Soil Data Explorer - BUSHVALLEY

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BUSHVALLEY soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BUSHVALLEY, 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 BUSHVALLEY 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
39	40A3588	S1965AZ001022	Bushvalley	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	33.853611,-109.1422195
48A	84P0730	84CO109002	Bushvalley	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.8291664,-106.3791656

Water Balance

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with BUSHVALLEY, 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 BUSHVALLEY 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
Bushvalley cobbly sandy loam, 5 to 40 percent slopes	BsE	8210	1718465	1vp6c	az635	1968	1:31680
Bushvalley loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes	BuC	1000	1718466	1vp6d	az635	1968	1:31680
Cambern-Bushvalley complex, 1 to 15 percent slopes	18	1896	1856573	209xg	az675	2009	1:24000
Bushvalley-Youga complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes	8	14800	498631	jqvw	co630	1975	1:24000
Bushvalley very stony loam, 10 to 40 percent slopes	7	2450	498630	jqvv	co630	1975	1:24000
Bushvalley-Gelkie-Rock outcrop complex, 3 to 65 percent slopes	10	27921	498440	jqnq	co633	1981	1:24000
Bushvalley-Tellura complex, 9 to 65 percent slopes	11	16985	498441	jqnr	co633	1981	1:24000
Bushvalley cobbly loam, 3 to 45 percent slopes	9	8820	498519	jqr8	co633	1981	1:24000
Bushvalley cobbly loam, 5 to 40 percent slopes	14	14367	498277	jqhg	co637	1986	1:24000
Ess-Bushvalley complex, 10 to 45 percent slopes	33	13351	498298	jqj4	co637	1986	1:24000
Bushvalley-Whiteman cobbly loams, 15 to 50 percent slopes	15	11582	498278	jqhh	co637	1986	1:24000
Seitz-Bushvalley complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes	103	6902	498246	jqgg	co637	1986	1:24000
Woodhall-Bushvalley complex, 15 to 65 percent slopes	201	22501	509573	k37v	co660	1994	1:24000
Woodhall, dry-Bushvalley complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	202	500	509575	k37x	co660	1994	1:24000
Quander-Bushvalley association, 15 to 60 percent slopes	160	30435	2453697	2nc8j	co664	1987	1:24000
Bushvalley-Bowen association, 20 to 60 percent slopes	112	25133	2453665	2nc7h	co664	1987	1:24000
Bushvalley-Rock outcrop complex, 10 to 90 percent slopes	113	23466	2453806	2ncd1	co664	1987	1:24000
Bushvalley-Rogert complex, 12 to 50 percent slopes	114	14382	2453807	2ncd2	co664	1987	1:24000
Bowen, cool-Bushvalley association, 35 to 60 percent slopes	109	5801	2453662	2nc7d	co664	1987	1:24000
Skisams-Bushvalley-Cryoborolls, moderately deep complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	96	12373	502160	jvjq	co675	1986	1:24000
Bushvalley-Nordicol Variant complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes	29	3763	502031	jvdk	co675	1986	1:24000
Ewetopia-Bushvalley, rubbly-Tricorner, extremely stony complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	Mt5	45040	2608467	1ift5	ut629		1:24000
Bushvalley very stony loam, 15 to 40 percent slopes	340	1263	483864	j7hj	ut634	1997	1:24000
Bushvalley very stony loam, 15 to 40 percent slopes	27	3213	504419	jxwl	ut636	1984	1:24000
Sheckle-Perma family-Bushvalley-Rubble land complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	88	1368	2455205	2ndv5	ut642		1:63360
Bushvalley family-Rock outcrop complex, 10 to 75 percent slopes	122		625177	nzk0	ut649		1:24000
Elwood-Bushvalley families, complex, 15 to 75 percent slopes	146		625199	nzkq	ut649		1:24000
Elwood, moderately deep-Bushvalley-Elwood families, association, 0 to 60 percent slopes	147		625237	nzly	ut649		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BUSHVALLEY 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).