Soil Data Explorer - BRIGGSDALE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BRIGGSDALE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BRIGGSDALE, 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 BRIGGSDALE 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
58B	40A3104	S1966WY019011	Briggsdale	1	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	43.8325005,-106.5063858

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the BRIGGSDALE 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 BRIGGSDALE 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 BRIGGSDALE 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 BRIGGSDALE 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 BRIGGSDALE 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 BRIGGSDALE 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 BRIGGSDALE 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 BRIGGSDALE, 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 BRIGGSDALE 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
Briggsdale fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	BzB	2653	110404	3pwf	co087	1965	1:24000
Briggsdale clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	ByB	1282	110403	3pwd	co087	1965	1:24000
Briggsdale loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes	Bx	2052	345393	cldq	mt103	1961	1:20000
Briggsdale loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes	By	63	345394	cldr	mt103	1961	1:20000
Briggsdale loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes	31	5322	349311	cqh3	wy011	1978	1:24000
Briggsdale-Bone loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes	34	1920	349314	cqh6	wy011	1978	1:24000
Briggsdale loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	32	707	349312	cqh4	wy011	1978	1:24000
Briggsdale-Bone loams, 6 to 10 percent slopes	35	552	349315	cqh7	wy011	1978	1:24000
Briggsdale-Bone loams, 0 to 2 percent slopes	33	382	349313	cqh5	wy011	1978	1:24000
Briggsdale-Bidman complex, rolling	BRD	8901	350815	cs1m	wy619	1971	1:24000
Briggsdale-Pugsley association	BT	7005	350817	cs1p	wy619	1971	1:24000
Briggsdale-Worf association, rolling	BWD	6220	350819	cs1r	wy619	1971	1:24000
Briggsdale-Worf association, hilly	BWE	5377	350820	cs1s	wy619	1971	1:24000
Shingle-Briggsdale association	SNa	3001	350928	cs58	wy619	1971	1:24000
Briggsdale sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes	BoC	678	350825	cs1y	wy619	1971	1:24000
Worf-Briggsdale loams, 3 to 15 percent slopes	306	189	816936	wf2s	wy619	1971	1:24000
Briggsdale sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes	BoB	181	350824	cs1x	wy619	1971	1:24000
Worf-Briggsdale loams, 3 to 15 percent slopes	306	3831	502449	jvv1	wy625	1985	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BRIGGSDALE 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).