Soil Data Explorer - BLACKPIPE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BLACKPIPE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BLACKPIPE, 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 BLACKPIPE 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
63A	82P0827	82SD103017	Blackpipe	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.1116333,-102.1352386
63A	84P0193	82SD103018	BLACKPIPE	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	44.1269455,-102.2058334
64	83P0227	83SD071002	BLACKPIPE	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.7972221,-101.5972214
64	83P0228	83SD071003	Blackpipe	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.7958336,-101.586113

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the BLACKPIPE 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 BLACKPIPE 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 BLACKPIPE 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 BLACKPIPE 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 BLACKPIPE 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 BLACKPIPE 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 BLACKPIPE 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 BLACKPIPE, 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

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

1. SD-2012-03-15-14 | Custer and Pennington Counties, Prairie Parts - May 1996

   Pattern of soils and underlying material in the Ottumwa-Razor and the Midway-Razor associations (Soil Survey of Custer and Pennington Counties, Prairie Parts, SD; 1996).

2. SD-2012-03-15-42 | Haakon County - 1998

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Ottumwa-Kirley and Ottumwa-Razor-Midway associations (Soil Survey of Haakon County, SD; 1998).

3. SD-2012-03-15-55 | Jackson County, Northern Part - July 1987

   Pattern of soils and underlying material in the Weta-Cactusflat and Blackpipe-Wortman associations (Soil Survey of Jackson County, Northern Part, SD; 1987).

Map Units

Map units containing BLACKPIPE 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
Blackpipe silty clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BkB	3254	354075	cwfs	sd055	1992	1:24000
Blackpipe-Wortman complex	Bo	3190	354076	cwft	sd055	1992	1:24000
Blackpipe silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	BkA	1090	354074	cwfr	sd055	1992	1:24000
Norrest-Blackpipe silt loams, 2 to 5 percent slopes	NoB	6781	353409	cvr9	sd095	1971	1:20000
Norrest-Blackpipe silt loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	NoA	1362	353408	cvr8	sd095	1971	1:20000
Blackpipe soils	Bp	1156	353345	cvp7	sd095	1971	1:20000
Savo and Blackpipe soils, 2 to 6 percent slopes	SkB	39893	354349	2tvvy	sd600	1974	1:24000
Blackpipe silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes	BlD	22395	354304	2y6f3	sd600	1974	1:24000
Blackpipe-Savo complex, moist, 2 to 6 percent slopes	P038B	11500	2745635	30wn0	sd600	1974	1:24000
Blackpipe-Shingle complex, 6 to 15 percent slopes	BsD	10442	354305	2y6f4	sd600	1974	1:24000
Midway-Blackpipe complex, 9 to 40 percent slopes	MdD	9436	354331	cwq1	sd600	1974	1:24000
Blackpipe silt loam, moist, 6 to 15 percent slopes	P036D	411	2733419	2qt1b	sd600	1974	1:24000
Blackpipe-Wortman complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	BoA	9700	2580877	cygc	sd606	2011	1:24000
Blackpipe clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BlB	9622	2580875	2t5fh	sd606	2011	1:24000
Blackpipe silty clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BkB	8785	2580873	cyg7	sd606	2011	1:24000
Blackpipe-Norrest complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes	BnC	5412	2580876	cygb	sd606	2011	1:24000
Blackpipe silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	BkA	4884	2580872	cyg6	sd606	2011	1:24000
Blackpipe-Wortman complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	BoB	3727	2580878	2wf36	sd606	2011	1:24000
Blackpipe clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	BlA	2047	2580874	2t5ff	sd606	2011	1:24000
Savo-Blackpipe silty clay loams, 6 to 15 percent slopes	U712D	739	2582944	2qt0g	sd606	2011	1:24000
Blackpipe-Norrest complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	U060C	694	2582885	2kqgz	sd606	2011	1:24000
Blackpipe-Wortman silt loams, 3 to 9 percent slopes	BwC	8933	2581005	cy22	sd611	2011	1:24000
Blackpipe-Wortman complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	U070C	1389	2582861	2wf37	sd611	2011	1:24000
Blackpipe-Wortman complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	U070B	838	2582866	2wf36	sd611	2011	1:24000
Blackpipe-Wortman complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes	U070B	2227	2375416	2wf36	sd612	2011	1:20000
Blackpipe-Norrest complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	U060C	1088	2375095	2kqgz	sd612	2011	1:20000
Blackpipe clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	U050A	457	2375415	2t5ff	sd612	2011	1:20000
Blackpipe clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes	U050B	436	2375094	2t5fh	sd612	2011	1:20000
Blackpipe-Wortman complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes	U070C	135	2375097	2wf37	sd612	2011	1:20000
Savo-Blackpipe silty clay loams, 6 to 15 percent slopes	U712D	76	2547433	2qt0g	sd612	2011	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BLACKPIPE 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).