Soil Data Explorer - BUSCONES

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BUSCONES soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BUSCONES, 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 BUSCONES 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 BUSCONES 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 BUSCONES 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 BUSCONES 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 BUSCONES 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 BUSCONES 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 BUSCONES 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 BUSCONES 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 BUSCONES, 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-2010-08-30-09 | Benton-Owens Valley Area, Parts of Inyo and Mono Counties - 2002

   Typical pattern of soils on the volcanic tablelands and in the Benton range (Soil Survey of Benton-Owens Valley Area, California, Parts of Inyo and Mono Counties; 2002).

Map Units

Map units containing BUSCONES 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
Buscones-Cashbaugh-Rock outcrop association, 0 to 8 percent slopes	142bo	1126	2229121	2dtl4	ca732	1998	1:24000
Sherwin-Buscones families complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes.	411	949	471512	htn2	ca732	1998	1:24000
Cashbaugh-Buscones-Rock outcrop association, 0 to 15 percent slopes	161bo	692	2229131	2dtlg	ca732	1998	1:24000
Lithic Xeric Torriorthents-Buscones complex, moist, 15 to 50 percent slopes	238bo	409	2229156	2dtm8	ca732	1998	1:24000
Cashbaugh-Buscones-Calpine family complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	160bo	323	2229130	2dtlf	ca732	1998	1:24000
Buscones very gravelly loamy sand, moist, 2 to 15 percent slopes	139bo	320	2229119	2dtl2	ca732	1998	1:24000
Buscones-Brantel-Sherwin association, 2 to 30 percent slopes	141bo	282	2229120	2dtl3	ca732	1998	1:24000
Buscones very gravelly loamy sand, dry, 2 to 15 percent slopes	138bo	138	2229118	2dtl1	ca732	1998	1:24000
Buscones very gravelly loamy sand, 2 to 15 percent slopes	137bo	89	2229117	2dtl0	ca732	1998	1:24000
Cashbaugh-Buscones complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	159bo	59	2229128	2dtlc	ca732	1998	1:24000
Lithic Xeric Torriorthents-Buscones complex, cool, 15 to 50 percent slopes	239bo	6	2229157	2dtm9	ca732	1998	1:24000
Lithic Xeric Torriorthents-Buscones complex, moist, 15 to 50 percent slopes	238bo	562	2384095	2l0v9	ca763	1984	1:24000
Lithic Xeric Torriorthents-Buscones complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes	236bo	76	2384094	2l0v8	ca763	1984	1:24000
Lithic Xeric Torriorthents-Buscones complex, moist, 15 to 50 percent slopes	238	6714	488166	jcz9	ca802	1996	1:24000
Buscones very gravelly loamy sand, moist, 2 to 15 percent slopes	139	5305	488032	jctz	ca802	1996	1:24000
Buscones very gravelly loamy sand, 2 to 15 percent slopes	137	3925	488030	jctx	ca802	1996	1:24000
Cashbaugh-Buscones complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	159	3435	488052	jcvm	ca802	1996	1:24000
Buscones-Brantel-Pizona association, 2 to 30 percent slopes	140	2118	488033	jcv0	ca802	1996	1:24000
Buscones-Brantel-Sherwin association, 2 to 30 percent slopes	141	1180	488034	jcv1	ca802	1996	1:24000
Buscones-Pizona association, 4 to 30 percent slopes	143	1114	488036	jcv3	ca802	1996	1:24000
Lithic Xeric Torriorthents-Buscones complex, cool, 15 to 50 percent slopes	239	1084	488167	jczb	ca802	1996	1:24000
Buscones very gravelly loamy sand, dry, 2 to 15 percent slopes	138	1002	488031	jcty	ca802	1996	1:24000
Cashbaugh-Buscones-Calpine family complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	160	985	488053	jcvn	ca802	1996	1:24000
Lithic Xeric Torriorthents-Buscones complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes	236	962	488164	jcz7	ca802	1996	1:24000
Buscones-Cashbaugh-Rock outcrop association, 0 to 8 percent slopes	142	792	488035	jcv2	ca802	1996	1:24000
Cashbaugh-Buscones-Rock outcrop association, 0 to 15 percent slopes	161	683	488054	jcvp	ca802	1996	1:24000
Lithic Xeric Torriorthents-Buscones complex, dry, 15 to 50 percent slopes	237	385	488165	jcz8	ca802	1996	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BUSCONES 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).