Soil Data Explorer - GOBLIN

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the GOBLIN soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of GOBLIN, 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 GOBLIN 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 GOBLIN 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 GOBLIN 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 GOBLIN 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 GOBLIN 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 GOBLIN 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 GOBLIN 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).

There are insufficient data to create the annual climate figure.

Geomorphic description summaries for the GOBLIN 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 GOBLIN, 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 GOBLIN 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
Moenkopie-Goblin complex, 5 to 50 percent slopes	54	26364	52373	1rhg	az623	1994	1:24000
Berzatic family-Rock outcrop-Goblin complex, 35 to 70 percent slopes	10	23049	52232	1rbx	az623	1994	1:24000
Goblin gravelly fine sandy loam, 15 to 50 percent slopes	23	10702	52299	1rf2	az623	1994	1:24000
Goblin-Gyppocket complex, 2 to 10 percent slopes	24	2745	52300	1rf3	az623	1994	1:24000
Mussentuchit-Goblin-Swell association, 3 to 20 percent slopes	106	39076	1653938	1sj1v	ut623	2011	1:24000
Goblin-Gypsum Land-Mussentuchit complex, 5 to 50 percent slopes	055	7671	1669458	1t16h	ut623	2011	1:24000
Goblin-Clapper complex, 8 to 65 percent slopes	054	384	1884046	217hp	ut623	2011	1:24000
Goblin family-Badland, gypsum-Mussentuchit family complex, 5 to 50 percent slopes	4117	25999	3193865	2z932	ut625		1:24000
Mussentuchit-Goblin-Swell association, 3 to 20 percent slopes	3135	642	3194110	30njt	ut625		1:24000
Mussentuchit-Goblin-Swell association, 3 to 20 percent slopes	3111	464	3193888	2z93t	ut625		1:24000
Goblin-Clapper, extremely stony complex, 8 to 65 percent slopes	3130	402	3194105	30njn	ut625		1:24000
Goblin-Chipeta complex	37	16958	55164	1vdh	ut631	1982	1:24000
Robroost-Goblin complex, eroded	85	13585	55217	1vg6	ut631	1982	1:24000
Robroost-Goblin complex	84	10577	55216	1vg5	ut631	1982	1:24000
Sheppard-Goblin complex	100	4264	55111	1vbs	ut631	1982	1:24000
Trachute-Goblin complex	112	3424	55124	1vc6	ut631	1982	1:24000
Mivida-Goblin complex	55	574	55184	1vf4	ut631	1982	1:24000
Lavodnas family-Goblin family-Badland complex, 4 to 35 percent slopes	39	2105	2485547	2pfdy	ut642		1:63360
Goblin fine sandy loam, 15 to 70 percent slopes	28	6027	2504472	2q3sc	ut685	1990	1:24000
Goblin-Ivanpatch complex, 2 to 60 percent slopes	30	2526	2504467	2q3s6	ut685	1990	1:24000
Goblin-Clapper complex, 8 to 65 percent slopes	29	1234	2556038	2qdrk	ut685	1990	1:24000
Mussentuchit-Goblin-Swell family association, 3 to 20 percent slopes	55	468	2556037	2qdrj	ut685	1990	1:24000
Goblin very gravelly sandy loam, 6 to 45 percent slopes	95	363	2398599	2lhy5	ut688	2009	1:24000
Goblin very gravelly sandy loam, 6 to 45 percent slopes	9	873	2453027	2nbkx	ut689		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the GOBLIN 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).