Soil Data Explorer - FIREBAUGH

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the FIREBAUGH soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of FIREBAUGH, 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 FIREBAUGH 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
116A	M9112326	1991MO123026M	Firebaugh	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.5013885,-90.1527786
116A	M9112328	1991MO123028M	Firebaugh	3	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.4765549,-90.1487503
116A	M9212314	1992MO123014M	Firebaugh	2	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.6150017,-90.1586075
116A	M9461334	1994MO203034M	Firebaugh	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.0539389,-91.4862472
116A	M9861341	1998MO203041M	Firebaugh	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.312525,-91.4217889
116A	M0017913	2000MO179013M	Firebaugh	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.3179222,-91.0390556
116A	M0503504	2005MO035004	Firebaugh	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	36.8666667,-90.7833333
116C	M9112310	1991MO123010M	Firebaugh	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.4947777,-90.2984467
116C	M9412331	1994MO123031M	Firebaugh	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.4431648,-90.3786697
116C	M9412334	1994MO123034M	Firebaugh	4	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.4063873,-90.3013916

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the FIREBAUGH 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 FIREBAUGH 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 FIREBAUGH 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 FIREBAUGH 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).

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.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with FIREBAUGH 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 FIREBAUGH 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 FIREBAUGH 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 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 FIREBAUGH, 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

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

1. MO-2010-09-08-07 | Madison County - 2005

   Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Clarksville-Poynor-Firebaugh association (Soil Survey of Madison County, Missouri; 2005).

Map Units

Map units containing FIREBAUGH 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
Firebaugh silt, 3 to 8 percent slopes	73141	104	2501630	2vxqb	mo017	2004	1:24000
Firebaugh silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	73142	1	2501635	2vxqc	mo017	2004	1:24000
Firebaugh silt, 3 to 8 percent slopes	73141	4	2501631	2vxqb	mo093	1988	1:24000
Firebaugh silt, 3 to 8 percent slopes	73141	7528	2501632	2vxqb	mo123	1999	1:24000
Firebaugh silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	73142	1285	2501636	2vxqc	mo123	1999	1:24000
Firebaugh silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	73142	20	2501637	2vxqc	mo157	1983	1:24000
Firebaugh silt, 3 to 8 percent slopes	73141	5	2501633	2vxqb	mo157	1983	1:24000
Firebaugh silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	73142	15	2501638	2vxqc	mo187	1979	1:24000
Firebaugh silt, 3 to 8 percent slopes	73141	48	2501634	2vxqb	mo223	2004	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the FIREBAUGH 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).