Soil Data Explorer - BLAZON

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BLAZON soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BLAZON, 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 BLAZON 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
34A	82P0682	82WY013008	Blazon	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	42.7125015,-108.4772186
67A	89P0819	89WY021005	Blazon	8	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.5255547,-105.1533356

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the BLAZON 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 BLAZON 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 BLAZON 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 BLAZON 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 flats position figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with BLAZON 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 BLAZON 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 BLAZON 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 flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with BLAZON, 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. WY-2012-03-23-01 | Fremont County, East Part and Dubois Area - July 1993

   Soils and their landscape positions as they relate to parent material, precipitation zones, and temperature regimes (Soil Survey of Fremont County, East Part and Dubois Area, WY; 1993).

Map Units

Map units containing BLAZON 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
Trimad-Blazon, thin solum-Rock outcrop complex, 20 to 45 percent slopes	132	401	497631	jptm	co644	1980	1:24000
Blazon, moist-Rentsac complex, 8 to 65 percent slopes	10	62467	496949	jp3m	co685	1979	1:24000
Circleville-Blazon complex	27	28920	55153	1vd4	ut631	1982	1:24000
Trimad-Blazon-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 40 percent slopes	248	2777	104602	3hv8	wy031	1998	1:24000
Trimad-Weed-Blazon association, 0 to 15 percent slopes	250	103	104440	3hp1	wy031	1998	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Blazon, thin solum, complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	217	86	104438	3hnz	wy031	1998	1:24000
Chaperton, moderately saline-Blazon complex, 8 to 20 percent slopes	128	84	104485	3hqh	wy031	1998	1:24000
Poposhia-Blazon silt loams, 3 to 30 percent slopes	201	66	104435	3hnw	wy031	1998	1:24000
Blazon-Trimad complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	111	26	104424	3hnj	wy031	1998	1:24000
Poposhia-Blazon, thin solum-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 35 percent slopes	202	4	104436	3hnx	wy031	1998	1:24000
Blazon-Chaperton-Carthill complex, 8 to 30 percent slopes	142	14239	2376188	2krm7	wy041		1:24000
Blazon-Byrnie-Feltner complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes	32565	1533	2484054	2pcvs	wy041		1:24000
Blazon-Delphill complex, 8 to 40 percent slopes	3761	1513	2484083	2pcwq	wy041		1:24000
Chaperton, moderately saline-Blazon complex, 8 to 20 percent slopes	139	23404	501675	jv12	wy601	1991	1:24000
Blazon-Delphill complex, 20 to 45 percent slopes	116	16287	501643	jv01	wy601	1991	1:24000
Delphill-Blazon complex, 3 to 20 percent slopes	150	15675	501688	jv1h	wy601	1991	1:24000
Stunner-Tisworth-Blazon complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes	230	11450	501800	jv53	wy601	1991	1:24000
Poposhia-Blazon complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	197	4188	501741	jv36	wy601	1991	1:24000
Blazon-Chaperton complex, moist, 3 to 20 percent slopes	115	616	501642	jv00	wy601	1991	1:24000
Rencot-Blazon complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes	215	147	1669723	1t1h1	wy609	2006	1:24000
Rencot-Blazon complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes	247	18506	502376	jvrp	wy625	1985	1:24000
Blazon-Cragosen-Worfman association, hilly	127	16919	502205	jvl5	wy625	1985	1:24000
Delphill-Blazon loams, 5 to 30 percent slopes	170	8538	502258	jvmw	wy625	1985	1:24000
Blazon-Worfman loams, 6 to 30 percent slopes	126	8320	502204	jvl4	wy625	1985	1:24000
Rock River-Pinelli-Blazon complex, 3 to 20 percent slopes	259	4485	502395	jvs9	wy625	1985	1:24000
Poposhia-Blazon complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes	240	2339	502366	jvrc	wy625	1985	1:24000
Yamo-Blazon-Delphill-like complex, 4 to 35 percent slopes -- Draft	490AD		152590	53s8	wy629		1:24000
Moyerson-Blazon-Rock outcrop complex, 0 to 60 percent slopes -- Draft	385		152541	53qp	wy629		1:24000
Peyton-like-Blazon-Rock outcrop complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes -- Draft	475BE		2482757	2pbhy	wy629		1:24000
Blazon-Diamondville-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 75 percent slopes -- Draft	1720		2482761	2pbj2	wy629		1:24000
Chaperton-Blazon-Yamo complex, 10 to 55 percent slopes -- Draft	5505		2552272	2qtzv	wy629		1:24000
Chaperton, moderately saline-Blazon complex, 8 to 20 percent slopes	1139		2959835	2x8p5	wy630		1:24000
Blazon-Delphill complex, 20 to 45 percent slopes	1116		2959834	2x8p2	wy630		1:24000
Blazon-Cushool association, 2 to 20 percent slopes -- draft	344	63867	2378105	2ktm2	wy630		1:24000
Blazon-Blackhall complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes -- draft	379	34001	2437993	2mtxy	wy630		1:24000
Seaverson-Blazon complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes -- draft	415	12924	2455476	2nf3x	wy630		1:24000
