Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the CANYON soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of CANYON, 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 CANYON were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRALab IDPedon IDTaxonnameCINSSL / NASIS ReportsLink To SoilWeb GMap
3592P089192UT055143ACanyon7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties38.4669991,-110.1409988
7290P078990NE029003ACanyon6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.6102791,-101.9794464
7290P079090NE029003BCanyon6Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.6102791,-101.9794464
7240A2238S1957NE105008Canyon7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.1202774,-103.6105576
7240A2239S1957NE105009Canyon7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.0622215,-103.7286148
7281P0118S1980NE033001Canyon7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.4039444,-103.3487749
7285P0846S1985NE033053Canyon7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.1775556,-103.2142083
7290P0788S1990NE029003Canyon4Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties40.6099222,-101.9791333
7203N0352S2002NE105002Canyon7Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties41.0320778,-103.6550916

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the CANYON 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.

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Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the CANYON series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot , parsed OSD records and snapshot of SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the CANYON series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the CANYON 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 .

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

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with CANYON share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records and snapshot of the SC database .

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Select annual climate data summaries for the CANYON series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data .

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Geomorphic description summaries for the CANYON 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 .

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Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with CANYON, 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 .

Block Diagrams

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  1. CO-2011-05-27-13 | Phillips County - 1971

    Cross section of Phillips County showing relationship of major soils to parent materials (Soil Survey of Phillips County, Colorado; 1971).

  2. KS-2012-01-20-21 | Cheyenne County - June 1989

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Manter-Satanta-Kim association (Soil Survey of Cheyenne County, Kansas; 1989).

  3. KS-2012-01-26-25 | Wallace County - March 1986

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in the Colby-Kim-Midway association (Soil Survey of Wallace County, Kansas; 1986).

  4. NE-2012-02-08-01 | Banner County - October 1994

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Alliance-Keith-Sidney association (Soil Survey of Banner County, Nebraska; October 1994).

  5. NE-2012-02-10-06 | Chase County - November 1982

    Typical landscape pattern of the soils and underlying material in the Woodly-Jayem-Ascalon association (Soil Survey of Chase County, Nebraska; November 1982).

  6. NE-2012-02-10-07 | Chase County - November 1982

    Typical landscape pattern of the soils and underlying material in the Rosebud-Canyon association (Soil Survey of Chase County, Nebraska; November 1982).

  7. NE-2012-02-10-09 | Chase County - November 1982

    Typical landscape pattern of the soils and underlying material in the Colby association (Soil Survey of Chase County, Nebraska; November 1982).

  8. NE-2012-02-10-24 | Dundy County - February 1963

    Typical area in the Valentine soil association (Soil Survey of Dundy County, Nebraska; February 1963).

  9. NE-2012-02-13-47 | Kimball County - March 1962

    Pattern of soils in valley of Lodgepole Creek: (1) Rosebud loams; (2) Bridgeport loams; (3) Tripp loams; (4) Parshall sandy loams; (5) Havre silt loam; (6) Vebar sandy loams; (7) Altvan loams; (8) Canyon complexes; (9) Gravelly land; and (10) Canyon-Rosebud loams (Soil Survey of Kimball County, Nebraska; March 1962).

  10. NE-2012-02-13-48 | Kimball County - March 1962

    Soil pattern of the Keith-Rosebud soil association; (1) deep Rosebud loams; (2) Canyon-Rosebud loams; (3) Goshen loams; (4) moderately deep Rosebud loams; and (5) Keith loams (Soil Survey of Kimball County, Nebraska; March 1962).

  11. NE-2012-02-13-94 | Sheridan County - 2002

    Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Oglala-Alliance-Canyon association (Soil Survey of Sheridan County, Nebraska; 2002).

  12. SD-2012-03-14-01 | Bennett County - May 1971

    Typical association of Valentine, Mosher, Minatare, Loup, Keith, Rosebud, Oglala, and Canyon soils in the southern part of Bennett County (Soil Survey of Bennett County, SD; 1971).

  13. SD-2012-03-14-02 | Bennett County - May 1971

    Typical pattern of soils in the Keith-Rosebud association (Soil Survey of Bennett County, SD; 1971).

