Soil Data Explorer - CHAIX

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the CHAIX soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of CHAIX, 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 CHAIX were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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
22A	UCD6904023	69-CA-04-023x	CHAIX	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.6731911,-121.1737366
22A	UCD7755037	77-CA-55-037x	Chaix	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.9756039,-120.2190395
22A	91P0737	90CA109119	Chaix	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.8600006,-119.9333344
22A	94P0077	93CA107002	Chaix	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	35.9349708557129,-118.583427429199
22A	01N0602	99CA007002	Chaix	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.766674,-121.3167725
22A	01N0603	99CA007003	Chaix	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.777832,-121.3223343
22A	40A3395	S1977CA019001	CHAIX	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.0999985,-119.4333344
22A	01N0630	S2000CA039003	Chaix	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.2394981,-119.4141693
22A	01N0609	S2000CA039008	Chaix	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.3297234,-119.4827805
22A	01N0610	S2000CA039009	Chaix	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.3297234,-119.4827805
5	UCD5812007	58-CA-12-007x	CHAIX	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.7835312,-123.6696014
5	UCD7245172	72-CA-45-172x	CHAIX	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.644207,-122.7258148

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the CHAIX 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 CHAIX series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the CHAIX 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 CHAIX 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 CHAIX share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the CHAIX 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 CHAIX 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 terrace figure.

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

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with CHAIX, 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 CHAIX 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
Chaix-Chawanakee gravelly coarse sandy loams, 50 to 70 percent slopes complex	121	11540	459030	hdnf	ca602	1978	1:24000
Chaix-Chawanakee gravelly coarse sandy loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes complex	120	8280	459029	hdnd	ca602	1978	1:24000
Chaix-Chawanakee gravelly coarse sandy loams, 5 to 30 percent slopes complex	119	2685	459028	hdnc	ca602	1978	1:24000
Chaix sandy loam, 50 to 70 percent	CbF	13189	459954	hfm7	ca607	1967	1:20000
Chaix coarse sandy loam, 50 to 70 percent slopes, severely eroded	CaF3	10100	459951	hfm4	ca607	1967	1:20000
Chaix sandy loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes	CbE	4332	459953	hfm6	ca607	1967	1:20000
Chaix coarse sandy loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes, severely eroded	CaE3	4305	459950	hfm3	ca607	1967	1:20000
Chaix sandy loam, 5 to 30 percent slopes, eroded	CbD2	1445	459952	hfm5	ca607	1967	1:20000
Chawanakee-Chaix-Hotaw complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes	136	4720	460436	hg3s	ca618	1991	1:24000
Chaix-Chawanakee-Hotaw complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	135	2880	460434	hg3q	ca618	1991	1:24000
Chaix-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes, C Low-Mid Montane	CkF	3529	460197	2yv0g	ca619	1970	1:24000
Chaix-Hotaw complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes, eroded	ChE2	2848	460196	hfw1	ca619	1970	1:24000