Rentsac-Blazon, bouldery association, 10 to 50 percent slopes -- draft	383	10263	2455473	2nf3t	wy630		1:24000
Blazon-Chaperton association, 6 to 12 percent slopes -- draft	305	6566	2378102	2ktlz	wy630		1:24000
Delphill-Blazon complex, 3 to 20 percent slopes -- draft	452	4087	2573032	2x8pj	wy630		1:24000
Delphill-Blazon association. -- draft	390	455	2573041	2r81w	wy630		1:24000
Forelle-Blazon, rubbly surface-Cushool complex, 4 to 35 percent slopes	5604	3800	1475588	1ljgm	wy635		1:24000
Blazon, rubbly surface-Spool-Earsman family, extremely stony surface, complex, 8 to 60 percent slopes	9705	2244	2771665	2t6d2	wy635		1:24000
Blazon thin solum-Blazon-Lilsnake complex, 2 to 40 percent slopes	105	12367	503941	jxd5	wy638	1990	1:24000
Blazon-Delphill complex, 6 to 30 percent slopes	106	7613	503942	jxd6	wy638	1990	1:24000
Thermopolis-Blazon-Sinkson complex, 3 to 60 percent slopes	189	2003	504054	jxht	wy638	1990	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Blazon complex, 20 to 40 percent slopes	172	1687	504032	jxh3	wy638	1990	1:24000
Cragosen-Carmody-Blazon complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	025	34942	157540	58xy	wy647		1:24000
Rock outcrop-Blazon complex, 6 to 40 percent slopes	049	34086	157570	58yx	wy647		1:24000
Rentsac-Rock outcrop-Blazon complex, 0 to 75 percent slopes	073	28543	157450	58v1	wy647		1:24000
Poposhia-Blazon-Carmody complex, 3 to 45 percent slopes	045	24126	157574	58z1	wy647		1:24000
Blazon-Rock outcrop-Carmody complex, 2 to 40 percent slopes	419	220	1859084	20djg	wy647		1:24000
Crownest-Cotha association	6	16128	159055	5bht	wy677	1975	1:24000
Cotha-Blazon-Rock outcrop association	5	11806	159056	5bhv	wy677	1975	1:24000
Blazon-Rock outcrop association	4	10119	159057	5bhw	wy677	1975	1:24000
Blazon-Patent association	3	3699	159058	5bhx	wy677	1975	1:24000
Blazon-Rock outcrop-Carmody complex, hilly	60	2919	1901549	21tq9	wy677	1975	1:24000
Poposhia-Blazon-Carmody complex, hilly	55	2055	1901571	21tr0	wy677	1975	1:24000
Cragosen-Carmody-Blazon complex, hilly	67	43	1901552	21tqd	wy677	1975	1:24000
Cragosen-Carmody-Blazon complex, hilly	136	59156	503001	jwdv	wy713	1986	1:24000
Blazon-Rock outcrop-Carmody complex, hilly	118	53053	502983	jwd8	wy713	1986	1:24000
Poposhia-Blazon-Carmody complex, hilly	186	47347	503051	jwgg	wy713	1986	1:24000
Poposhia, sodic-Blazon complex, rolling	187	9709	503052	jwgh	wy713	1986	1:24000
Badland-Seaverson-Blazon complex, steep	113	6935	502978	jwd3	wy713	1986	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Blazon complex, hilly	197	5480	503062	jwgt	wy713	1986	1:24000
Blazon-Trimad complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	46	4	1414815	1jh76	wy715	1974	1:20000
Blazon-Trimad complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	111	32589	104912	3j58	wy721	1994	1:24000
Trimad-Weed-Blazon association, 0 to 15 percent slopes	180	19791	104981	3j7h	wy721	1994	1:24000
Trimad-Blazon, thin solum-Rock outcrop complex, 20 to 45 percent slopes	177	19579	104978	3j7d	wy721	1994	1:24000
Trimad-Blazon complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	176	16428	104977	3j7c	wy721	1994	1:24000
Blazon-Chaperton complex, 3 to 20 percent slopes	109	10051	104910	3j56	wy721	1994	1:24000
Poposhia-Blazon, thin solum-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 35 percent slopes	160	8873	104961	3j6v	wy721	1994	1:24000
Poposhia-Blazon silt loams, 3 to 30 percent slopes	159	7590	104960	3j6t	wy721	1994	1:24000
Blazon-Blazon, thin solum-Poposhia silt loams, 0 to 6 percent slopes	108	4695	104909	3j55	wy721	1994	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Blazon, thin solum, complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes	166	2502	104967	3j71	wy721	1994	1:24000
Blazon-Chaperton-Rock outcrop complex, 10 to 45 percent slopes	110	2018	104911	3j57	wy721	1994	1:24000
Blazon-Chaperton-Fola complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes -- draft	8205	4350	2611964	2qsv9	wy723		1:24000
Blazon, rubbly surface-Spool-Earsman family, extremely stony surface, complex, 8 to 60 percent slopes	9705	4097	2970260	2t6d2	wy723		1:24000
Blazon, stony surface-Scooby-Manns, stony surface, complex, 8 to 42 percent slopes	4410		3222491	31334	wy737		1:24000
Chaperton-Blazon complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes -- draft	2530	3444	2572333	2mtk5	wy737		1:24000
Adel-Blazon-Rentsac association, steep -- draft	610	2774	2572293	jx2t	wy737		1:24000
Blazon loam, 8 to 30 percent slopes -- draft	519	2003	2572285	jx1t	wy737		1:24000
Delphill-Blazon association, 6 to 30 percent slopes -- draft	207	968	2572348	2pb9p	wy737		1:24000
Blazon-Shinbara complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes -- draft	235	817	2572399	2pbqj	wy737		1:24000
Blazon-Rentsac complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes -- draft	563	739	2572291	jx2l	wy737		1:24000
Blazon-Cushool association, 2 to 20 percent slopes -- draft	7344	423	2572426	2pr27	wy737		1:24000
Worfman-Blazon complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes -- draft	515	321	2572284	jx1q	wy737		1:24000
Blackhall-Blazon-Poposhia complex, 3 to 30 percent slopes -- draft	590	83	2572292	jx2s	wy737		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BLAZON 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).