  14. SD-2012-03-15-91 | Shannon County - April 1971

    Representative pattern of soils in association 1 (Soil Survey of Shannon County, SD; 1971).

  15. SD-2012-03-15-92 | Shannon County - April 1971

    Representative pattern of soils in association 2 (Soil Survey of Shannon County, SD; 1971).

Map Units

Map units containing CANYON 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
Kim-Canyon loams, 5 to 35 percent slopes24249494312354bco01719851:24000
Kim-Canyon loams, 2 to 5 percent slopes231365943113549co01719851:24000
Kandrix-Canyon complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes191173944272zcrzco06119771:24000
Canyon-Rock outcrop complex, 1 to 20 percent91123944572zcryco06119771:24000
Canyon-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 60 percent slopes1467739680737qtco06319961:24000
Canyon gravelly loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes1324849679337qcco06319961:24000
Kimst-Canyon loams, 2 to 5 percent slopes38449683637rrco06319961:24000
Canyon-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 60 percent slopes1192011052003jgkco07320011:24000
Canyon gravelly loam, 1 to 25 percent slopes1757069449635b8co07519741:24000
Bayard-Canyon complex, 1 to 9 percent slopes1532469449435b6co07519741:24000
Bayard-Canyon complex, 3 to 5 percent slopesBcC5159477035m3co09519711:20000
Canyon complex, 3 to 9 percent slopesCcD5029477135m4co09519711:20000
Bayard-Canyon complex, 5 to 12 percent slopesBcE71149492035ryco11519691:15840
Canyon complex, 3 to 9 percent slopesCcD3189492635s4co11519691:15840
Wages-Canyon complex7771629504235wwco12119821:24000
Canyon gravelly loam1236589497135tlco12119821:24000
Canyon-Rock outcrop complex, 9 to 30 percent slopes1313059497235tmco12119821:24000
Canyon-Rock outcrop complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes9464329509735ynco12519761:24000
Canyon-Dioxice complex, 1 to 9 percent slopes864349509635ymco12519761:24000
Bushman-Curabith-Canyon complex, 0 to 20 percent slopes19156059510935z1co61719801:24000
Canyon-Kim loams, 5 to 30 percent slopes156815263114955917l6kks02319871:24000
Canyon loam, 5 to 30 percent slopes156526115182717nkqks07119591:24000
Canyon loam, 5 to 30 percent slopes15653520115050817m65ks10919621:24000
Canyon-Kim loams, 5 to 30 percent slopes156866114960917l85ks18119671:24000
Canyon loam, 5 to 30 percent slopes15657019115018817lvvks19919841:24000
Canyon-Sidney loams, 9 to 20 percent slopes, eroded51602190016924731tt4xne00719881:20000
Sidney-Canyon loams, 6 to 9 percent slopes, eroded18431965716925111tt64ne00719881:20000
Rosebud-Canyon loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes1740872116925042wz9pne00719881:20000
Sidney-Canyon loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes1842807516925091tt62ne00719881:20000
Canyon loam, 9 to 30 percent slopes5151658016924701tt4tne00719881:20000
Canyon-Rock outcrop complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes5158621116924711tt4vne00719881:20000
Rosebud-Canyon loams, 1 to 3 percent slopes173919522281442wz8nne00719881:20000
Canyon fine sandy loam, 6 to 30 percent slopes51504622281562dsl0ne00719881:20000
Sidney-Canyon complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes18392722281552dskzne00719881:20000
Rosebud-Canyon complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes173625296357822d0bnne01319801:20000
Oglala-Canyon complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes52061853822174542tvvqne01319801:20000
Oglala-Canyon very fine sandy loams, 9 to 30 percent slopes521588303578172t34cne01319801:20000
Rosebud-Canyon complex, 9 to 30 percent slopes17373920357823d0bpne01319801:20000
Norrest-Canyon complex, 9 to 30 percent slopes51982182357815d0bfne01319801:20000