Chaix-Hotaw complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes, eroded	ChD2	2841	460195	hfw0	ca619	1970	1:24000
Chaix sandy loam, 15 to 50 percent slopes, eroded	CdE2	1355	460193	hfvy	ca619	1970	1:24000
Chaix-Hotaw complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes, eroded	ChC2	1086	460194	hfvz	ca619	1970	1:24000
Chaix very stony loam, thick solum variant, 30 to 50 percent slopes	ClE	775	460200	hfw5	ca619	1970	1:24000
Chaix very stony loam, thick solum variant, 15 to 30 percent slopes	ClD	683	460199	hfw4	ca619	1970	1:24000
Chaix very stony loam, thick solum variant, 5 to 15 percent slopes	ClC	682	460198	hfw3	ca619	1970	1:24000
Chaix very rocky coarse sandy loam, 9 to 50 percent slopes	CcE	4920	462214	hhz4	ca624	1968	1:20000
Chaix very rocky coarse sandy loam, 50 to 70 percent slopes	CcF	2381	462215	hhz5	ca624	1968	1:20000
Chaix family, moderately deep-Holland family, deep,dioritic association, 25 to 65 percent slopes	522	3354	470312	hsdc	ca701	1984	1:24000
Chaix family, moderately deep, 30 to 50 percent slopes	520	1863	470311	hsdb	ca701	1984	1:24000
Chaix family, moderately deep,50 to 70 percent slopes	515	1255	470309	hsd8	ca701	1984	1:24000
Chaix family, moderately deep-Rock outcrop, dioritic complex, 70 to 90 percent slopes	517	618	470310	hsd9	ca701	1984	1:24000
Chaix-Chawanakee gravelly coarse sandy loams, 50 to 70 percent slopes	121sc	3942	1905887	21z77	ca702	1984	1:24000
Chaix-Chawanakee gravelly coarse sandy loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	120sc	1963	1905885	21z75	ca702	1984	1:24000
Chaix-Chawanakee gravelly coarse sandy loams, 5 to 30 percent slopes	119sc	311	1905883	21z73	ca702	1984	1:24000
Chaix-Chawanakee families, complex, 60 to 80 percent slopes.	20	12624	470618	hsq7	ca707	1983	1:24000
Chawanakee-Chaix families complex, 60 to 80 percent slopes.	25	7492	470623	hsqd	ca707	1983	1:24000
Chaix family, 40 to 60 percent slopes.	18	7376	470616	hsq5	ca707	1983	1:24000
Hugo-Chaix families complex, 60 to 80 percent slopes.	135	3755	470733	hsty	ca707	1983	1:24000
Hugo-Chaix families complex, 40 to 60 percent slopes.	134	2537	470732	hstx	ca707	1983	1:24000
Chawanakee-Chaix families complex, 40 to 60 percent slopes.	24	2440	470622	hsqc	ca707	1983	1:24000
Chaix-Holland, granitic families association, 50 to 80 percent slopes.	21	2192	470619	hsq8	ca707	1983	1:24000
Chaix family, 60 to 80 percent slopes.	19	1552	470617	hsq6	ca707	1983	1:24000
Chaix-Hugo families complex, 20 to 40 percent slopes.	22	1486	470620	hsq9	ca707	1983	1:24000
Chaix family, moderately deep-Holland family, deep,dioritic association, 25 to 65 percent slopes.	522sr	779	1868240	20q1t	ca707	1983	1:24000
Chaix family, moderately deep, 30 to 50 percent slopes.	520sr	746	1868238	20q1r	ca707	1983	1:24000
Chaix-Chawanakee gravelly coarse sandy loams, 30 to 50 percent slopes	120sc	220	1867648	20pfq	ca707	1983	1:24000
Chaix-Chawanakee gravelly coarse sandy loams, 50 to 70 percent slopes	121sc	103	1867649	20pfr	ca707	1983	1:24000
Chaix family, moderately deep,50 to 70 percent slopes.	515sr	98	1868234	20q1m	ca707	1983	1:24000
Chaix coarse sandy loam, 30 to 50 percent slopes, severely eroded	CaE3sh	45	1868334	20q4v	ca707	1983	1:24000
Chaix family, moderately deep-Rock outcrop, dioritic complex, 70 to 90 percent slopes.	517sr	43	1868236	20q1p	ca707	1983	1:24000
Wapi-Chaix families complex, 50 to 85 percent slopes.	300p	14	1528790	1n9tt	ca708	1984	1:24000
Chaix-Wapi families complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes.	119	19510	471128	ht7p	ca713	1984	1:24000
Chaix-Wapi families complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes.	120	13800	471129	ht7q	ca713	1984	1:24000
Chaix-Wapi families complex, 50 to 70 percent slopes.	121	9200	471130	ht7r	ca713	1984	1:24000
