Soil Data Explorer - FAIM

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the FAIM soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of FAIM, 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 FAIM 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
47	13N57553	S2012UT039002	Faim	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.1323194,-111.3568528
47	13N57554	S2012UT039003	Faim	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.3201722,-111.4882111
47	13N57556	S2012UT039005	Faim	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	39.2380278,-111.5198778
47	13N57562	S2012UT049001	Faim	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	40.1853722,-111.3597028

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the FAIM 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 FAIM series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-10-24), parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the FAIM 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the FAIM 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 2024-10-23).

Competing Series

Soil series competing with FAIM share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2024-10-23) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2024-10-23).

Select annual climate data summaries for the FAIM 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 2024-10-23).

Geomorphic description summaries for the FAIM 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 2024-10-23).

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 FAIM, 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 2024-10-23).

Block Diagrams

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing FAIM 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
Manila-Tahquats family-Faim complex, 12 to 25 percent slopes	462	245	3173250	2rg02	id711	1983	1:24000
Broadhead-Faim-Farlow family, very stony surface, complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	461	156	3173249	2rg01	id711	1983	1:24000
Yago, very stony surface-Manila-Faim complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes	549	13	3173256	2rg07	id711	1983	1:24000
Winnemucca-Faim-Dranburn complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	85-CNF	2	3173236	2rfzw	id711	1983	1:24000
Beaverdam-Davtone-Faim families, complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	813	9117	2744430	2stpx	id713		1:24000
Sessions-Faim-Rammel family, complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes	804	6927	2663433	2rq52	id713		1:24000
Slights family-Winnemucca, low effective precipitation-Faim complex, 15 to 55 percent slopes	818	6445	2744435	2stq2	id713		1:24000
Broadhead-Faim-Farlow family, very stony surface, complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	461	6045	2619869	2rg01	id713		1:24000
Faim-Skutum family, very deep, complex, 10 to 45 percent slopes	820	5936	2733430	2slqt	id713		1:24000
Yago, very stony surface-Manila-Faim complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes	549	4139	2619875	2rg07	id713		1:24000
Bischoff-Tingey family-Faim complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	931	4012	2963858	2wv1g	id713		1:24000
Bischoff-Dranburn-Faim complex 5 to 30 percent slopes	951	3319	2963855	2wv1y	id713		1:24000
Manila-Tahquats family-Faim complex, 12 to 25 percent slopes	462	2837	2619870	2rg02	id713		1:24000
Bischoff-Resoot family, very stony surface-Faim, complex, 5 to 35 percent slopes	855	2738	2733467	2sls5	id713		1:24000
Sessions family-Faim complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	802	2639	2663432	2rq51	id713		1:24000
Ezbin-Faim complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes	833	2535	2733444	2slrd	id713		1:24000
Hourglass family, very stony surface-Faim-Davtone family, complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes	810	2112	2733436	2slr1	id713		1:24000
Bischoff-Dranburn-Faim complex 30 to 55 percent slopes	952	1779	2984146	2x039	id713		1:24000
Winnemucca-Faim-Dranburn complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	85	1704	2619864	2rfzw	id713		1:24000
Oxvalley family, extremely stony surface-Faim complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes	853	688	2733463	2sls3	id713		1:24000
Wayan-Faim-Silex family, complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	808	673	2733434	2slqz	id713		1:24000
Yago, very stony surface-Manila-Faim complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes	549	87	3173348	2rg07	id714	1997	1:24000
Broadhead-Faim-Farlow family, very stony surface, complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	461	3	3173344	2rg01	id714	1997	1:24000
Broadhead-Faim-Farlow family, very stony surface, complex, 15 to 45 percent slopes	461	813	3173373	2rg01	id715	1994	1:24000
Manila-Tahquats family-Faim complex, 12 to 25 percent slopes	462	226	3173374	2rg02	id715	1994	1:24000
Yago, very stony surface-Manila-Faim complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes	549	65	3173379	2rg07	id715	1994	1:24000
Winnemucca-Faim-Dranburn complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	85-CNF	33	3173363	2rfzw	id715	1994	1:24000
Sessions-Faim-Rammel family, complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes	804	564	3163430	2rq52	id716		1:24000
Bischoff-Resoot family, very stony surface-Faim, complex, 5 to 35 percent slopes	855	437	3163442	2sls5	id716		1:24000
Sessions family-Faim complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	802	420	3163429	2rq51	id716		1:24000
Faim-Skutum family, very deep, complex, 10 to 45 percent slopes	820	81	3163431	2slqt	id716		1:24000
Slights family-Winnemucca, low effective precipitation-Faim complex, 15 to 55 percent slopes	818	51	3163453	2stq2	id716		1:24000