Canyon very fine sandy loam, 3 to 30 percent slopes51542116357775d094ne01319801:20000
Rosebud-Canyon loams, 1 to 3 percent slopes17392796516990562wz8pne02919801:20000
Otero-Canyon loams, 6 to 20 percent slopes17171279416990511v103ne02919801:20000
Rosebud-Canyon loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes1740984516990572wz9nne02919801:20000
Sulco-Canyon loams, 20 to 45 percent slopes1716695216990521v104ne02919801:20000
Rosebud-Canyon loams, 0 to 1 percent slopes1738684416990551v107ne02919801:20000
Rosebud-Canyon loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded1743179916990581v10bne02919801:20000
Canyon-Sulco-Rock outcrop complex, 17 to 60 percent slopes516146922195442dhm6ne02919801:20000
Sidney-Canyon complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes18395427716987121v0n5ne03319891:20000
Canyon-Bayard complex, 6 to 20 percent slopes51553103316986721v0lwne03319891:20000
Rosebud-Canyon complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes17361514216987071v0n0ne03319891:20000
Canyon fine sandy loam, 6 to 30 percent slopes51501480916986701v0ltne03319891:20000
Canyon-Rock outcrop complex, 12 to 60 percent slopes51571340316986711v0lvne03319891:20000
Rosebud-Canyon loams, 1 to 3 percent slopes173981222196822wz8nne03319891:20000
Sidney-Canyon loams, 3 to 9 percent slopes184013622196982dhs5ne03319891:20000
Oglala-Canyon loams, 9 to 25 percent slopes5211352223581402tvt2ne04519731:20000
Rosebud-Canyon loams, 3 to 9 percent slopes1742322623581562tvvjne04519731:20000
Rock outcrop-Canyon complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes516225706358154d0pcne04519731:20000
Canyon loam, 3 to 30 percent slopes5152212133580952zj4cne04519731:20000
Canyon soils, 30 to 50 percent slopes515315696358096d0mhne04519731:20000
Oglala-Canyon complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes5207107722175612tvvnne04519731:20000
Satanta-Canyon complex, 12 to 20 percent slopes1822106322175522dfjyne04519731:20000
Oglala-Canyon very fine sandy loams, 9 to 30 percent slopes521583122175782t34cne04519731:20000
Satanta-Canyon complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes182332822175532dfjzne04519731:20000
Oglala-Canyon complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes520621022175252tvvqne04519731:20000
Rosebud-Canyon complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes17362322175712dfkkne04519731:20000
Sidney-Canyon loams, 3 to 9 percent slopes1840700516988271v0rwne04920001:24000
Sidney-Canyon complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes183915522195582dhmnne04920001:24000
Campus-Canyon complex, 11 to 30 percent slopes2512780816919422twfgne06119741:20000
Canyon-Campus loams, 9 to 30 percent slopes5156187416919432yjndne06119741:20000
Canyon loam, 9 to 30 percent slopes515191616919842yjncne06119741:20000
Canyon-Sarben complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes515959416994191v1czne06319731:20000
Canyon-Sulco-Rock outcrop complex, 17 to 60 percent slopes516110822193492dhdxne06319731:20000
Campus-Canyon loams, 11 to 30 percent slopes2511211616997312yjn3ne06519751:20000
Sidney-Canyon complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes1841308216987731v0q4ne06919951:20000
Canyon-Sulco-Rock outcrop complex, 17 to 60 percent slopes5161167516992361v162ne08519811:20000
Canyon soils, 30 to 50 percent slopes5153140922293832yl4mne08719651:20000
Rosebud-Canyon loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes17401022195952wz9nne10119901:20000
Rosebud-Canyon loams, 1 to 3 percent slopes17395482716925522wz8nne10520041:24000
Brownson-Rosebud-Canyon loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes15243178416925391tt71ne10520041:24000
Sidney-Canyon loams, 6 to 9 percent slopes, eroded18431422279282dsbnne10520041:24000
