25 percent slopesBhD27914259591jvtpor60119681:20000
Blachly clay loam, dissected uneven, 25 to 37 percent slopesBcE20114259511jvtfor60119681:20000
Blachly clay loam, basalt substratum, dissected, 25 to 37 percent slopesBgE17414259581jvtnor60119681:20000
Blachly clay loam, uneven, 37 to 50 percent slopesBeF15714259561jvtlor60119681:20000
Blachly clay loam, 37 to 50 percent slopesBaF14514259491jvtcor60119681:20000
Blachly clay loam, basalt substratum, ridge, 25 to 37 percent slopesBhE12014259601jvtqor60119681:20000
Blachly clay loam, basalt substratum, uneven, 25 to 37 percent slopesBfE10214259571jvtmor60119681:20000
Blachly clay loam, dissected uneven, 37 to 50 percent slopesBcF4414259521jvtgor60119681:20000
Blachly clay loam, dissected, 25 to 40 percent slopesBbE2214259501jvtdor60119681:20000
Blachly-McCully clay loams, 3 to 30 percent slopes15E2002362634235gor63719811:20000
Blachly clay loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes13F10585626272357or63719811:20000
Blachly silty clay loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes14F851462633235for63719811:20000
Blachly silty clay loam, 3 to 30 percent slopes14E758662632235dor63719811:20000
Blachly clay loam, 50 to 70 percent slopes13G2278626282358or63719811:20000
Blachly-Kilowan complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes395F69014215181jq6for63719811:20000
Blachly-Kilowan complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes394E27414215171jq6dor63719811:20000
Preacher-Blachly-Bohannon complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes306E13814214981jq5sor63719811:20000
Blachly silty clay loam, 5 to 35 percent slopes6E20206477325dgor63819901:20000
Blachly silty clay loam, 35 to 50 percent slopes6F7806477425dhor63819901:20000
Blachly clay loam, 3 to 30 percent slopes12E124106426324w0or63919831:20000
Blachly clay loam, 30 to 50 percent south slopes14F88806426624w3or63919831:20000
Blachly clay loam, 30 to 50 percent north slopes13F63356426424w1or63919831:20000
Blachly clay loam, 50 to 75 percent north slopes13G38006426524w2or63919831:20000
Blachly clay loam, 50 to 75 percent south slopes14G35806426724w4or63919831:20000
Preacher-Bohannon-Blachly complex, 30 to 70 percent slopes198F1888366537277cor64919941:24000
McDuff-Absaquil-Blachly complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes147F7464663732722or64919941:24000
Absaquil-Blachly-McDuff complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes2E53196676927gvor64919941:24000
Preacher-Blachly complex, 12 to 30 percent slopes196E3770665312775or64919941:24000
Blachly silty clay loam, 3 to 30 percent slopes26E34296673327fpor64919941:24000
Blachly silty clay loam, 30 to 60 percent slopes26F4896673427fqor64919941:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BLACHLY 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 .