Soil Data Explorer - DIX

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the DIX soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of DIX, 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 DIX 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
67A	79P0072	S1978NE123015	DIX	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.8580322,-103.3610916
72	85P0260	84NE033118	Dix	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	41.2661095,-103.3566666

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the DIX 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 DIX 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 DIX 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 DIX 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 mountains figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with DIX 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 DIX 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 DIX 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 2D hillslope position figure.

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

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 DIX, 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. CO-2011-05-27-12 | Phillips County - 1971

   Typical landscape of the Rago-Platner-Kuma association showing the major soils and the minor Wages, Eckley, and Dix soils (Soil Survey of Phillips County, Colorado; 1971).

2. NE-2012-02-08-04 | Banner County - October 1994

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

3. NE-2012-02-13-41 | Keith County - November 1995

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Sully-Dix-Tassel association (Soil Survey of Keith County, Nebraska; November 1995).

4. NE-2012-02-13-56 | Morrill County - August 1985

   Pattern of soils, topography, and underlying material in the Tassel-Busher-Rock outcrop association (Soil Survey of Morrill County, Nebraska; August 1985).

5. NE-2012-02-13-58 | Morrill County - August 1985

   Pattern of soils, topography, and underlying material in the Tripp-Alice-Duroc association (Soil Survey of Morrill County, Nebraska; August 1985).

Map Units

Map units containing DIX 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
Dix-Eckley complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes	25	18680	94505	35bk	co075	1974	1:24000
Dix-Altvan complex, 10 to 30 percent slopes	24	17225	94504	2tlqb	co075	1974	1:24000
Wages-Eckley-Dix complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes	WeE	8145	94791	35ms	co095	1971	1:20000
Chappell and Dix sandy loams, 0 to 3 percent slopes	CdB	1791	94772	35m5	co095	1971	1:20000
Eckley-Dix-Blakeland complex, 6 to 20 percent slopes	26	8999	95117	35z9	co617	1980	1:24000
Altvan-Dix complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes	78	44	95177	2tlq8	co617	1980	1:24000
Dix soils, 6 to 40 percent slopes	1595	4168	1150664	17mc6	ks063	1974	1:24000
Bayard-Dix complex, 9 to 20 percent slopes	1316	10805	1692463	1tt4l	ne007	1988	1:20000
Bayard-Dix complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes	1315	7763	1692462	1tt4k	ne007	1988	1:20000
Dix sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	1368	245	1692476	1tt50	ne007	1988	1:20000
Altvan-Dix complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes	1506	15306	1698655	2tlq7	ne033	1989	1:20000
Dix gravelly loam, 3 to 9 percent slopes	1572	11429	1698675	1v0lz	ne033	1989	1:20000
Dix gravelly loam, 9 to 50 percent slopes	1571	8482	1698676	1v0m0	ne033	1989	1:20000
Dix-Sulco-Sarben complex, 20 to 60 percent slopes	1576	9341	1698882	1v0tn	ne101	1990	1:20000
Altvan-Dix complex, 6 to 30 percent slopes	1507	8125	1698870	2tlq9	ne101	1990	1:20000
Satanta-Dix complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes	1824	6512	1698914	1v0vp	ne101	1990	1:20000
Dix gravelly loam, 3 to 20 percent slopes	1573	4349	1698881	1v0tm	ne101	1990	1:20000
Sulco-Dix complex, 9 to 20 percent slopes	1836	3388	1698917	1v0vs	ne101	1990	1:20000
Tassel and Dix and Altvan soils, 9 to 30 percent slopes	6023	10234	1692559	1tt7p	ne105	2004	1:24000
Dix complex, 6 to 30 percent slopes	1570	2867	1699160	1v13m	ne111	1971	1:24000
Dix gravelly loam, 3 to 20 percent slopes	1573	313	2219723	2dhsz	ne111	1971	1:24000
Dix loamy coarse sand, 6 to 50 percent slopes	1574	14990	1692601	1tt91	ne123	1981	1:20000
Alice-Dix complex, 6 to 20 percent slopes	5907	7942	1692573	1tt84	ne123	1981	1:20000
Altvan-Dix complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes	1506	1809	1692575	2tlq7	ne123	1981	1:20000
Alice-Dix complex, 3 to 6 percent slopes	5906	948	1692572	1tt83	ne123	1981	1:20000
Alice-Dix complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes	5905	916	1692571	1tt82	ne123	1981	1:20000
Dix gravelly loam, 9 to 50 percent slopes	1571	265	2220386	2djhc	ne123	1981	1:20000
Bayard-Dix complex, 9 to 20 percent slopes	1316	86	2220378	2djh3	ne123	1981	1:20000
Altvan-Dix complex, 6 to 30 percent slopes	1507	1214	1698954	2tlq9	ne135	1987	1:20000
Dix-Bayard complex, 6 to 20 percent slopes	1575	3428	1653733	1shv7	ne157	1965	1:20000
Dix complex, 6 to 30 percent slopes	1570	1353	1653737	1shvc	ne157	1965	1:20000
Chappell-Dix complex, 3 to 6 percent slopes	1375	1107	1653732	1shv6	ne157	1965	1:20000
Alice-Dix complex, 3 to 6 percent slopes	5906	662	2227693	2ds32	ne157	1965	1:20000
Altvan-Dix complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes	1506	205	2227680	2tlq7	ne157	1965	1:20000
Dix loamy coarse sand, 6 to 50 percent slopes	1574	42	2227682	2ds2q	ne157	1965	1:20000
Bayard-Dix complex, 3 to 9 percent slopes	1315	10	2227640	2ds1c	ne157	1965	1:20000
Dix sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	DsA	684	3333645	2zj4y	sd019	1970	1:24000
Dix-Chappell fine sandy loams, 3 to 9 percent slopes	DcC	3352	352982	cv9j	sd121	1967	1:31680
Schamber-Dix complex, 9 to 25 percent slopes	Gr	1002	352992	cv9v	sd121	1967	1:31680
Dix soils, 9 to 18 percent slopes	DbD	3823	354384	cwrr	sd123	1975	1:20000
Chappell-Dix fine sandy loams, 6 to 9 percent slopes	CnC	3165	354382	cwrp	sd123	1975	1:20000
Dix fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes	DaA	245	354383	cwrq	sd123	1975	1:20000
Dix complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	DcE	10557	104683	3hxw	wy615	1965	1:20000
Dix complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes	DcD	1034	104682	3hxv	wy615	1965	1:20000
Chappell complex, 10 to 15 percent slopes	CID	838	104672	3hxj	wy615	1965	1:20000
Altvan-Dix complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes	7	35199	104844	2tlq8	wy621	1980	1:24000
Dix-Altvan complex, 10 to 30 percent slopes	15	21329	104803	2tlqb	wy621	1980	1:24000
Dix-Otero complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes	16	1142	104804	3j1s	wy621	1980	1:24000
Dix-Alice complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	6E	9375	104896	3j4r	wy715	1974	1:20000
Dix-Alice complex, 0 to 10 percent slopes	6C	935	104895	3j4q	wy715	1974	1:20000
Altvan-Dix complex, 6 to 10 percent slopes	102	18131	104903	2tlq8	wy721	1994	1:24000
Dix-Altvan complex, 10 to 30 percent slopes	129	9458	104930	2tlqb	wy721	1994	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the DIX 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).