Beaverdam-Davtone-Faim families, complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	813	39	3163451	2stpx	id716		1:24000
Wayan-Faim-Silex family, complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	808	202	2858639	2slqz	id758	1998	1:24000
Oxvalley family, extremely stony surface-Faim complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes	853	54	2858652	2sls3	id758	1998	1:24000
Bischoff-Resoot family, very stony surface-Faim, complex, 5 to 35 percent slopes	855	45	2858655	2sls5	id758	1998	1:24000
Sessions family-Faim complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	802	40	2858636	2rq51	id758	1998	1:24000
Hourglass family, very stony surface-Faim-Davtone family, complex, 15 to 50 percent slopes	810	7	2858641	2slr1	id758	1998	1:24000
Faim-Wesdy, extremely bouldery-Flygare, very stony complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	551	7507	2498928	2pzwj	ut013		1:24000
Faim-Yeates Hollow complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes, very stony	554	6149	2498929	2pzwk	ut013		1:24000
Adel-Maciver, moist-Faim complex, 25 to 70 percent slopes	ANF245	4337	2958647	2wrg6	ut013		1:24000
Floak, moist-Faim-Heath, moist complex, 10 to 50 percent slopes	ANF240	3511	2958641	2wrg1	ut013		1:24000
Lyard-Faim, very stony-Dex, extremely stony complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	563	1050	2498932	2pzwn	ut013		1:24000
Parkay-Faim-Wallsburg complex, 10 to 50 percent slopes	176	3031	483474	j72y	ut628		1:24000
Harol-Zillion, cold-Faim association, 4 to 40 percent slopes	138	898	483567	j75y	ut628		1:24000
Harol, very stony-Zillion, rubbly-Faim association, 4 to 40 percent slopes	138	6213	2810268	2trdv	ut629		1:24000
Faim clay loam, 4 to 40 percent slopes	378	20896	483905	j7jv	ut634	1997	1:24000
Faim clay loam, 4 to 25 percent slopes	377	18246	483904	j7jt	ut634	1997	1:24000
Faim-Castino families complex, 2 to 15 percent slopes	41		3312871	30gwj	ut645		1:24000
Faim-Clayburn families complex, 3 to 20 percent slopes	411		3312872	30gwk	ut645		1:24000
Faim-Geertsen families complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes	411A		3312873	30gwl	ut645		1:24000
Faim-Clayburn-Geertsen families complex, 3 to 20 percent slopes	412		3312874	30gwm	ut645		1:24000
Castino-Faim families complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	45A		3312881	30gwv	ut645		1:24000
Clayburn-Faim families complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	561		3312885	30gwz	ut645		1:24000
Clayburn-Behanin-Faim families complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	561B		3312887	30gx1	ut645		1:24000
Croydon-Faim-Kitchell families, moist, 20 to 60 percent slopes	715B		3312904	30gxl	ut645		1:24000
Faim-Castino families complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes	602		3314856	30hlp	ut645		1:24000
Faim-Clayburn-Castino families complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	600		3314857	30hlr	ut645		1:24000
Faim-Hofly families complex, 5 to 25 percent slopes	600H		3314858	30hlq	ut645		1:24000
Castino-Kitchell-Faim families complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	4	18116	3312868	30gwf	ut645		1:24000
Castino-Faim families complex, 2 to 20 percent slopes	2	6691	3243288	2zsd6	ut645		1:24000
Clayburn-Faim-Wesdy families complex, 20 to 50 percent slopes	110A	3370	3243273	2zscn	ut645		1:24000
Wesdy family-Faim family-Arrowpeak family complex, 3 to 20 percent slopes	478	29458	512514	k69q	ut646		1:24000
Cheadle family-Faim family association, 2 to 30 percent slopes	270	4640	512482	k68p	ut646		1:24000
Faim-Tellura families, association, 2 to 30 percent slopes	153		625233	nzlt	ut649		1:24000
Tellura-Faim-Behanin families, association, 5 to 45 percent slopes	206		581654	mj81	ut649		1:24000
Clayburn-Faim families association, 5 to 20 percent slopes	126		625215	nzl7	ut649		1:24000
Faim-Wesdy, extremely bouldery-Flygare, very stony complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	551		2578674	2pzwj	ut650		1:24000
Faim-Yeates Hollow complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes, very stony	554		2578668	2pzwk	ut650		1:24000
Lyard-Faim, very stony-Dex, extremely stony complex, 5 to 40 percent slopes	563		2578670	2pzwn	ut650		1:24000
Castino-Faim families, complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes	161	6791	791228	vkbh	ut651		1:24000
Beaverdam-Davtone-Faim families, complex, 10 to 40 percent slopes	813	947	2858670	2stpx	wy623	1971	1:20000
Faim-Skutum family, very deep, complex, 10 to 45 percent slopes	820	461	2858663	2slqt	wy623	1971	1:20000
Slights family-Winnemucca, low effective precipitation-Faim complex, 15 to 55 percent slopes	818	209	2858672	2stq2	wy623	1971	1:20000
Sessions-Faim-Rammel family, complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes	804	149	2858661	2rq52	wy623	1971	1:20000
Bischoff-Resoot family, very stony surface-Faim, complex, 5 to 35 percent slopes	855	140	2858667	2sls5	wy623	1971	1:20000
Bischoff-Dranburn-Faim complex 5 to 30 percent slopes	951	82	3083484	2wv1y	wy623	1971	1:20000
Bischoff-Dranburn-Faim complex 30 to 55 percent slopes	952	13	3083493	2x039	wy623	1971	1:20000
Sessions family-Faim complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	802	4	2858660	2rq51	wy623	1971	1:20000
Bischoff-Dranburn-Faim complex 30 to 55 percent slopes	952	43	3083457	2x039	wy663	2012	1:24000
Bischoff-Tingey family-Faim complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes	931	23	3083456	2wv1g	wy663	2012	1:24000
Bischoff-Dranburn-Faim complex 5 to 30 percent slopes	951	3	3083454	2wv1y	wy663	2012	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the FAIM 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 2024-10-30).