Soil Data Explorer - BRANTEL

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BRANTEL soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BRANTEL, 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 BRANTEL were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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
22A	86P0976	86CA051003	Brantel	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.9238167,-119.0181808
26	86P0817	86CA051001	Brantel	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.8922234,-119.0738907

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the BRANTEL 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 BRANTEL series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the BRANTEL 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 BRANTEL 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 BRANTEL share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the BRANTEL 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 BRANTEL 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 BRANTEL, 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. CA-2010-08-30-11 | Benton-Owens Valley Area, Parts of Inyo and Mono Counties - 2002

   Typical pattern of soils in the Adobe Valley area from the Adobe Hills southwest to the valley floor (Soil Survey of Benton-Owens Valley Area, California, Parts of Inyo and Mono Counties; 2002).

Map Units

Map units containing BRANTEL 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
Brantel family, 0 to 15 percent slopes.	139	21883	471370	hthh	ca732	1998	1:24000
Vitrandic Torriorthents, gravelly-Brantel family complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes.	317	8976	471430	htkf	ca732	1998	1:24000
Brantel family-Rock outcrop complex, 0 to 30 percent slopes.	142	4657	471372	hthk	ca732	1998	1:24000
Benemes-Brantel complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	128bo	2841	2229111	2dtkt	ca732	1998	1:24000
Brantel family, 30 to 60 percent slopes.	310	2631	471423	htk6	ca732	1998	1:24000
Brantel-Poole families complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes.	382	2456	471495	htmj	ca732	1998	1:24000
Brantel gravelly loamy sand, 0 to 4 percent slopes	134bo	2066	2229114	2dtkx	ca732	1998	1:24000
Brantel gravelly coarse sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes	132bo	2036	2229113	2dtkw	ca732	1998	1:24000
Lakash-Brantel families complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes.	146	1930	471376	hthp	ca732	1998	1:24000
Yellowhills-Brantel families complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes.	163	1384	471392	htj6	ca732	1998	1:24000
Plutos family-Brantel association, 2 to 8 percent slopes	284bo	1311	2229165	2dtmk	ca732	1998	1:24000
Montezuma-Brantel complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	265bo	748	2229162	2dtmg	ca732	1998	1:24000
Alamedawell-Brantel association, 2 to 15 percent slopes	102bo	466	2535446	jcss	ca732	1998	1:24000
Brantel gravelly loamy sand, moist, 0 to 4 percent slopes	136bo	368	2229116	2dtkz	ca732	1998	1:24000
Buscones-Brantel-Sherwin association, 2 to 30 percent slopes	141bo	282	2229120	2dtl3	ca732	1998	1:24000
Cashbaugh-Brantel association, 0 to 4 percent slopes	158bo	77	2229127	2dtlb	ca732	1998	1:24000
Brantel gravelly loamy sand, low elevation, 0 to 5 percent slopes	135bo	25	2229115	2dtky	ca732	1998	1:24000
Pizona-Brantel association, 2 to 50 percent slopes	282bo	7242	2384098	2l0vd	ca763	1984	1:24000
Alamedawell gravelly substratum-Brantel association, 0 to 4 percent slopes	103bo	2214	2384085	2l0tz	ca763	1984	1:24000
Brantel gravelly loamy sand, 0 to 4 percent slopes	134bo	436	2384089	2l0v3	ca763	1984	1:24000
Pizona-Brantel association, 2 to 50 percent slopes	282	23523	488232	jd1f	ca802	1996	1:24000
Brantel gravelly loamy sand, 0 to 4 percent slopes	134	22920	488027	jctt	ca802	1996	1:24000
Alamedawell gravelly substratum-Brantel association, 0 to 4 percent slopes	103	15375	487996	jcst	ca802	1996	1:24000
Brantel gravelly coarse sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes	132	15375	488025	jctr	ca802	1996	1:24000
Montezuma-Brantel complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	265	14162	488208	jd0n	ca802	1996	1:24000
Alamedawell-Brantel association, 2 to 15 percent slopes	102	5620	487995	jcss	ca802	1996	1:24000
Brantel gravelly loamy sand, moist, 0 to 4 percent slopes	136	5211	488029	jctw	ca802	1996	1:24000
Brantel gravelly loamy sand, low elevation, 0 to 5 percent slopes	135	4822	488028	jctv	ca802	1996	1:24000
Cashbaugh-Brantel association, 0 to 4 percent slopes	158	3071	488051	jcvl	ca802	1996	1:24000
Brantel gravelly coarse sand, cool, 2 to 8 percent slopes	133	2854	488026	jcts	ca802	1996	1:24000
Plutos family-Brantel association, 2 to 8 percent slopes	284	2702	488234	jd1h	ca802	1996	1:24000
Buscones-Brantel-Pizona association, 2 to 30 percent slopes	140	2118	488033	jcv0	ca802	1996	1:24000
Benemes-Brantel complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	128	1329	488021	jctm	ca802	1996	1:24000
Montezuma-Brantel complex, dry, 2 to 9 percent slopes	266	1227	488210	jd0q	ca802	1996	1:24000
Buscones-Brantel-Sherwin association, 2 to 30 percent slopes	141	1180	488034	jcv1	ca802	1996	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BRANTEL 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).