Soil Data Explorer - BUXIN

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the BUXIN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of BUXIN, 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 BUXIN 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
133B	40A4108	S1957LA015007	Buxin	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	32.8849983,-93.7980576

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the BUXIN 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 BUXIN series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-10-24), parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the BUXIN 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the BUXIN 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 2024-10-23).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D hills figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with BUXIN share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the BUXIN 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the BUXIN 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 2024-10-23).

There are insufficient data to create the 2D hillslope position figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D hills figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D terrace figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with BUXIN, 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 2024-10-23).

Block Diagrams

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

1. LA-2012-02-01-01 | Bossier Parish - August 1962

   Physiographic relationships of general soil areas in the northwestern part of Bossier Parish. The area represented is about 12 miles square (Soil Survey of Bossier Parish, Louisiana; August 1962).

2. LA-2012-04-27-09 | St. Mary Parish - March 1959

   Diagram showing elevations and soil materials of some of the soils and miscellaneous land types in St. Mary Parish (Soil Survey of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana; March 1959).

Map Units

Map units containing BUXIN 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
Buxin-Moreland clay, frequently flooded	BXA	892	1724567	1vwk6	la013	1992	1:24000
Buxin clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	BuA	9212	571013	2s5ks	la015	2005	1:24000
Buxin clay, frequently flooded	BxA	3288	570974	m54j	la015	2005	1:24000
Buxin clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	BwA	2703	571011	2s5kt	la015	2005	1:24000
Buxin clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	BuA	9862	2805680	2s5ks	la017	2013	1:24000
Buxin clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded	BxA	5750	2805704	2sswx	la017	2013	1:24000
Buxin clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	BwA	3853	2805681	2s5kt	la017	2013	1:24000
Buxin clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, ponded	BzA	912	2805705	2sswy	la017	2013	1:24000
Buxin clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Bx	5534	1724525	2s5ks	la031	1986	1:24000
Buxin clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Bz	36	1903202	2s5ks	la069	1983	1:24000
Buxin clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded	Bx	10059	1720660	2s5ks	la081	1973	1:24000
Buxin clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded	Bz	1161	2401388	2s5kt	la081	1973	1:24000
Buxin-Moreland clay, frequently flooded	BXA	102	2401365	2lltd	la081	1973	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the BUXIN 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 2024-10-30).