Soil Data Explorer - ESCALANTE

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the ESCALANTE soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of ESCALANTE, 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 ESCALANTE were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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
28A	85P0936	85UT021005	Escalante	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.75,-113.25
28A	90P1034	90UT027003	Escalante	8	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	38.9916649,-112.4197235
28A	70C0044	S1968UT027059	Escalante	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.0466652,-112.4488907
28A	70C0045	S1968UT027060	Escalante	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.0466652,-112.4488907
n/a	40A1137	S1977UT021003	ESCALANTE	8	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	n/a

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the ESCALANTE 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 ESCALANTE series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the ESCALANTE 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 ESCALANTE 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).

Competing Series

Soil series competing with ESCALANTE share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the ESCALANTE 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 ESCALANTE 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 mountains figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with ESCALANTE, 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. ID-2010-08-31-01 | Owyhee County Area - 2003

   Typical pattern of soils in map unit 5 (Soil Survey of Owyhee County Area, Idaho; 2003).

Map Units

Map units containing ESCALANTE 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
Escalante-Tindahay-Ornea complex, 1 to 12 percent slopes	55	15005	486220	j9yj	id675	1992	1:24000
Escalante sandy loam, 1 to 12 percent slopes	54	2439	486218	j9yg	id675	1992	1:24000
Escalante sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes	22	4215	82354	2rpl	id707	1976	1:24000
Escalante sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	23	1732	82355	2rpm	id707	1976	1:24000
Escalante sandy loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes	24	557	82356	2rpn	id707	1976	1:24000
Escalante fine sandy loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes	58	5833	82531	2rw9	id708	1987	1:24000
Escalante sandy loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes	57	975	82530	2rw8	id708	1987	1:24000
Kecko-Escalante complex, 2 to 4 percent slopes	25	5625	82599	2ryh	id709	1976	1:24000
Kecko-Escalante complex, 8 to 12 percent slopes	27	1483	82601	2ryk	id709	1976	1:24000
Kecko-Escalante complex, 4 to 8 percent slopes	26	838	82600	2ryj	id709	1976	1:24000
Escalante fine sandy loam, 4 to 12 percent slopes	121		3363248	311g0	id710	1968	1:24000
Escalante sandy loam 0 to 2 percent slopes	EnA	3093	82717	2s29	id710	1968	1:24000
Escalante sandy loam, undulating	EOC	2100	82716	2s28	id710	1968	1:24000
Escalante sandy loam, 2 to 4 percent slopes	EnB	1187	82718	2s2b	id710	1968	1:24000
Escalante sandy loam, saline-alkali, 0 to 2 percent slopes	EsA	609	82720	2s2d	id710	1968	1:24000
Escalante sandy loam, saline-alkali, 2 to 4 percent slopes	EsB	400	82721	2s2f	id710	1968	1:24000
Escalante sandy loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes	EnC	372	82719	2s2c	id710	1968	1:24000
Escalante-Summermute-Jericho association	3060	19913	480004	j3h0	nv779	2004	1:24000
Rouette-Ursine-Escalante association	3221	17433	637446	pd9s	nv779	2004	1:24000
Linoyer-Escalante association	3170	10033	480012	j3h8	nv779	2004	1:24000
Jericho-Summermute-Escalante association	1320	9387	479963	j3fp	nv779	2004	1:24000
Jericho-Escalante-Dakent association	4130	1682	480128	j3m0	nv779	2004	1:24000
Atlanta-Escalante association	5021	1400	637449	pd9w	nv779	2004	1:24000
Ursine-Escalante association	1382	1389	637445	pd9r	nv779	2004	1:24000
Sycomat-Escalante-Timpie association	3174	1215	480013	j3h9	nv779	2004	1:24000
Armespan-Escalante association	1010	26430	481094	j4m5	nv784	2006	1:24000
Ursine-Escalante association	1030	23336	481099	j4mb	nv784	2006	1:24000
Eastmore-Escalante association	1003	19752	1601186	1qr55	nv784	2006	1:24000
Sycomat-Escalante-Gravier association	1240	16353	481150	j4nz	nv784	2006	1:24000
Cath-Watoopah-Escalante association, warm	1733	10866	1547476	1ny8l	nv784	2006	1:24000
Cath-Watoopah-Escalante association	1732	5673	481175	j4ps	nv784	2006	1:24000
Rouette-Ursine-Escalante association	3221	4002	1395630	1hv8b	nv784	2006	1:24000
Ursine-Escalante-Lien association	1050	3214	481107	j4ml	nv784	2006	1:24000
Linoyer-Escalante association	3170	690	1395629	1hv89	nv784	2006	1:24000
Atlanta-Escalante association	5021	68	1144524	17dz4	nv784	2006	1:24000
Sycomat-Escalante-Timpie association	83	215	1389716	1hn3k	ut611	1992	1:24000
Escalante sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	43	8409	481836	j5d3	ut618	1995	1:24000
Escalante sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes	42	6501	481835	j5d2	ut618	1995	1:24000
Medburn-Berent-Escalante complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes	91	5160	481892	j5fx	ut618	1995	1:24000
Escalante-Berent-Escalante complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	44	2390	481837	j5d4	ut618	1995	1:24000
Escalante sandy loam, 3 to 15 percent slopes	137	1579	2220460	2djkr	ut626		1:24000
Escalante gravelly sandy loam, gravelly substratum, 2 to 5 percent slopes	128	1387	483448	j723	ut628		1:24000
Escalante sandy loam, gravelly substratum, 2 to 4 percent slopes	130	697	483446	j721	ut628		1:24000
Escalante sandy loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes	129	359	483444	j71z	ut628		1:24000
Hiko Peak-Escalante complex, 2 to 5 percent slopes	HgC	4841	504682	jy52	ut629		1:24000
Escalante gravelly sandy loam, very gravelly substratum, 2 to 5 percent slopes	128	308	2510584	2r80w	ut629		1:24000
Escalante-Yenrab complex, undulating	EYC	1846	482393	j5z2	ut632	1970	1:20000
Escalante sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes	ESB	637	482392	j5z1	ut632	1970	1:20000
Escalante sandy loam, 0 to 5 percent slopes	375	32816	483902	j7jr	ut634	1997	1:24000
Escalante sandy loam, 1 to 5 percent slopes	376	10924	483903	j7js	ut634	1997	1:24000
Taylorsflat-Escalante sandy loams, 2 to 5 percent slopes	492	3856	484035	j7p1	ut634	1997	1:24000
Escalante sandy loam, 2 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	ECD2	6310	484588	j87w	ut640	1967	1:20000
Escalante-Hiko Peak complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes, eroded	ESD2	4820	484589	j87x	ut640	1967	1:20000
Spager-Escalante families, complex, 15 to 30 percent slopes	203		625278	nzn8	ut649		1:24000
Escalante family, 15 to 30 percent slopes	150		625235	nzlw	ut649		1:24000
Escalante-Berent-Crestline families, complex, 2 to 30 persent slopes	152		625234	nzlv	ut649		1:24000
Spager-Escalante families, complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	202		625279	nzn9	ut649		1:24000
Crestline-Heist-Escalante families complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes	135		625208	nzl0	ut649		1:24000
Escalante-Annabella-Berent families, complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	151		581649	mj7w	ut649		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the ESCALANTE 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).