Soil Data Explorer - CLIMARA

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the CLIMARA soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of CLIMARA, 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 CLIMARA were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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 CLIMARA 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 CLIMARA 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 CLIMARA 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 CLIMARA 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 CLIMARA 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 CLIMARA 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 CLIMARA 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 CLIMARA, 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

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

1. CA-2012-05-09-05 | Fresno County, Western Part - 2006

   Typical pattern of soils, landforms, and parent material on the hills and mountains of the California Coast Ranges near Coalinga. Geologic formations from Fowkes, 1982 (Soil Survey of Fresno County, California, Western Part; 2006).

Map Units

Map units containing CLIMARA 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
Climara-Montara complex	Ck	23700	455577	h921	ca053	1972	1:24000
Climara clay, 30 to 50 percent slopes, MLRA 15	ChF	9450	455576	2w62x	ca053	1972	1:24000
Climara clay, 15 to 30 percent slopes	ChE	3260	455575	h91z	ca053	1972	1:24000
Climara clay, 15 to 50 percent slopes, eroded	CmF2	4954	3251920	2y8v3	ca069	1965	1:20000
Climara clay, 15 to 50 percent slopes, MLRA 15	219	688	2562635	2w62w	ca069	1965	1:20000
Climara clay, 9 to 15 percent slopes	CmD	520	456172	h9p7	ca069	1965	1:20000
Climara clay, 2 to 30 percent slopes, eroded	CrE2	299	459220	hdvk	ca113	1968	1:20000
Climara clay, 30 to 50 percent slopes, MLRA 15	109	428	456662	2w62x	ca610	1975	1:24000
Climara stony clay, 15 to 50 percent slopes	CmE	1929	456979	hbj8	ca646	1967	1:24000
Climara clay, 9 to 30 percent slopes	ClD	1190	456978	hbj7	ca646	1967	1:24000
Hentine-Climara association, 15 to 50 percent slopes	733	11829	467143	hp34	ca653	2000	1:24000
Climara clay, 15 to 50 percent slopes, MLRA 15	728	4222	467142	2w62w	ca653	2000	1:24000
Climara-Toomes complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	CmF	6670	457366	hbxr	ca672	1966	1:20000
Toomes-Climara complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes	TxG	5492	457541	hc3d	ca672	1966	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the CLIMARA 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).