Soil Data Explorer - BLANCHARD

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BLANCHARD soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BLANCHARD, 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 BLANCHARD 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 BLANCHARD 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 BLANCHARD 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 BLANCHARD 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 BLANCHARD 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 BLANCHARD 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 BLANCHARD 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 BLANCHARD 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.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with BLANCHARD, 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 BLANCHARD 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
Lambert-Blanchard complex, 15 to 65 percent slopes	382F	786	1487337	1lxpm	mt021	1971	1:24000
Dast-Blanchard complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	251C	99	1487329	1lxpc	mt021	1971	1:24000
Dast-Blanchard complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes	252E	43	1487330	1lxpd	mt021	1971	1:24000
Dast-Blanchard complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes	55	3682	344419	ckd9	mt055	1981	1:24000
Dast-Blanchard complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	54	1126	344418	ckd8	mt055	1981	1:24000
Blanchard-Dast complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes	10	53	344775	ckrs	mt079	1986	1:24000
Lambert-Blanchard complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes	LeD	8985	345344	clc4	mt083	1973	1:24000
Dast-Blanchard complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes	DbD	1520	345331	clbq	mt083	1973	1:24000
Blanchard fine sand, 4 to 20 percent slopes	BcD	21887	348835	cpzr	mt091	1971	1:24000
Blanchard loamy sand, 4 to 12 percent slopes	BdC	2361	348836	cpzs	mt091	1971	1:24000
Lihen-Blanchard loamy sands, 8 to 25 percent slopes	551E	867	345216	cl70	mt101	1992	1:24000
Blanchard loamy fine sand, 3 to 7 percent slopes	Bo	2933	144801	4vp0	mt617	1958	1:20000
Blanchard loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes	Bn	2697	144800	4vnz	mt617	1958	1:20000
Tally, Blanchard, and Flathead soils, 0 to 3 percent slopes	Ta	2094	144918	4vss	mt617	1958	1:20000
Blanchard fine sand, 7 to 12 percent slopes, wind eroded	Bh	1859	144797	4vnw	mt617	1958	1:20000
Blanchard fine sand, 0 to 7 percent slopes	Be	1851	144794	4vns	mt617	1958	1:20000
Blanchard fine sand, 12 to 35 percent slopes	Bk	1073	144798	4vnx	mt617	1958	1:20000
Tally, Blanchard, and Flathead soils, 3 to 7 percent slopes	Tc	864	144920	4vsv	mt617	1958	1:20000
Blanchard fine sand, 12 to 35 percent slopes, wind eroded	Bm	815	144799	4vny	mt617	1958	1:20000
Blanchard loamy fine sand, 7 to 20 percent slopes	Bp	805	144802	4vp1	mt617	1958	1:20000
Blanchard fine sand, 0 to 7 percent slopes, wind eroded	Bf	616	144795	4vnt	mt617	1958	1:20000
Blanchard very fine sandy loam, 20 to 45 percent slopes	Bv	603	144807	4vp6	mt617	1958	1:20000
Tally, Blanchard, and Flathead soils, 0 to 3 percent slopes, eroded	Tb	594	144919	4vst	mt617	1958	1:20000
Tally, Blanchard, and Flathead soils, 3 to 7 percent slopes, wind eroded	Td	224	144921	4vsw	mt617	1958	1:20000
Tally, Blanchard, and Flathead soils, 7 to 12 percent slopes	Te	215	144922	4vsx	mt617	1958	1:20000
Blanchard loamy fine sand, 20 to 45 percent slopes	Br	207	144803	4vp2	mt617	1958	1:20000
Blanchard very fine sandy loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes	Bu	181	144806	4vp5	mt617	1958	1:20000
Blanchard very fine sandy loam, 7 to 12 percent slopes	Bt	137	144805	4vp4	mt617	1958	1:20000
Tally, Blanchard, and Flathead soils, 12 to 20 percent slopes	Tg	135	144924	4vsz	mt617	1958	1:20000
Blanchard very fine sandy loam, 0 to 7 percent slopes	Bs	121	144804	4vp3	mt617	1958	1:20000
Blanchard loamy fine sand, 3 to 7 percent slopes, lake effect	4C	106	1716040	1vlp4	mt617	1958	1:20000
Blanchard fine sand, 7 to 12 percent slopes	Bg	85	144796	4vnv	mt617	1958	1:20000
Tally, Blanchard, and Flathead soils, 7 to 12 percent slopes, wind eroded	Tf	56	144923	4vsy	mt617	1958	1:20000
Blanchard loamy fine sand, 7 to 20 percent slopes, lake effect	4D	31	1716041	1vlp5	mt617	1958	1:20000
Blanchard loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes, lake effect	4A	28	1716037	1vlp1	mt617	1958	1:20000
Blanchard loamy fine sand, 4 to 25 percent slopes	6	8061	348266	cpdd	mt661	1982	1:24000
Lihen-Blanchard loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes	2183	1822	341124	cfz0	nd013	1991	1:24000
Lihen-Blanchard loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes	C313B	33	2564092	2q2gs	nd013	1991	1:24000
Lihen-Blanchard loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes	2183	3010	341323	cg5f	nd023	1992	1:24000
Lihen-Blanchard loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes	C313B	1174	2564247	2q2gs	nd023	1992	1:24000
Lihen-Blanchard loamy fine sands, 6 to 15 percent slopes	2352	402	339063	cctj	nd105	1993	1:24000
Lihen-Blanchard loamy fine sands, 6 to 15 percent slopes	C313D	308	2566990	2pwdx	nd105	1993	1:24000
Lihen-Blanchard loamy fine sands, 0 to 6 percent slopes	C313B	96	2596779	2q2gs	nd105	1993	1:24000
Blanchard family sand, 30 to 70 percent slopes	16	579	504392	jxvq	ut636	1984	1:24000
Bluesky family-Blanchard family-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	11	2465	791088	vk5z	ut651		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BLANCHARD 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).