Soil Data Explorer - CALPINE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the CALPINE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of CALPINE, 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 CALPINE 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
21	40A3053	S1961CA063019	CALPINE	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.815834,-120.390831
21	40A3054	S1961CA091005	CALPINE	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.6833344,-120.3852768
23	84P0750	84CA035003	Calpine	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.1572227,-120.3166656

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the CALPINE 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 CALPINE 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 CALPINE 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 CALPINE 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 CALPINE 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 CALPINE 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 CALPINE 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 CALPINE, 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 CALPINE 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
Calpine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	144	4403	487394	jc5d	ca608	2000	1:24000
Calpine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	143	3637	487393	jc5c	ca608	2000	1:24000
Calpine, warm, 0 to 15 percent slopes	145	1119	487396	jc5g	ca608	2000	1:24000
Calpine coarse sandy loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes	142	265	487391	jc59	ca608	2000	1:24000
Calpine-Lovejoy complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes, eroded	CgB2	3538	486504	jb7p	ca614	1967	1:24000
Calpine coarse sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	CaA	2756	486501	jb7l	ca614	1967	1:24000
Calpine coarse sandy loam, clayey variant, 0 to 2 percent slopes	CmA	1444	486505	jb7q	ca614	1967	1:24000
Calpine coarse sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	CaB	1068	486502	jb7m	ca614	1967	1:24000
Calpine coarse sandy loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes	CaC	755	486503	jb7n	ca614	1967	1:24000
Calpine coarse sandy loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes	CaC	5250	456759	hb95	ca638	1967	1:24000
Calpine coarse sandy loam, 9 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	CaD2	3116	456761	hb97	ca638	1967	1:24000
Calpine coarse sandy loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, eroded	CaC2	2092	456760	hb96	ca638	1967	1:24000
Calpine coarse sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	CaB	1013	456758	hb94	ca638	1967	1:24000
Sacatar-Wortley-Calpine complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	560	15817	467435	hpdk	ca668	2007	1:24000
Calpine sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes, eroded	CcC2	4216	458183	hcs3	ca679	1967	1:15840
Calpine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	CcD2	958	458184	hcs4	ca679	1967	1:15840
Calpine loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes, eroded	CdC2	459	458185	hcs5	ca679	1967	1:15840
Calpine sandy loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes	163	262	1609511	1r0tq	ca686	2010	1:24000
Calpine stony coarse sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	164	126	1609512	1r0tr	ca686	2010	1:24000
Calpine gravelly coarse sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	162	119	1609510	1r0tp	ca686	2010	1:24000
Calpine family, 2 to 30 percent slopes.	110	605	471119	ht7d	ca713	1984	1:24000
Calpine coarse sandy loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes	CaCsv	6	1546095	1nwv1	ca713	1984	1:24000
Calpine family, 5 to 30 percent slopes.	175	1878	471400	htjg	ca732	1998	1:24000
Calpine family-Rock outcrop complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes.	176	1636	471401	htjh	ca732	1998	1:24000
Cashbaugh-Buscones-Calpine family complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	160bo	323	2229130	2dtlf	ca732	1998	1:24000
Sacatar-Wortley-Calpine complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	560ne	350	2371550	2klsm	ca760	1981	1:24000
Cashbaugh-Buscones-Calpine family complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes	160	985	488053	jcvn	ca802	1996	1:24000
Calpine coarse sandy loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes	1220	229	474156	hxdc	nv628	1980	1:24000
Calpine coarse sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes	6901	600	644575	pmqr	nv773	1981	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the CALPINE 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).