Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BRAZIEL soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BRAZIEL, 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 BRAZIEL 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
4492P031389MT0391249Braziel6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties46.643055,-113.2561111

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the BRAZIEL 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 BRAZIEL 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 BRAZIEL 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 BRAZIEL 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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Competing Series

Soil series competing with BRAZIEL 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 BRAZIEL 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 BRAZIEL 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 terrace figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with BRAZIEL, 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 BRAZIEL 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
Braziel gravelly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes242E429954644v4gmt60319891:24000
Braziel gravelly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes242E39415465855xzmt61620031:24000
Braziel-Tolbert complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes442F3321547885625mt61620031:24000
Braziel gravelly loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes242D24915465755xymt61620031:24000
Braziel-Tolbert complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, moderately impacted1442E133612100njy5mt61620031:24000
Braziel-Tolbert complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes442E591547875624mt61620031:24000
Braziel gravelly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes, moderately impacted1242E5815524656jymt61620031:24000
Braziel gravelly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes242E59091442884v4gmt62119971:24000
Braziel-Tolbert complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes442E44011444144v8jmt62119971:24000
Tolbert-Braziel gravelly loams, 15 to 35 percent slopes543E25271444884vbxmt62119971:24000
Braziel gravelly loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes242D19751442874v4fmt62119971:24000
Braziel-Shanley gravelly loams, 15 to 35 percent slopes542E16261444854vbtmt62119971:24000
Braziel-Tolbert gravelly loams, 35 to 60 percent slopes442F15551444154v8kmt62119971:24000
Braziel-Tolbert gravelly loams, 8 to 15 percent slopes442D13501444134v8hmt62119971:24000
Braziel gravelly loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes242F11861442894v4hmt62119971:24000
Shanley-Braziel-Water complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes142E10861442114v1zmt62119971:24000
Braziel-Shanley gravelly loams, 35 to 60 percent slopes542F10401444864vbvmt62119971:24000
Braziel gravelly loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes242C7871442864v4dmt62119971:24000
Tolbert-Braziel-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes643E7831445374vdhmt62119971:24000
Braziel stony loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes342E6951443414v65mt62119971:24000
Tolbert-Braziel-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes643F5011445384vdjmt62119971:24000
Tolbert-Braziel gravelly loams, 35 to 60 percent slopes543F4091444894vbymt62119971:24000
Braziel-Shanley gravelly loams, 8 to 15 percent slopes542D3931444844vbsmt62119971:24000
Braziel-Tolbert-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes200E3511442744v40mt62119971:24000
Tolbert-Braziel gravelly loams, 8 to 15 percent slopes543D2881444874vbwmt62119971:24000
Braziel-Tolbert-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes200F2051442754v41mt62119971:24000
Braziel-Tolbert gravelly loams, 4 to 8 percent slopes442C1831444124v8gmt62119971:24000
Braziel gravelly loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes242B1231442854v4cmt62119971:24000
Braziel stony loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes342D391443404v64mt62119971:24000
Braziel-Shanley gravelly loams, 4 to 8 percent slopes542C381444834vbrmt62119971:24000
Braziel stony loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes342C301443394v63mt62119971:24000
Braziel-Tolbert complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes442E142317032501v5ckmt63520061:24000
Perma-Braziel families-Rock outcrop complex, low relief mountain slopes and ridges75UHF127514953750lsmt63520061:24000
Braziel stony loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes342E122817029431v51nmt63520061:24000
Braziel-Perma-Mccabe families, complex, rolling stream terraces and flood plains64UHF67114947450jrmt63520061:24000
Braziel gravelly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes242E65217029421v51mmt63520061:24000
Braziel-Shawmut-Finn families, complex, moderately steep young moraines21UHF29814940850gmmt63520061:24000
Braziel-Shanley complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes542F16017029681v52gmt63520061:24000
Braziel-Shanley complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes542E15017029671v52fmt63520061:24000
Braziel gravelly loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes242D11917029411v51lmt63520061:24000
Tolbert-Braziel complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes543E7217029691v52hmt63520061:24000
Braziel-Tolbert complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes442F4117029571v523mt63520061:24000
Braziel-Tolbert complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes442D3717029561v522mt63520061:24000
Blaincreek, stony-Braziel-Tolbert, very stony complex, 4 to 15 percent slopes388D175824947422prr3mt63720141:24000
Blaincreek, stony-Braziel-Shanley complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes388E26724947432prr4mt63720141:24000
Braziel-Tolbert complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes442E109411457404wn9mt64419951:24000
Braziel-Tolbert complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes442D80551457394wn8mt64419951:24000
Braziel-Perma-Water complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes742E65801458804wstmt64419951:24000
Braziel-Tolbert-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes200E61101455994whrmt64419951:24000
Braziel gravelly loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes242E43471456174wjbmt64419951:24000
Braziel-Perma gravelly loams, 4 to 8 percent slopes242C35541456154wj8mt64419951:24000
Braziel-Tolbert complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes442F30151457414wnbmt64419951:24000
Braziel-Perma-Water complex, 25 to 50 percent slopes742F24411458814wsvmt64419951:24000
Braziel stony loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes342E21231456724wl3mt64419951:24000
Braziel gravelly loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes242D20541456164wj9mt64419951:24000
Braziel-Tolbert-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 60 percent slopes200F15891456004whsmt64419951:24000
Braziel stony loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes342D12811456714wl2mt64419951:24000
Braziel stony loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes342F4631456734wl4mt64419951:24000
Meagher, stony - Braziel,extremely bouldery -Tolbert,very stony Complex 35 to 70 percent slopes6701F5371567425836mt6691:24000
Braziel family-Kolob family-Ricot family complex, cool, stony 5 to 45 percent slopes2551030512458k67xut6461:24000
Odark-Dailybasin-Braziel complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes751131709652z1zwwy6291:24000
Braziel gravelly sandy clay loam, 12 to 35 percent slopes, very bouldery942631709672z1zywy6291:24000
Rochester-Braziel, very bouldery complex, 40 to 60 percent slopes751431709722z203wy6291:24000
Bignell-like-Braziel-Work complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes549332090622zdqvwy6291:24000
Clasoil-Wemple-Braziel, very stony complex, 6 to 50 percent slopes941832090632zdqwwy6291:24000
Pachel-Weed-Braziel complex, 4 to 35 percent slopes931032090732zdr6wy6291:24000
Clasoil-Braziel-Lolo-like, very stony complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes942032030482zbr7wy6291:24000
Braziel-Martinsdale, stony-Trapps-like, very stony complex, 12 to 35 percent slopes375BE15253353qfwy6291:24000
Shawmut-Braziel complex, 8 to 25 percent slopes240125514732qtsbwy6291:24000
Berlake-Braziel, extremely stony surface, complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes3303764217007971v2tfwy6351:24000
Pachel-Weed-Braziel complex, 4 to 35 percent slopes931033029152zdr6wy65620081:24000
Bignell-like-Braziel-Work complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes549332533622zdqvwy65620081:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BRAZIEL 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 .