Oglala-Canyon complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes5206384116926432tvvqne12319811:20000
Rosebud-Canyon loams, 1 to 3 percent slopes17391347116989822wz8pne13519871:20000
Rosebud-Canyon loams, 3 to 6 percent slopes17401174916989832wz9nne13519871:20000
Rosebud-Canyon loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes, eroded1743133616989841v0xyne13519871:20000
Canyon-Rock outcrop complex, 12 to 60 percent slopes515747016994402yl4nne14519651:20000
Canyon-Sarben complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes515922022191082dh54ne14519651:20000
Oglala-Canyon complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes5207544701006212tvvnne16119921:20000
Oglala-Canyon complex, 3 to 6 percent slopes5205234361006202tvvkne16119921:20000
Oglala-Canyon loams, 9 to 25 percent slopes5211140691006222tvt2ne16119921:20000
Satanta-Canyon complex, 6 to 12 percent slopes1823134151006353cq9ne16119921:20000
Satanta-Canyon complex, 12 to 20 percent slopes182237501006363cqbne16119921:20000
Oglala-Canyon complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes5206485713579752tvvqne16519931:20000
Oglala-Canyon very fine sandy loams, 9 to 30 percent slopes5215316113579762t34cne16519931:20000
Oglala-Canyon loams, 9 to 25 percent slopesOcE909713527562tvt2sd00720041:20000
Canyon-Oglala loams, 18 to 40 percent slopesCoF577843527252tzz8sd00720041:20000
Canyon-Rock outcrop association, 18 to 40 percent slopesCnF355933527242t34fsd00720041:20000
Canyon-Rosebud loams, 3 to 12 percent slopesCyD290923527272zj4dsd00720041:20000
Canyon-Rock outcrop complex, 18 to 40 percent slopesCr4100352726cv18sd00720041:20000
Rosebud and Canyon soils, 9 to 21 percent slopesRcE3974353027cvbzsd12119671:31680
Rosebud-Canyon loams, 6 to 9 percent slopesRuC5175354443cwtnsd12319751:20000
Rosebud-Canyon loams, 9 to 15 percent slopesRuD2133354444cwtpsd12319751:20000
Canyon-Bridget loams, 6 to 20 percent slopesCbD906354307cwp8sd60019741:24000
Canyon-Butche association, steepCdE906354308cwp9sd60019741:24000
Zigweid-Canyon complex, 2 to 15 percent slopesZcC4752586461cyftsd60720111:24000
Oglala-Canyon loams, 9 to 25 percent slopesOcE5996729254842tvt2sd61019651:20000
Keith-Rosebud-Canyon complex, 5 to 9 percent slopesKsC189492995900cv60sd61019651:20000
Canyon-Oglala loams, 18 to 40 percent slopesCaF1528629254782tzz8sd61019651:20000
Canyon-Rock outcrop association, 18 to 40 percent slopesCc562329255002t34fsd61019651:20000
Oglala-Canyon, moist loams, 9 to 25 percent slopesU545E206724854132tvvmsd61220111:20000
Canyon, moist-Rock outcrop, sandstone-Oglala complex, 15 to 40 percent slopesU100F183724852432pf34sd61220111:20000
Canyon-Oglala loams, 18 to 40 percent slopesU095F38724852472tzz8sd61220111:20000
Rosebud-Canyon, moist loams, 2 to 6 percent slopesU635B35324854182pf8ssd61220111:20000
Oglala-Canyon loams, 9 to 25 percent slopesOcE14074925827222tvt2sd61320111:24000
Canyon-Rock outcrop association, 18 to 40 percent slopesCc11655725826882t34fsd61320111:24000
Canyon-Oglala loams, 18 to 40 percent slopesCaF7248125826872tzz8sd61320111:24000
Rosebud-Canyon loams, 5 to 9 percent slopesReB308292582732cv4gsd61320111:24000
Oglala-Canyon, moist loams, 9 to 25 percent slopesU545E168025828502tvvmsd61320111:24000
Canyon, moist-Rock outcrop, sandstone-Oglala complex, 15 to 40 percent slopesU100F78725828162pf34sd61320111:24000
Rosebud-Canyon, moist loams, 2 to 6 percent slopesU635B1925828512pf8ssd61320111:24000
Rock outcrop-Chipeta-Canyon family complex8910235552211vgbut63119821:24000
Canyon family-Rock outcrop complex207905551461vcxut63119821:24000
Bushman-Curabith-Canyon complex, 0 to 20 percent slopes85301047853j15wy62119801:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the CANYON 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 .