Soil Data Explorer - GRAVEL PITS

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the GRAVEL PITS soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of GRAVEL PITS, 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 GRAVEL PITS were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

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Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the GRAVEL PITS 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.

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Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the GRAVEL PITS 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).

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Select annual climate data summaries for the GRAVEL PITS 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).

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Geomorphic description summaries for the GRAVEL PITS 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).

There are insufficient data to create the 2D hillslope position figure.

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Competing Series

Soil series competing with GRAVEL PITS 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).

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Select annual climate data summaries for the GRAVEL PITS 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 GRAVEL PITS 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 GRAVEL PITS, 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).

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Block Diagrams

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Map Units

Map units containing GRAVEL PITS 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
Gravel pits	310	110	49435	1nfp	ak640	1986	1:24000
Gravel pits	GPI	200	53648	1stl	az662	1966	1:20000
Gravel pits	Gp	306	458639	hd7t	ca021	1961	1:20000
Gravel pits	GP	159	813991	wb0s	ca097	1968	1:20000
Gravel pits	GP	61	459204	hdv1	ca113	1968	1:20000
Gravel pits	240	260	459152	hdsc	ca602	1978	1:24000
Gravel pits	143	259	486418	jb4x	ca603	1974	1:24000
Gravel pits	398	325	487316	jc2w	ca604	1994	1:24000
Gravel pits	Gp	447	459998	hfnn	ca607	1967	1:20000
Gravel pits	Gp	1024	456584	hb3j	ca609	1963	1:20000
Areas excavated for gravel	GP	48	486518	jb84	ca614	1967	1:24000
Gravel pits	GP	12	612765	nkmm	ca624	1968	1:20000
Gravel pits	GP	17	1412771	1jf38	ca637	1958	1:15000
Gravel pits	GP	1857	456719	hb7w	ca638	1967	1:24000
Gravel Pits	GP	111	822363	wlqv	ca644	1959	1:24000
Gravel pits	GP	6	1403684	1j3n4	ca645	1961	1:20000
GRAVEL PITS	GP	13	817090	wf7r	ca646	1967	1:24000
Gravel pits	Gp	157	463430	hk7c	ca651	1959	1:20000
Gravel Pits	GP	145	1389685	1hn2k	ca672	1966	1:20000
Gravel pits	GP	665	735773	spmm	ca675	1968	1:24000
Gravel pits	GP	441	849286	xhrb	ca679	1967	1:15840
Gravel pits and dumps	GP	578	464032	hkvs	ca680	1974	1:24000
Gravel pits	GP	134	1398763	1hyjd	ca681	1968	1:24000
Gravel Pits	GP	182	2393483	2lbm4	ca688	2008	1:24000
Gravel pits	MISLD	3339	94060	34w6	co001	1968	1:20000
Gravel Pits	GP	697	995819	12f76	co005	1971	1:20000
Gravel pits	GP	123	94361	355x	co025	1965	1:15840
Gravel pits	219	134	104999	3j82	co073	2001	1:24000
Gravel pits	31	234	94512	35bs	co075	1974	1:24000
Gravel pits	Gp	219	94723	35kl	co089	1966	1:15840
Gravel pits	GPA	169	94851	35pq	co099	1963	1:15840
Gravel pits	GrA	53	1416092	1jjkd	co115	1969	1:15840
Gravel pits	Gp	267	498654	jqwm	co631	1972	1:24000
Gravel pits	42	949	497690	jpwj	co644	1980	1:24000
Gravel pits	901	936	508802	k2fz	co677	2018	1:24000
Gravel pits	6	60	497312	jphb	co690	1974	1:24000
Gravel pits	GPI	36	468225	hq71	hi980	1968	1:24000
Gravel pit	501	590	409122	fqqh	ia119	1973	1:15840
