Official Series Description


Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the CASHMERE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of CASHMERE, 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 CASHMERE were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot . 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 CASHMERE 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.

Click the image to view it full size.



Click the image to view it full size.

Sibling Summary

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

Click the image to view it full size.

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

Click the image to view it full size.

Geomorphic description summaries for the CASHMERE 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 .

Click the image to view it full size.

Click the image to view it full size.

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

Click the image to view it full size.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Competing Series

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

Click the image to view it full size.

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

Click the image to view it full size.

Geomorphic description summaries for the CASHMERE 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 .

Click the image to view it full size.

Click the image to view it full size.

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

Click the image to view it full size.

Click the image to view it full size.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with CASHMERE, 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

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

  1. ID-2010-08-30-01 | Adams-Washington Area - 2001

    Typical pattern of soils and underlying material in general soil map units 5, 10, 16, and 17 (Soil Survey of Adams-Washington Area, Idaho; 2001).

  2. WA-2010-11-05-05 | Douglas County - 2008

    Cross section of the area from the Columbia River to the top of Badge Mountain (Soil Survey of Douglas County, Washington; 2008).

  3. WA-2012-05-11-16 | Chelan Area, Parts of Chelan and Kittitas Counties - September 1975

    Cross section of Wenatchee Valley near Cashmere (Soil Survey of Chelan Area, Washington, Parts of Chelan and Kittitas Counties; September 1975).

  4. WA-2012-05-11-41 | Douglas County - May 2008

    Cross-section of the area from the Columbia River to the top of Badger Mountain (Soil Survey of Douglas County, Washington; May 2008).

Map Units

Map units containing CASHMERE 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
Cashmere coarse sandy loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes22196924966492q95id00120121:24000
Cashmere loamy sand, 8 to 25 percent slopes304395625191872185bid00120121:24000
Cashmere coarse sandy loam, 4 to 12 percent slopes2323424966502q96id00120121:24000
Cashmere coarse sandy loam, 12 to 30 percent slopes242024966512q97id00120121:24000
Tindahay-Cashmere complex, 8 to 12 percent slopes1981053812042qhhid65619921:24000
Tindahay-Cashmere complex, 4 to 8 percent slopes197855812032qhgid65619921:24000
Cashmere sandy loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes31827812242qj4id65619921:24000
Tindahay-Cashmere complex, 2 to 4 percent slopes196619812022qhfid65619921:24000
Cashmere sandy loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes30528812232qj3id65619921:24000
Tindahay-Cashmere complex, 7 to 12 percent slopesTmD2383813992qpsid65919711:20000
Cashmere sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesCaB1000813062qlsid65919711:20000
Cashmere sandy loam, 3 to 7 percent slopesCaC641813072qltid65919711:20000
Cashmere coarse sandy loam, 7 to 12 percent slopesCaD1500805152ps8id66019621:15840
Cashmere coarse sandy loam, 3 to 7 percent slopesCaC1490805142ps7id66019621:15840
Cashmere coarse sandy loam, 12 to 30 percent slopesCaE721805162ps9id66019621:15840
Cashmere coarse sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopesCaB230805132ps6id66019621:15840
Cashmere fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes804515699623rh0hwa01719981:12000
Quincy-Ellisforde-Cashmere complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes2771779700534rhywwa01719981:12000
Cashmere fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes791122699622rh0gwa01719981:12000
Quincy-Ellisforde-Cashmere complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes2761067700184rhllwa01719981:12000
Cashmere fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes81759700112rhj8wa01719981:12000
Cashmere fine sandy loam, cemented substratum, 8 to 15 percent slopes84206700666rj34wa01719981:12000
Cashmere-Willis complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes85151700667rj35wa01719981:12000
Cashmere fine sandy loam, cemented substratum, 3 to 8 percent slopes83114700665rj33wa01719981:12000
Cashmere-Willis complex, 30 to 45 percent slopes86110700684rj3qwa01719981:12000
Cashmere fine sandy loam, cemented substratum, 0 to 3 percent slopes828700664rj32wa01719981:12000
Quincy-Ellisforde-Cashmere complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes190736868529gnwa02519791:24000
Cashmere sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopesCaB432733012g8kwa60719691:20000
Cashmere sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopesCaC211733022g8lwa60719691:20000
Cashmere sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopesCaD189733032g8mwa60719691:20000
Cashmere sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopesCaA168733002g8jwa60719691:20000
Cashmere fine sandy loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes673267707052cktwa64819871:24000
Cashmere fine sandy loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes681361707062ckvwa64819871:24000
Cashmere fine sandy loam, 10 to 25 percent slopes69649707072ckwwa64819871:24000
Cashmere fine sandy loam, 25 to 50 percent slopes70407707092ckywa64819871:24000
Cashmere fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes2246300189971721rt6wa64920081:24000
Cashmere fine sandy loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes2254034189971821rt7wa64920081:24000
Cashmere fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes2261410189971921rt8wa64920081:24000
Cashmere fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes227625189972021rt9wa64920081:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the CASHMERE 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 .