Chaix family, 30 to 50 percent slopes.	112	7717	471121	ht7g	ca713	1984	1:24000
Wapi-Chaix families-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 85 percent slopes.	301	7588	471310	htfk	ca713	1984	1:24000
Chaix-Hurlbut families complex, 30 to 70 percent slopes.	117	7215	471126	ht7m	ca713	1984	1:24000
Chaix family, 2 to 30 percent slopes.	111	6726	471120	ht7f	ca713	1984	1:24000
Wapi-Chaix families complex, 10 to 50 percent slopes.	299	6066	471308	htfh	ca713	1984	1:24000
Chaix family, 50 to 70 percent slopes.	113	5241	471122	ht7h	ca713	1984	1:24000
Wapi-Chaix families complex, 50 to 85 percent slopes.	300	4809	471309	htfj	ca713	1984	1:24000
Chaix-wapi families complex, 70 to 100 percent slopes.	123	4486	471132	ht7t	ca713	1984	1:24000
Chaix family-Haplaquolls complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes.	114	4315	471123	ht7j	ca713	1984	1:24000
Chaix-Holland families complex, 2 to 50 percent slopes,	115	3495	471124	ht7k	ca713	1984	1:24000
Chaix-Wapi families-Haplaquolls complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes.	124	3404	471133	ht7v	ca713	1984	1:24000
Chaix-Holland families complex, 50 to 70 percent slopes.	116	2585	471125	ht7l	ca713	1984	1:24000
Holland-Chaix families complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes.	201	2158	471210	htbb	ca713	1984	1:24000
Hurlbut-Chaix families complex, 30 to 70 percent slopes.	214	2061	471223	htbr	ca713	1984	1:24000
Hulrbut-Chaix families complex, 0 to 30 percent slopes.	213	1403	471222	htbq	ca713	1984	1:24000
Chaix-Wapi families-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes.	125	551	471134	ht7w	ca713	1984	1:24000
Chaix family-Rock outcrop complex, 50 to 70 percent slopes.	118	412	471127	ht7n	ca713	1984	1:24000
Chaix-Wapi families complex, 50 to 70 percnt slopes, slumped.	122	250	471131	ht7s	ca713	1984	1:24000
Chaix variant-Rock outcrop-Cryumbrepts, wet complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	CKF	3568	464623	hlgv	ca719	1982	1:24000
Chaix-Chawanakee-Hotaw complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	CGF	2960	464619	hlgq	ca719	1982	1:24000
Chawanakee-Chaix-Hotaw complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes	CHG	1907	464620	hlgr	ca719	1982	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Chawanakee-Chaix complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes	RCG	1060	464782	hlmz	ca719	1982	1:24000
Chaix variant-Rock outcrop-Cryumbrepts, wet complex, 2 to 30 percent slopes	CKE	690	464622	hlgt	ca719	1982	1:24000
Chaix-Pilliken coarse sandy loam, 5 to 30 percent slopes complex	107	16952	464857	hlqd	ca724	1985	1:24000
Chaix-Pilliken coarse sandy loams, 30 to 75 percent slopes complex	108	15894	464858	hlqf	ca724	1985	1:24000
Chaix coarse sandy loam, 30 to 75 percent slopes	106	13892	464856	hlqc	ca724	1985	1:24000
Chaix-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes, N Low Montane	109	6950	464859	2yv0f	ca724	1985	1:24000
Chaix-Pilliken coarse sandy loams, 30 to 75 percent slopes	108ef	569	1670104	1t1wb	ca731	1981	1:24000
Chaix-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes, N Low Montane	109ef	337	1670105	2yv0f	ca731	1981	1:24000
Holland-Chaix families complex, 35 to 65 percent slopes	139sf	3	2229992	2dvh7	ca740	1996	1:24000
Holland-Chaix families complex, 35 to 65 percent slopes	139	35107	465114	hlzp	ca750	1983	1:24000
Chaix family, deep, 5 to 45 percent slopes	120	19422	465095	hlz2	ca750	1983	1:24000
Holland-Chaix families complex, 5 to 35 percent slopes	138	19295	465113	hlzn	ca750	1983	1:24000
Chaix-Chawanakee families-Rock outcrop complex, 35 to 65 percent slopes	123	14826	465098	hlz5	ca750	1983	1:24000
Chaix family-Chaix family, deep complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes	121	12198	465096	hlz3	ca750	1983	1:24000