Gravel pits	Gp	2010	315682	blh9	me005	1969	1:24000
Gravel pits	GP	831	284458	9k02	me011	1974	1:20000
Gravel pits	Gp	399	1153260	17q1y	me602	1967	1:20000
Gravel pits	GP	61	1712857	1vhcg	me614	1960	1:20000
Gravel pits	Gp	371	202284	6sh9	mi047	1968	1:20000
Gravel pits	Gt	85	189441	6c40	mi055	1963	1:15840
Pits, gravel	55	1128	188665	6b9z	mi059	1991	1:15840
Gravel pits	Gp	624	187975	69lq	mi067	1965	1:15840
Gravel pits	Gr	991	192028	6ftg	mi087	1966	1:15840
Gravel pits	Gp	901	908931	zhtc	mi091	1957	1:20000
Gravel pits	Gr	2620	187564	695g	mi093	1968	1:20000
Pits, gravel	PG	93	187389	68zt	mi121	1966	1:15840
Gravel pits	Gr	1657	192669	6gh4	mi139	1967	1:15840
Gravel pits	GP	445	656543	q15t	mi147	1969	1:20000
Gravel pits	Gp	1007	187802	69f4	mi155	1967	1:12000
Gravel pits	GP	13	2375430	2kqts	ms011	1956	1:20000
Gravel pits	GP	17	2024881	25z1r	ms013	1963	1:15840
Gravel pits	GP	28	2109099	28spg	ms021	1961	1:20000
Gravel pits	GP	7	2109085	28sp0	ms027	1956	1:24000
Gravel pits	GP	53	2215589	2dchm	ms031	1962	1:15840
Gravel pits	GP	482	2024902	25z2f	ms033	1955	1:24000
Gravel pits	Gp	230	567851	m1ws	ms043	1965	1:15840
Gravel pits-Udorthents complex	Ga	2405	567963	m20d	ms051	1997	1:20000
Gravel pits	GP	55	2027388	261nm	ms053	1956	1:20000
Gravel pits	GP	36	1428621	1jylk	ms093	1968	1:20000
Gravel pits	GP	998	2108778	28sc3	ms107	1961	1:24000
Gravel pits	Gp	926	146827	4xsc	mt600	1969	1:24000
Gravel pits	GP	106	148258	4z8j	mt604	2001	1:24000
Gravel pits	236	1253	341990	cgvy	mt613	1975	1:24000
Borrow areas and Gravel pits	5	318	151102	5278	mt627	1998	1:24000
Gravel pits	74	26	361410	d42d	mt655	1975	1:24000
Gravel pits	GP	10	1602276	1qs9b	mt670	2007	1:24000
Pits, gravel	Pr	1471	281004	9fdn	nh601	1980	1:20000
Gravel pits	111	344	1408868	1j91c	nv602	1985	1:24000
Gravel pits	7304	191	2452930	2nbgs	nv761	1988	1:24000
Pits, sand and gravel	Pt	490	289409	9q4s	ny011	1968	1:15840
Gravel pits	GP	508	301710	b3yl	ny037	2004	1:24000
Gravel pits	GP	389	292559	9tfd	ny053	1975	1:15840
Gravel pits	GP	377	292817	9tpq	ny057	1973	1:24000
Gravel pits	PG	1434	293562	9vgr	ny067	1973	1:20000
Gravel pits	GP	489	294031	9vyw	ny073	1973	1:15840
Gravel pits	GP	1642	294114	9w1k	ny075	1973	1:15840
Gravel pits	Gv	450	1711997	1vggq	ny093	1973	1:15840
Gravel pits	GP	49	1712461	1vgyp	ny095	1965	1:15840
Gravel pits	GP	84	294724	9wp7	ny099	1966	1:15840
Gravel pits	GP	45	1675858	1t7vy	ny109	1963	1:20000
Pits, gravel	Pt	390	1149278	17kxh	ny664	1968	1:15840
Gravel pits	Gr	314	168794	5nmz	oh025	1972	1:20000
Gravel pits	Gp	128	169238	5p39	oh047	1968	1:15840
Gravel pits	Gv	17	168994	5nvf	oh069	1968	1:15840
Pits, gravel	Pg	554	169490	5pcf	oh109	1973	1:15840
Gravel pits	Gp	1442	170258	5q56	oh113	1969	1:15840
Pits, gravel	Pg	1738	288459	9p54	oh133	1973	1:15840
Gravel pits	Gp	27	170637	5qkf	oh137	1971	1:20000
Gravel pits	Gp	94	1406072	1j645	oh159	1970	1:15840
Gravel pits	Gp	665	171349	5r9d	oh165	1967	1:20000
Gravel pits	Gp	25	2925505	1jvyj	sd610	1965	1:20000
Gravel pits	GP	107	1542963	1nsl0	tn047	1961	1:15840
Mines and Gravel Pits	MP	1874	1405377	1j5dr	tn157	1966	1:15840
Gravel pits	Gp	1000	481370	j4x2	ut602	1969	1:20000
Gravel pits	GP	660	493154	jk56	ut607	1965	1:15840
Gravel pits	GP	85	508517	k24s	ut609	1974	1:24000
Gravel pits	Gp	1774	482907	j6hn	ut612	1967	1:20000
Gravel pits	GP	35	493077	jk2q	ut640	1967	1:20000
Gravel pits	GP	383	157362	58r6	wy613	1969	1:20000
Gravel pits and Bentonite pits	Gp	39	350851	cs2s	wy619	1971	1:24000
Gravel pits	GP	154	152697	53wq	wy623	1971	1:20000
Gravel pit	GP	22	159099	5bk7	wy677	1975	1:24000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the GRAVEL PITS 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).