Soil Data Explorer - GALEPPI

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the GALEPPI soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of GALEPPI, 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 GALEPPI were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). 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 GALEPPI 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 GALEPPI 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 GALEPPI 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 GALEPPI 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 GALEPPI 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 GALEPPI 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 GALEPPI 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 hills 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 GALEPPI, 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

No block diagrams are available.

Map Units

Map units containing GALEPPI 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
Galeppi sandy loam, 5 to 30 percent slopes	216	3470	487504	jc8y	ca608	2000	1:24000
Galeppi sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	215	3339	487503	jc8x	ca608	2000	1:24000
Galeppi-Glenbrook complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes	217	2461	487506	jc90	ca608	2000	1:24000
Mottsville-Galeppi association, 15 to 50 percent slopes	292	517	487606	jcd7	ca608	2000	1:24000
Galeppi loamy coarse sand, 5 to 30 percent slopes	GaE	8254	486520	jb86	ca614	1967	1:24000
Galeppi sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	671	4313	3110182	2w4f9	ca614	1967	1:24000
Galeppi loamy coarse sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes	GaB	1948	486519	jb85	ca614	1967	1:24000
Galeppi sandy loam, 5 to 30 percent slopes	216	221	723270	s8m9	ca614	1967	1:24000
Galeppi sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes	215	136	723269	s8m8	ca614	1967	1:24000
Galeppi sandy loam, 5 to 30 percent slopes	216su	18	1898839	21qww	ca703	1983	1:24000
Galeppi loamy coarse sand, 5 to 30 percent slopes	GaEsv	118	1546103	1nwv9	ca713	1984	1:24000
Galeppi sandy loam, 5 to 30 percent slopes	216su	6	1546054	1nwsq	ca713	1984	1:24000
Galeppi sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	671	3890	474360	2w4f9	nv628	1980	1:24000
Galeppi sandy loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes	673	1873	474361	hxlz	nv628	1980	1:24000
Galeppi sandy loam, 4 to 8 percent slopes	670	1576	474359	hxlx	nv628	1980	1:24000
Galeppi stony sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes	674	884	474362	hxm0	nv628	1980	1:24000
Galeppi-Barnard association	676	408	474363	2w377	nv628	1980	1:24000
Galeppi sandy loam, dry, 15 to 30 percent slopes	679	333	1907627	2211c	nv628	1980	1:24000
Galeppi sandy loam, dry, 8 to 15 percent slopes	678	264	1907626	2211b	nv628	1980	1:24000
Galeppi-Barnard association	790	948	477561	2w377	nv771	1990	1:24000
Galleppi-Fulstone-Eastval association	690	290	2452720	2nb80	nv772	1985	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the GALEPPI 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).