Chaix family, 35 to 65 percent slopes	119	12044	465094	hlz1	ca750	1983	1:24000
Chaix-Chawanakee families-Rock outcrop complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	122	10757	465097	hlz4	ca750	1983	1:24000
Chaix-Holland families complex, 35 to 65 percent slopes	125	6140	465100	hlz7	ca750	1983	1:24000
Chaix family, 5 to 35 percent slopes	118	6048	465093	hlz0	ca750	1983	1:24000
Chaix-Holland families complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes	124	3918	465099	hlz6	ca750	1983	1:24000
Chawanakee-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	664	29931	465246	hm3y	ca760	1981	1:24000
Dowe-Chaix-Rock outcrop association, moderately steep	621	27141	465223	hm36	ca760	1981	1:24000
Chaix-Rock outcrop-Chawanakee complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	619	21947	465221	hm34	ca760	1981	1:24000
Chaix-Dome-Rock outcrop complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	670	21125	465250	hm42	ca760	1981	1:24000
Chaix-Rock outcrop-Chawanakee complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes	620	18949	465222	hm35	ca760	1981	1:24000
Dome-Chaix-Rock outcrop association, steep	622	15390	465224	hm37	ca760	1981	1:24000
Chaix-Chawanakee-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	618	14843	465220	hm33	ca760	1981	1:24000
Chawanakee-Rock outcrop-Chaix complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes	665	9430	465247	hm3z	ca760	1981	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Chawanakee-Chaix complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	430	8917	465195	hm29	ca760	1981	1:24000
Chaix-Rock outcrop-Dome complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	697	8701	465267	hm4m	ca760	1981	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Chawanakee-Chaix complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes	432	8324	465197	hm2c	ca760	1981	1:24000
Dome-Chaix association, moderately steep	672	7482	465252	hm44	ca760	1981	1:24000
Tollhouse-Chaix association, moderately steep	503	6939	465208	hm2q	ca760	1981	1:24000
Chaix-Rock outcrop-Dome complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes	698	6615	465268	hm4n	ca760	1981	1:24000
Holland-Dome-Chaix association, moderately steep	690	6183	465263	hm4h	ca760	1981	1:24000
Chaix-Dome-Holland association, steep	658	5321	465241	hm3s	ca760	1981	1:24000
Chaix-Wind River family-Tollhouse association, sloping	509	5017	465209	hm2r	ca760	1981	1:24000
Dome-Rock outcrop-Chaix complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	725	4869	465272	hm4s	ca760	1981	1:24000
Shaver-Chaix association, moderately steep	660	4814	465242	hm3t	ca760	1981	1:24000
Dome-Chaix association, steep	673	4177	465253	hm45	ca760	1981	1:24000
Dome-Rock outcrop-Chaix complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes	726	4054	465273	hm4t	ca760	1981	1:24000
Chawanakee-Rock outcrop-Chaix complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	663	3850	465245	hm3x	ca760	1981	1:24000
Shaver-Chaix association, steep	661	3698	465243	hm3v	ca760	1981	1:24000
Chaix-Dome-Rock outcrop complex, 50 to 75 percent slopes	671	3163	465251	hm43	ca760	1981	1:24000
Chaix-Rock outcrop-Dome complex, 10 to 30 percent slopes	696	2440	465266	hm4l	ca760	1981	1:24000
Rock outcrop-Chawanakee-Chaix complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes	431	2082	465196	hm2b	ca760	1981	1:24000
Chaix-Dome-Holland association, moderately steep	657	2076	465240	hm3r	ca760	1981	1:24000
Shaver-Chaix association, very steep	662	1860	465244	hm3w	ca760	1981	1:24000
Dome-Chaix association, very steep	674	803	465254	hm46	ca760	1981	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the CHAIX 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).