Soil Data Explorer - GOLDBUG

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the GOLDBUG soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of GOLDBUG, 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 GOLDBUG were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-13). 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
36	03N0789	03CO007001	goldbug	6	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.0741882,-107.3206253
36	05N0324	S2004CO007006	Goldbug	7	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	37.0741653,-107.3199997

Water Balance

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

Select annual climate data summaries for the GOLDBUG 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 GOLDBUG 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 GOLDBUG share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-02) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the GOLDBUG 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 GOLDBUG 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 terrace figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with GOLDBUG, 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 GOLDBUG 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
Goldbug family, loam, 3 to 12 percent slopes	KO-CD	14480	499279	jrjs	co668	2018	1:24000
Goldbug family, very stony loam, 30 to 65 percent slopes, extremely stony	R5-EF	12029	499284	jrjy	co668	2018	1:24000
Goldbug family, very stony loam, 12 to 30 percent slopes, extremely stony	R5-D	9513	712897	rxtp	co668	2018	1:24000
Goldbug family, loam, warm, 3 to 12 percent slopes	K0-V	2469	2247949	2fg5h	co668	2018	1:24000
Goldbug family-Valto, very stony complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes	XK0-E	1974	738552	ssj8	co668	2018	1:24000
Goldbug very stony fine sandy loam, 5 to 30 percent slopes	43	121	57647	1xzl	co671	1997	1:24000
Goldbug very stony fine sandy loam, 5 to 30 percent slopes	611	5282	507214	k0sr	co672	2003	1:24000
Goldbug loam, 3 to 12 percent slopes	GbD	236	2770164	2tl94	nm672		1:24000
Goldbug-Valto complex, 3 to 25 percent slopes	GvE	37	2770165	2tl96	nm672		1:24000
Goldbug family, warm, dry, 15 to 40 percent slopes	398	9296	2934354	2whdq	nm678		1:24000
Goldbug family, warm, dry, 0 to 15 percent slopes	158	7539	2934264	2wgjl	nm678		1:24000
Elbucko-Goldbug families complex, dry, gullied, 0 to 15 percent slopes	30	6215	2934320	2wgld	nm678		1:24000
Goldbug family, 15 to 40 percent slopes	275	3416	2934309	2wgl1	nm678		1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the GOLDBUG 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).